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ericson00

(2,707 posts)
Wed May 25, 2016, 05:16 PM May 2016

Dershowitz: Not Surprising ‘Ignoramus’ Bernie Sanders Tapped ‘Professional Israel-Hater’

https://www.algemeiner.com/2016/05/25/dershowitz-not-surprising-ignoramus-bernie-sanders-tapped-professional-israel-hater-for-democratic-policy-committee-interview/


Dershowitz, a fierce defender of Israel and avowed supporter of the Democratic Party, was referring to Arab American Institute (AAI) President James Zogby, whom Sanders tapped on Monday to help draft party policy.

Dershowitz, who said he’s debated Zogby on numerous occasions, explained why he is “not surprised” that the senator from Vermont contending for the Democratic nomination picked him to fill such an influential position. “Bernie Sanders is an ignoramus when it comes to the Middle East, and he is very strongly biased against Israel. He gets his information from hard-Left, anti-Israel sources, and he doesn’t think for himself,” he said.

Regarding another of Sanders’ anti-Israel appointees to the committee — philosopher Cornel West, a BDS proponent who wrote that the crimes of Hamas “pale in the face of the US-supported Israeli slaughter of innocent civilians,” and accused President Obama of being “most comfortable with upper middle-class white and Jewish men who consider themselves very smart, very savvy and very effective in getting what they want”– Dershowitz said, “Putting two Israel-bashers on the committee risks dividing the Democratic Party over an issue on which they’ve always been united.”

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Dershowitz: Not Surprising ‘Ignoramus’ Bernie Sanders Tapped ‘Professional Israel-Hater’ (Original Post) ericson00 May 2016 OP
You seem to hate outspoken black men more than Sanders hates Jews arcane1 May 2016 #1
If it pisses Dershowitz off tazkcmo May 2016 #2
Dershowitz? Do some research before you get in bed with him. emulatorloo May 2016 #3
yes, he's actually a loyal Democrat and a real believer in civil liberties ericson00 May 2016 #4
He said "research". Wilms May 2016 #5
what, is he a "neocon," a "right-winger" etc.? ericson00 May 2016 #6
like torture warrants? DonCoquixote May 2016 #9
I'm sorry that Dershowitz (nor our POTUS, or most mainstream Dems) are part of the extreme ericson00 May 2016 #11
if you let torture warrants go through DonCoquixote May 2016 #24
Treaty obligations SusanLarson May 2016 #28
A lot of cases of defending the people on the street I can tell. LiberalArkie May 2016 #7
i can't wait to see how many people here... malokvale77 May 2016 #8
they didn't think this one through virtualobserver May 2016 #12
Apparently pedophiles and torture enablers are OK... malokvale77 May 2016 #18
Flight Logs Put Clinton, Dershowitz On Pedophile Billionaire’s Sex Jet virtualobserver May 2016 #10
Guilt by associaton? Not American. MariaThinks May 2016 #26
More like "guilt by flying on an airborne under age harem" Fumesucker May 2016 #31
you are known by the company you keep virtualobserver May 2016 #34
To a Freeper Alan "Torture Warrants" Dershowitz might look like some sort of liberal Fumesucker May 2016 #13
Dershowitz is a lifelong Democrat who endorsed Hillary and then Obama in 2008 ericson00 May 2016 #14
There is the source of your confusion, I wrote "liberal" and you read "Democrat"... Fumesucker May 2016 #16
this is Democratic Underground. If mainstream normal Dems like Bill/Hill Clinton and Dershowitz ericson00 May 2016 #17
Bill Clinton shares something else with Dershowitz besides being a Democrat Fumesucker May 2016 #20
calling a Duer a freeper is a stretch MariaThinks May 2016 #27
You need to parse my words as carefully as those of your candidate Fumesucker May 2016 #30
And he's still a piece of shit. Scootaloo May 2016 #29
“Putting two Israel-bashers on the committee risks dividing the Democratic Party King_David May 2016 #15
Israel is the messiest divide in our party, even tho Israel is much more popular than Palestinians ericson00 May 2016 #19
Unfortunately it seems so... King_David May 2016 #21
Dershowitz is the ignoramus, elleng May 2016 #22
he's only a distinguished Felix Frankfurther Professor of Law who doesn't just ericson00 May 2016 #23
I'm a lawyer too, elleng May 2016 #25
he's actually a distinguished endowed chair one from Ivy League schools ericson00 May 2016 #35
Not me. elleng May 2016 #36
He's a real creep cali May 2016 #38
31 replies, not a single rec - the Dersh isn't very popular at DU, it seems... n/t Little Tich May 2016 #32
Cooties? nt malokvale77 May 2016 #33
He's Jewish/ Zionist ... Go figure . nt King_David May 2016 #39
Dershowitz and Cornel West have similar temperaments nt geek tragedy May 2016 #37
 

