tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post4837131746741891940..comments2023-10-24T11:23:31.580-04:00Comments on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Ezra Klein Smears Ann AlthouseWilliam A. Jacobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-10048836185914268612009-03-28T18:54:00.000-04:002009-03-28T18:54:00.000-04:00P.S. You might enjoy this.I'll buy him a plane ti...P.S. You might enjoy <A HREF="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/03/the-wheels-of-justice.html" REL="nofollow">this</A>.<BR/><BR/>I'll buy him a plane ticket.bjkeefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967912817595826059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-43148185676902555682009-03-28T10:13:00.000-04:002009-03-28T10:13:00.000-04:00William: Thanks for confirming my suspicions. I'...William: Thanks for confirming my suspicions. I'll pass on reading your post defending John Yoo, thanks all the same. There is only so much wingnuttery one stomach can take.bjkeefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967912817595826059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-22663652771309042632009-03-22T21:30:00.000-04:002009-03-22T21:30:00.000-04:00Speculation is not Anti-Semitism. Furthermore, th...Speculation is not Anti-Semitism. <BR/><BR/>Furthermore, the Klein kid never denied it, which speaks volumes.<BR/><BR/>"Abel" is a Biblical name (Kane & Abel), but it's also a very common first name in the Hispanic community, moreso, I would say, than in the Jewish community.<BR/><BR/>Love,<BR/>MaxineMaxine Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18164122931399241972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-71512525821084855582009-03-22T16:19:00.000-04:002009-03-22T16:19:00.000-04:00Brendan - See my post What To Do About John Yoo? i...Brendan - See my post What To Do About John Yoo? in which I write: "I have a better idea. Rather than indicting Yoo, why don't we give him a medal for helping to frame policies which have largely been upheld by the courts, have been implemented by bipartisan congressional action, and have helped keep the country safe."William A. Jacobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-90595561744713084152009-03-22T11:36:00.000-04:002009-03-22T11:36:00.000-04:00Excellent post. Ann Althouse is about as open mind...Excellent post. Ann Althouse is about as open minded and fair as they come. This whole affair is a perfect illustration of the tone deaf attitude of the far left. Part of the reason I read and love Althouse so much IS her willingness to buck the crowd...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-66764736322475646992009-03-22T07:14:00.000-04:002009-03-22T07:14:00.000-04:00William - I am so glad I found your blog - why did...William - I am so glad I found your blog - why didn't I know about you until last week? I read Althouse and comment there. I know she voted for Obama, but there is something about her- a rationality that is genuine, and I like that. I realize her readers and commenters are more right of center - but if true lefties REALLY read her blog and let their fiercely held biases at home, they might like her as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-87920009235575336182009-03-22T06:50:00.000-04:002009-03-22T06:50:00.000-04:00Look ... getting into a debate about whether Altho...Look ... getting into a debate about whether Althouse hates Jews, or whether Klein is unfair in accusing her of that is exactly what Klein wants.<BR/><BR/>The story is no longer about Klein and the unethical journalists participating with the Democrat Party in daily conference calls, email lists and closed tribal social networks.<BR/><BR/>If Klein were black, his post would be entitled: "Did Althouse commenters just call me a ni**er."<BR/><BR/>It's classic Goebbels. Klein and his ilk have definitely learned the lessons of history and are now applying them upon the United States.<BR/><BR/>If you criticize a Jew, you are ipso facto a Nazi, in exactly the same way that if you criticize Obama policies you are a black hater.<BR/><BR/>The ovens, I have no doubt they will eventually convince themselves, are the only solution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-87073019177666487932009-03-22T03:50:00.000-04:002009-03-22T03:50:00.000-04:00What nonsense. Althouse is about as racist as a fl...What nonsense. Althouse is about as racist as a flea without a dog to jump on. Want to solve this problem of who posted what on what blog. IP stamp each post. That way you can figure out where it came from. If it's from a iCafe or some other anonymous site, there isn't much you can about that other than suspecting the perpetrator goes there, but that would require a stakeout.Methadrashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07828014989470539375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-48407932326175978882009-03-22T01:57:00.000-04:002009-03-22T01:57:00.000-04:00""I wouldn't apologize to Ann Althouse if I accide...""I wouldn't apologize to Ann Althouse if I accidently ran her over"<BR/><BR/>The whole point of being on the left is never admitting wrong. When you're on the left, someone else, somewhere, is always the heavy.<BR/><BR/>To paraphrase Churchill (and the Bible, for that matter): When people come of age, they put away such childish things. Tragically, some people never do come of age.Jeff Fariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311004609431680032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-6997667284569164712009-03-21T23:46:00.000-04:002009-03-21T23:46:00.000-04:00Hard to believe an actual law professor would writ...Hard to believe an actual law professor would write something like this, as filled with distortions, errors of fact, and unwarranted generalizations as it is.<BR/><BR/>I bet you're a big John Yoo fan.bjkeefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967912817595826059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-3903137173524107172009-03-21T20:47:00.000-04:002009-03-21T20:47:00.000-04:00The funny thing here is that Klein really screwed ...The funny thing here is that Klein really screwed the pooch with his choice of targets. Althouse will easily win this pissing contest. <BR/><BR/>And if he tries to destroy her, all he will do is end up exposing himself and his cronies.