It really sounded like Obama was echoing George Wallace's "Segregation now . . . segregation tomorrow . . . segregation forever" speech in his big talk to AIPAC. Tell me I'm imagining things.
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You are imagining things.
You need to be less obscure.
Are you referring to a two-state solution? Israel remaining a Jewish state? Otherwise, I'm baffled.
Have ever been anything but disappointed by the actual words spoken by Barack?
Seems like you have no actual stated reasons for supporting him (except that he as an economic adviser the guy who was a favorite professor of yours (but he fired him)), you just do.
Better stop with the criticism of Barack or you'll lose the esteem you gained from the stuff white people like crowd.
First sentence should start "Have you ever".
Oh well.
First sentence should start "have you ever".
There's a missing "had" in the parenthetical note.
Um, yeah, you're imagining things, and you're getting into "Zionism = apartheid" territory. That was an extraordinary speech, as usual, that won over a group of people with significant doubts about Obama.
Also, there was some very serious dog-whistle politics going on. The phrase "tikkun olam" says to left-wing Jews: "I'm on your side, but I have to calm down the Likudniks first." (Google "Michael Lerner", "Tikkun", and "Avodah".)
I'm referring to the part where he said "The US will support Israel now . . . the US will support Israel tomorrow . . . the US will support Israel forever." or something very close to those words, not making an oblique reference to Jimmy Carter.
You mean this?
"Friends who share my strong commitment to make sure that the bond between the United States and Israel is unbreakable today, tomorrow and forever."
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91153531#91150432
That's kind of a stretch I think.
Listen to it. The cadence sounds the same. I am sure he didn't mean to name check the speech, but it sounded very similar. Also, he inserted more words than are in the text.
Megan, have you been skipping meals again? Even by your rather strange standards, this post makes no sense and is frankly offensive. Either post a detailed explanation, or an apology and retraction.
So, the words and content of the speech are different, but the "cadence" sounds the same?
Ok.....
I think it's a pretty good call, Megan. May suggest that his support for Israel reminds him of his support for segregation.
I think it's a pretty good call, Megan. May suggest that his support for Israel reminds him of his support for segregation.
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/raw-video-barack-obama-at-aipac-meeting-pt1/2895048450
Start at 4:45
"Cats, Now and Forever" was also a coded-appeal to supporters of racial segregation.
McArdle is not crazy. So stop saying that.
If the settlements are being suppressed, Israel does indeed resemble South Africa.
It could well be an echo, to my ear. But I find it hard to understand why or how it could be an intentional echo. What rhetorical/political goal could is serve for Obama('s speechwriter) to invoke that?
I *swear* I saw a NYT headline back in the Pappy Bush days, "Springtime for Bush and America." (No sign of it now--either I'm imagining or it's been rehistorified, which I find unlikely.)
In any case, I remember (quite clearly!) assuming at the time that some headline writer had done it by accident--calling up the rhythm and words unconsciously. Either that, or the writer did it intentionally and the editors didn't notice in time.
Speechwriters have ten million of these ringing phrases rattling around in their brains. I gotta assume that sometimes they get hauled out unconsciously/accidentally.
To paraphrase the comedic Hamlet: Freudian accidentally or randomly accidentally? That is the question.
BHO is on a high; he may be identfying with the aggressor. He was joking about that 'dangerous Barack Obama.' Maybe the 'dangerous Barack Obama,' like the scary George Wallace would 'say anything to a constituent group to get elected.' Later it's 'Bye, bye assertion.' But believing in 'that scary Barack Obama' would be like believing in ghosts...
I listened to the YouTube speech, and Megan is absolutely correct. BHO--without a doubt--intentional echoed Wallace's segregation speech at his AIPAC appearance. Any one who listened carefully to the Obama would clearly catch the reference instantly.
Some might ask, Why would BHO invoke a segregationist's rhetoric? Why not echo "I have a dream."? Because--ignore Obama's skin color--the truth is he's a segregationist deep down. Yes, that's true--and Megan's the first journalist to "break" the story.
BHO has a history of hiding his true colors (no pun intended). First, he denied he was a Muslim, which, given his name, is absurd. Next he claimed he dosn't hate this country. But his actions (not wearing a flag lapel pin) speak louder his denials.
All of us know these things. What Megan uncovered is that not only is Obama not black--front page news!--he's also a segragationist. The first thing he'll do if elected president is overthrow Brown v. Board and we'll all go back to sepratate but equal. Is that the US of A you want to live in?
Megan is the first journalist to uncover this awful truth. She deserves a Pulitzer for this post.
Nicely done, Blake.
Heh.
"Segregation now . . . segregation tomorrow . . . segregation forever"
That should be "segregation amorrah"
Orators steal from each other all the time. I doubt that the cadence or the form was original to Wallace.
What, if I may ask, is the end state for Israel? The Palestinians are massively increasing their population. "Single state" + "Jewish state" + "equal rights" simply doesn't work given the changing demography. Even within '67 Israel, the Palestinian population is growing much more rapidly than the Jewish population. Given time, Jews won't have a majority there either. Then what?
I can't think of another strategy than to spend the next few decades making friends with the other residents, so that when the Palestinians do become a majority, that disaster does not ensue. Is there any alternative other than expulsion?