ericson00

(2,707 posts)
4. yes, he's actually a loyal Democrat and a real believer in civil liberties
Wed May 25, 2016, 05:22 PM
May 2016

but doesn't buy into the kook stuff

 

ericson00

(2,707 posts)
11. I'm sorry that Dershowitz (nor our POTUS, or most mainstream Dems) are part of the extreme
Wed May 25, 2016, 05:50 PM
May 2016

anti-war ANSWER Coalition crowd that would rather let an airport explode than use rough (but not permanently physically damaging) tactics to protect Americans.

DonCoquixote

(13,729 posts)
24. if you let torture warrants go through
Wed May 25, 2016, 06:57 PM
May 2016

someday, they will use it on you. You think that there are not many good Christian folk willing to torture Mr. Dersowhitz or other Jews because they opposed letting Christians turned education into an arm of the church.?

http://articles.latimes.com/1997/sep/14/news/mn-32054
http://archive.adl.org/issue_religious_freedom/faith-freedom/faith_freedom_schools-2.html

You should know the line..."first they came for..(etc)

 

SusanLarson

(284 posts)
28. Treaty obligations
Wed May 25, 2016, 07:09 PM
May 2016

We signed a treaty that said we would not do that.

The Constitution says, "This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding."

So we cannot do that.

LiberalArkie

(16,655 posts)
7. A lot of cases of defending the people on the street I can tell.
Wed May 25, 2016, 05:26 PM
May 2016

Much of his legal career has focused on criminal law, and his clients have included high-profile figures such as Patty Hearst, Harry Reems, Leona Helmsley, Jim Bakker, Mike Tyson, Michael Milken, O.J. Simpson and Kirtanananda Swami.

malokvale77

(4,879 posts)
8. i can't wait to see how many people here...
Wed May 25, 2016, 05:44 PM
May 2016

will jump to agree with a frequent flyer on the Lolita Express.

This should be interesting.

malokvale77

(4,879 posts)
18. Apparently pedophiles and torture enablers are OK...
Wed May 25, 2016, 06:13 PM
May 2016

as long as they are willing to bash Bernie.

 

virtualobserver

(8,760 posts)
10. Flight Logs Put Clinton, Dershowitz On Pedophile Billionaire’s Sex Jet
Wed May 25, 2016, 05:49 PM
May 2016
http://www.lacorruption.info/2016/05/18/flight-logs-put-clinton-dershowitz-on-pedophile-billionaires-sex-jet/

What’s more, Dershowitz told the American Lawyer, he is loyal to his wife, who is always by his side: “I’ve been married to the same woman for 28 years. She goes with me everywhere. People know that I won’t argue a case or give a speech unless my wife travels with me. This is not the profile of someone who screws around.”

But according to the flight logs, Dershowitz was close enough to Epstein to have accompanied him on a flight from Palm Beach to New Jersey’s Teterboro Airport as early as December 1997. On that flight, the pair was accompanied by a number of people, including one unidentified “female,” a “Hazel,” a “Claire,” and Maxwell.

