Democratic Politics Archive
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Contentions Roundup: Ambassador Howard Gutman Flashback
Posted on April 10, 2012A roundup of the Commentary Contentions posts from December on Howard Gutman, Obama’s ambassador to Belgium. The ambassador blamed Palestinian intransigence on Israel, then blamed European anti-Semitism on Israel, and then found himself defended by the President’s water-carriers in the […]Continue Reading...
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Contentions Roundup: J Street Conference Pre-Mortem
Posted on April 9, 2012A roundup of recent Commentary Contentions posts leading up to the J Street annual conference, including the 2011 spectacle of an evangelical urging participants to go forth and undermine support for Israel by reference to a classical anti-Semitic canard: J […]Continue Reading...
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Merely Tweeted, “If Only Israel Supporters Would Read More…” Edition
Posted on October 14, 2011Highlights, lowlights, links – and frantic White House efforts to throw Obama’s anti-Israel diplomatic offensives down the memory hole – from the Mere Rhetoric Twitter stream: 14 months left of having Forman/WH/@NJDC explain that Jewish voters oppose Obama because they […]Continue Reading...
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Merely Tweeted, “Jewish Americans For Obama Myths vs. Facts Page…” Edition
Posted on October 11, 2011Highlights, lowlights, links, and tidbits from the Obama campaign’s delightful new “Jewish Americans for Obama” page, from the Mere Rhetoric Twitter stream: Remember when Obama defenders said he wouldn’t plunge US/Israel alliance into crisis, then he did, then they lectured […]Continue Reading...
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Merely Tweeted, “Dictionary.com Word Of Day Is ‘Malinger’…” Edition
Posted on February 25, 2011Highlights, lowlights, links, and the spectacle that is a deeply unserious administration ginning up domestic unrest against serious political opponents, from the Mere Rhetoric Twitter stream: I’m kind of skeptical that he is, actually | MT @markknoller: Obama says focused […]Continue Reading...
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Merely Tweeted, “After SOTU Government Is Back To Picking Winners And Losers…” Edition
Posted on January 26, 2011Highlights, lowlights, links, and big government innovation from Thanksgiving through the SOTU, from the Mere Rhetoric Twitter stream: I for one am glad to know that government is back in the business of picking winners and losers, esp in the […]Continue Reading...
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“Robust Democracy,” “Contentious Debate,” Etc – Not So Much Hypocrisy As Chutzpa
Posted on January 26, 2011There have been suggestions that the left’s Strange New Respect for “the inevitability of robust debate in a democracy” is exactly as obnoxious as their hypocritical sermonizing about political civility. That’s a little bit unfair, and it denies due credit […]Continue Reading...
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Merely Tweeted, “Not Sure It’s A Good Idea For J Street…” Edition
Posted on December 1, 2010Highlights, lowlights, links, and another bonhomie-filled J Street post, from the Mere Rhetoric Twitter stream: Not sure it’s a good idea for J Street to dare Josh Block to “address what he actually disagrees with re J Street’s agenda” israel […]Continue Reading...
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Merely Tweeted, “Is Obama going to attack Israel during Korea visit?…” Edition
Posted on November 29, 2010Highlights, lowlights, links, and surreal anti-Israel double standards, from the Mere Rhetoric Twitter stream: Is Obama going to attack Israel during Korea visit? Or does he only do that from countries where Israeli Jews are verboten? Obama attacked ethics of […]