<BR/><BR/>This is full of win all around, actually.EnigmatiCorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00596092527748619763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-69994163776388913792009-03-21T19:52:00.001-04:002009-03-21T19:52:00.001-04:00LOL,what Trey said :)LOL,<BR/><BR/>what Trey said :)The Drill SGThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16394309533144027391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-24553368922166536312009-03-21T19:52:00.000-04:002009-03-21T19:52:00.000-04:00Yes, your article on Falk is dead on. There is a p...Yes, your article on Falk is dead on. There is a phenomena which has been noted by others. It is the "asajew" salutation. It's almost always used by those wishing to bash Israel. For Falk as well as for Finkelstein, it deflects criticism away from their extremist positions on Israel. Others use it to lend legitimacy for their positions. This is almost always the case for letter writers to the New York Times. "As A Jew, I object to Israel's....( fill in the blanks )". What I truly dislike about Klein is not only his false insinuation about Ann Althouse, but the fact that he has remained totally silent when it comes to the antisemitism of today's Left. One only need to read the many of the comments on the DailyKos or the Huffington Post to see the huge percentage of them which easily veer into the "Jews are Nazis" formulation. When Klein starts to speak out against Left-wing tolerance of antisemitism, maybe then I'll start to pay attention to what he writes.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341781897229406566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-1475223296153155622009-03-21T19:36:00.000-04:002009-03-21T19:36:00.000-04:00Maxine Weiss is a fruitcake. She has a long histor...Maxine Weiss is a fruitcake. She has a long history of being a fruitcake and posting on Althouse. I do not see how she is organized enough to be a bigot.<BR/><BR/>TreyTMinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221261635305430323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-42433396933577208172009-03-21T19:33:00.000-04:002009-03-21T19:33:00.000-04:00Ann is a security Democrat who voted for Bush in 2...Ann is a security Democrat who voted for Bush in 2004 and Obama in 2009. She is not conservative on any other issue. Her commenters tend to be more conservative than she is. The Blog is as much Photography as it is politics. She does have a couple of commenters that I would consider anti-semitic and even more posters who self-identify as Jewish. . She generally does not police the comments section.<BR/><BR/>I think Klein protests too much on this one.The Drill SGThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16394309533144027391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-78254012942889430242009-03-21T19:27:00.000-04:002009-03-21T19:27:00.000-04:00Nice posting, William. Klein's a non-observant Jew...Nice posting, William. Klein's a non-observant Jew, so his outrage is just for political effect. I really don't like these people, so keep up the good work!AmPowerBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18236333181889271910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-22945259471158601092009-03-21T19:24:00.000-04:002009-03-21T19:24:00.000-04:00The point of pointing out the the anonymous commen...The point of pointing out the the anonymous commenters may be Jewish is that when people make fun of their own ethic group (e.g. Chris Rock) it has a very different tone to it than when someone else does it (e.g., whoever has been taken down by the mainstream media based on a failed racial/ethnic/religious joke). So when Klein takes a dialogue in which Jews are making fun of Jews, and twists it into supposed anti-semitism, the ploy is all the more deceptive.William A. Jacobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-63777278904658765882009-03-21T19:17:00.000-04:002009-03-21T19:17:00.000-04:00You are absolutely correct, that Jews can be anti-...You are absolutely correct, that Jews can be anti-semitic. See my post on Richard Falk, http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2009/03/ap-richard-falk-who-is-jewish.htmlWilliam A. Jacobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-73965794431389499332009-03-21T19:10:00.000-04:002009-03-21T19:10:00.000-04:00I really think you are missing another point. It d...I really think you are missing another point. It does not matter whether a posting was written by someone Jewish or not. Antisemitism is antisemitism whether it is written by a non-Jew or a Jew. Suggest you read some of the "writings" of the 1950's antisemite Benjamin Freedman to see how anti-Semitic some Jews can be. It is immaterial whether "Maxine Weiss" is Jewish. Are you basing this this on a last name of Weiss? May I remind you that that man who shot Huey Long and launched the career of the antisemitic Gerald L. K. Smith was named Weiss and he was not Jewish? As for Ann Althouse, she is certainly no antisemite and it's insulting for Klein to suggest that she is.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341781897229406566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-33522105907444706542009-03-21T13:56:00.000-04:002009-03-21T13:56:00.000-04:00I thought Althouse is pure academic. She was pres...I thought Althouse is pure academic. She was presented to me as a conservative, but it became clear to me that she was Obama all the way. I stopped reading her about the same time I figured Andi Sullivan and The Atlantic Monthly out.Larry Sheldonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653436584890594776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-11341742895459410152009-03-21T13:32:00.000-04:002009-03-21T13:32:00.000-04:00Excellent observation.Excellent observation.AllenShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08848966772462502893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-34029932890331706182009-03-21T10:13:00.000-04:002009-03-21T10:13:00.000-04:00You could be right on her political leanings, but ...You could be right on her political leanings, but she clearly is not part of the cheering crowd. A lot of "moderates" voted for Obama, but in the eyes of people like Klein, anyone who is not fully with them is against them.William A. Jacobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-49576353182031276672009-03-21T09:36:00.000-04:002009-03-21T09:36:00.000-04:00I agree Klein's attack on Ann Althouse is sleazy. ...I agree Klein's attack on Ann Althouse is sleazy. I've read her blog for a long time and have observed very little anti-semitism in the comments. The little that appears gets well spanked by other commenters. <BR/><BR/>I've read much more and much worse at HuffPo and DKos, among others. Anti-semitism in the popular blogosphere seems to be more comfortably rooted in lefty blogs.<BR/><BR/>My judgement is that Ann is a moderately liberal Democrat, not a conservative. She is however more conservative than today's modern leftist model. <BR/><BR/>She voted for Obama.Greg Toombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08093911019916154110noreply@blogger.com