Another Anti-Semitic Democrat! Two for the Price of One, In Fact

(Hat-Tip: Little Green Footballs)

Wes Clark made some stupid nutball conspiracy theory remark that has the Jewish people in control of our Government. I swear this kind of stuff is frustrating! At least the left-leaning publication is catching on to it, I doubt the dudes at KOS are up in arms about anti-Semitism. In fact, they are probably applauding Wes Clark and have now made him their Presidential choice.

The gentleman you will see mentioned below, Matt Yglesias, is a popular American political blogger and a prominent voice on the liberal blogosphere, even writing for the New York Times Magazine. But much of the “liberal” blogosphere is virulently anti-semetic, with KOS’s leading the way.

I've admired Wes Clark for a long time. But his comments to Ariana Huffington about wealthy Jews pushing the country toward war with Iran strike me as nutty and disturbing. Either I seriously misjudged the man, or his comments were misquoted or taken wildly out of context…. Matthew Yglesias, however, thinks Clark's comments are perfectly spot-on. Indeed, he says they're not just correct but obviously so. As he writes, "Everything Clark said, in short, is true. What's more, everybody knows it's true." …. The disturbing thing about Clark's comments is his observation that rich Jews are pushing for war. It's his belief that we will go to war because they desire it. Here is how Huffington described her conversation with Clark:

When we asked him what made him so sure the Bush administration was headed in this direction, he replied: "You just have to read what's in the Israeli press. The Jewish community is divided but there is so much pressure being channeled from the New York money people to the office seekers."

Again, the context here may be muddled, but it seems that Clark is saying he's sure the United States is going to bomb Iran because rich Jews are pushing for it.

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