The logs also show Dershowitz on a flight with Epstein from Bedford, Mass., to Teterboro in October 1998, and a flight from Teterboro to Martha’s Vineyard in 1999. And a 2005 trip from Massachusetts to Montreal shows him traveling with Epstein, “Tatianna,” and others.

One things the logs don’t show: Dershowitz’s wife traveling with him.

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
13. To a Freeper Alan "Torture Warrants" Dershowitz might look like some sort of liberal
Wed May 25, 2016, 05:59 PM
May 2016

But actual liberals know better.

 

ericson00

(2,707 posts)
14. Dershowitz is a lifelong Democrat who endorsed Hillary and then Obama in 2008
Wed May 25, 2016, 06:02 PM
May 2016

and Obama in 2012, as well.

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
16. There is the source of your confusion, I wrote "liberal" and you read "Democrat"...
Wed May 25, 2016, 06:08 PM
May 2016

Freepers aren't good with nuance, either.

 

ericson00

(2,707 posts)
17. this is Democratic Underground. If mainstream normal Dems like Bill/Hill Clinton and Dershowitz
Wed May 25, 2016, 06:12 PM
May 2016

aren't good enough for you, go vote for Stein/Johnson.

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
20. Bill Clinton shares something else with Dershowitz besides being a Democrat
Wed May 25, 2016, 06:17 PM
May 2016

Riding on the Lolita Express without the wife.

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
30. You need to parse my words as carefully as those of your candidate
Wed May 25, 2016, 07:33 PM
May 2016

I called them poor at nuance.

One of those "the meaning of "is" is" things...

King_David

(14,851 posts)
15. “Putting two Israel-bashers on the committee risks dividing the Democratic Party
Wed May 25, 2016, 06:05 PM
May 2016

That's what Bernies plan seems to be.

I don't even think it's about Israel at all......

 

ericson00

(2,707 posts)
19. Israel is the messiest divide in our party, even tho Israel is much more popular than Palestinians
Wed May 25, 2016, 06:17 PM
May 2016
in the party overall, because it pits those who think the Democratic Party is insufficiently pacifist against those who know that force is sometimes necessary, it pits those who like a party for the middle class but don't like Jews (and who often thinks the Jews are the reason the party 'sells out the poor') against those who don't mind Jews, Israel haters tend to hate all capitalism whereas supporters normally don't hate all capitalism, it shows the anti-Semitism brewing (which yes, is a form of racism since "racism" refers to racial OR ethnic hatred, and Jewry is an ethnoreligion (both a religion and ethnicity), it pits the academic left with their "critical race/skin color theory" and the Holocaust "merely being white on white violence" against people who know know the struggle Jews faced, etc. (Weirdly enough for the Cornel Wests and even Van Joneses out there, black voters tend to support Israel, but the "critical race" side of the left can't stand that)


Bernie wants to tear the party apart, I'm more convinced than ever. The Israel divide speaks to worldview, view of America in the world, view of
 

ericson00

(2,707 posts)
23. he's only a distinguished Felix Frankfurther Professor of Law who doesn't just
Wed May 25, 2016, 06:56 PM
May 2016

pull "theories" out his arse like Cornel West; Dersh knows important and useful truths, not hatefilled fantasies of Obama being a "n-word-ized" POTUS.

elleng

(136,833 posts)
25. I'm a lawyer too,
Wed May 25, 2016, 07:00 PM
May 2016

tho not a professor of law anywhere. I followed Dershowitz until he seemed to lose it, and lost respect for him.

I also lost respect for Cornel West.

 

ericson00

(2,707 posts)
35. he's actually a distinguished endowed chair one from Ivy League schools
Thu May 26, 2016, 01:44 AM
May 2016

both in his degrees and teaching. Unless I'm talking to a famous person acting anonymously, that doesn't seem to be you.

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