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| DATE | 2016-10-23 |
| FROM | Rick Moen
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout-NYLXS] over ruled on OBL targeting.....
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Quoting Ruben Safir (mrbrklyn-at-panix.com):
> "Here, context is everything," ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said. "In
> this case he is speaking to a group of Jewish Republicans, a significant
> portion of whom are business people. We do not believe he intended his
> comments regarding negotiations and money to relate specifically to
> their Jewishness, but we understand that they could be interpreted that
> way."
ADL and Mr. Greenblatt appear to have had quite the difficult balancing
act responding to, and commenting on, the Trump candidacy over the past
year, as you can see in part on the organisation's official blog, here:
http://blog.adl.org/tags/donald-trump
It's been a recurring round, again and again, of 'Gosh, I'm sure you
didn't _mean_ to cite all those classic anti-Semitic tropes', and 'Gosh,
I hope you aren't owing huge political favours to the half dozen or more
virulently anti-Semitic white-nationalist pressure groups that are the
backbone of your entire campaign.'
But certainly that's just paranoia speaking. People never change their
positions dramatically in politics in just a couple of years for
expediency's sake. And Mr. Trump has such a consistent record of
keeping his word.
I certainly wouldn't worry. Don't listen to the nay-sayers.
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