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In reply to the discussion: Actually Diane Rehm owes an apology to all US Jews [View all]Rex
(65,616 posts)178. NO, this seems to be just another game...I gave direct links and they were ignored.
I should have read the posters signature line first and saved myself a lot of time.
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I guess we're lucky she didn't wave around a copy of the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion"
villager
Jun 2015
#2
If you've ever listened to her 500+ shows per year, you'd know she agrees with you
riderinthestorm
Jun 2015
#3
You shouldn't be. I for one want to know the facts. I do not know her, but all week I saw
sabrina 1
Jun 2015
#25
Thanks, it makes it all the more strange that she make such an error of judgement.
sabrina 1
Jun 2015
#59
I don't doubt she's "on our side," but I also think Bonobo is more right than wrong
tishaLA
Jun 2015
#309
bullshit. she travels in rarified circles. I don't buy that she's never heard the slur
cali
Jun 2015
#28
She's been a fixture in media in WDC since 1973 where she was born in 1936.
appalachiablue
Jun 2015
#289
She's one of the last liberal Dem voices on radio. She does 500+/- shows/week
riderinthestorm
Jun 2015
#17
I know, personnally. Ah-nee y'hoo-dee (I don't have an aleph-bet font generator)
Half-Century Man
Jun 2015
#71
Treestar doesn't even try to say Bernie has ties to another country. YOU are the one creating
KittyWampus
Jun 2015
#285
You misunderstand. She did not ask him anything. She stated it as fact, when he pushed back
Jefferson23
Jun 2015
#55
There is nothing tame about it, Fred. She made a query on the internet about dual loyalty
Jefferson23
Jun 2015
#73
Would asking Senator Cruz if he had dual citizenship re: Canada, be anti-Canuck? Of course not...so..
Fred Sanders
Jun 2015
#76
And some see it everywhere. Ad hominem? Weak. The interview line of questioning was anti-Semitic.....how?
Fred Sanders
Jun 2015
#80
You know what? I can't help you, but I assure you what she did and WHO she asked
Jefferson23
Jun 2015
#86
Having read some of your stupid shit in the past. I used to think it was an act. I'm
Guy Whitey Corngood
Jun 2015
#93
I looked it up. It seems you're right. On the other hand it's always struck me as performance art.nt
Guy Whitey Corngood
Jun 2015
#209
his "michelle obama for president" stuff may have been , but his personal stuff was real
JI7
Jun 2015
#212
Would telling Obama that he had dual citizenship with Kenya be racist?
beam me up scottie
Jun 2015
#246
I'm shocked that you have such a very high tolerance for antisemitism. wait, considering
cali
Jun 2015
#117
She posted her source, I don't believe that leaves anything to the imagination.
Jefferson23
Jun 2015
#82
Well that certainly is a heaping double scoop of evil shit right there.
Half-Century Man
Jun 2015
#108
To state he was on 'the list', is so insulting in such a deep way that I am shocked
Rex
Jun 2015
#47
The whole thing has been blown up out of all proportion, and out of context. Is Bernie upset?
Fred Sanders
Jun 2015
#57
I do not agree. This was going around the internet as if it was a fact until fortunately a quick
sabrina 1
Jun 2015
#66
It does, I listened to her on TPR for years and years. I am glad Bernie Sanders played it down.
Rex
Jun 2015
#81
It's interesting how there's not a single Hillary avatar in this entire thread. What, Hillary
ChisolmTrailDem
Jun 2015
#91
Not only that, but she followed up with a request that Bernie "name names"!!!
Coventina
Jun 2015
#109
She admitted to reading a facebook comment and believing it enough to make it a question
Rex
Jun 2015
#149
You know me well? WTF? There is another GD thread with the same info.
beam me up scottie
Jun 2015
#162
If she had accused Obama of having "dual citizenship w/Kenya would you be defending her?
beam me up scottie
Jun 2015
#170
It is a KNOWN anti-semitic dog whistle. Just like calling him a Zionist.
beam me up scottie
Jun 2015
#182
So if she had used a racist talking point to accuse Obama of divided loyalty you'd be okay with it?
beam me up scottie
Jun 2015
#207
Wrong. I'm illustrating the double standard some are using to dismiss anti-semitic bigotry on DU.
beam me up scottie
Jun 2015
#226
There are plenty of Jewish DUers saying in no uncertain terms that it is antisemitic
cali
Jun 2015
#280
I did, you probably should actually look at the links provided instead of just replying.
Rex
Jun 2015
#173
You know of any other fb lists accusing Sanders of having dual citizenship?
beam me up scottie
Jun 2015
#152
NO, this seems to be just another game...I gave direct links and they were ignored.
Rex
Jun 2015
#178
To make excuses for someone that started to demand a Jew is on a certain list with other Jews
Rex
Jun 2015
#288
You said it - whether it's directed at Obama, Hillary or any other Dem.
beam me up scottie
Jun 2015
#305
That Sanders would be primarily dedicated to Zionist/Jewish causes, not American ones
Bad Thoughts
Jun 2015
#187
I never said she did. I only explained how insinuations such as these work. eom.
Bad Thoughts
Jun 2015
#201
So, you are convicting Diane with your projections? interesting how that works.
kwassa
Jun 2015
#206
"Mr. Obama, where do you keep your birth certificate? I heard it is in a State Dept. Vault"
Bad Thoughts
Jun 2015
#213
You don't understand insinuation. You don't understand intellectual exercises. Hmm ... eom.
Bad Thoughts
Jun 2015
#217
your decision to stick to your position can no longer be attributed to ignorance.
cali
Jun 2015
#281
When the dog whistle blows, some come running and then claim to be deaf.
beam me up scottie
Jun 2015
#155
My issue is with her apology and taking "credit" for dispelling the myth.
Behind the Aegis
Jun 2015
#184
When someone spends this much time defending anti-semitic propaganda against its critics...
beam me up scottie
Jun 2015
#179
No. Just people who haven't listened to Diane Rehm and think they know something.
kwassa
Jun 2015
#188
Don't know what? That accusing a Jewish senator of dual citizenship is anti-semitic?
beam me up scottie
Jun 2015
#192
It doesn't matter which anti-semitic propaganda source she used, kwassa.
beam me up scottie
Jun 2015
#211
I am well aware of DR's show. I strongly disagree that she is a progressive Democrat.
Coventina
Jun 2015
#200
Normally, Diane Rehm tends to be liberal, but she is of Arab/Christian heritage.
Sancho
Jun 2015
#105
I don't listen everyday, but yes, she has discussed Israel and the mideast many times.
Sancho
Jun 2015
#253
Historically, things go to a really bad place when people start keeping lists of Jews.
Ken Burch
Jun 2015
#141
There are lists purporting to identify dual US-Israel citizens in our government
oberliner
Jun 2015
#138
TT made a mistake. But then fixed the mistake, acknowledged it, and apologized for it in short order
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2015
#247
it diminishes a particular talking point against Bernie a certain segment of DU
m-lekktor
Jun 2015
#203
When an American has his loyalty questioned simply because he's Jewish it's an anti-semitic slur.
beam me up scottie
Jun 2015
#254
"I do not want someone who puts Israel first in any office, let alone the Presidency."
beam me up scottie
Jun 2015
#259
Questioning an American's loyalties because of his religion is okay if you're a bigot.
beam me up scottie
Jun 2015
#274
"This is a "victimhood" very light compared to what other groups of people have put up with."
beam me up scottie
Jun 2015
#277
"If you want to be POTUS, state clearly and unequivocally that the US is your first priority. "
oberliner
Jun 2015
#291
Oh goodie, we can have the same people join in and the same people stay out and the same people
Bonobo
Jun 2015
#266
So you are completely ignorant to the gravity of the situation, why am I not surprised.
Rex
Jun 2015
#287
Rehm: Interesting. Are there members of Congress who do have dual citizenship
FiveGoodMen
Jun 2015
#311