Joe Klein Notes a Terrorist with a 'Good Question'

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Joe Klein file photoTime magazine's Joe "Anonymous" Klein is at it again.

Weekly Standard's Michael Goldfarb yesterday picked up on how the journalist -- who as we've documented is harsher on Israel than Iran -- credited a terrorist with having a "good question" about what pressure the Obama administration will place on the Netanyahu government regarding settlements in Palestinian territories:

Joe Klein, who has in the past boldly declared himself "not a big fan" of Hamas leader Khaled Meshal, sits down with the terror group's commander in chief for an interview in the wake of Obama's speech:

Meshal refused to make concessions on any of the points Obama mentioned--renouncing the use of violence (although he did say that Hamas was willing to discuss a formal ceasefire), recognizing the state of Israel or the prior commitments made by the Palestinian Authority to a peace process.

But Klein was able to find areas of agreement with this mass-murderer:

Khaled Meshal wants to know what sort of influence the U.S. will bring to bear against Israeli settlement-building. It's a good question.

Klein is one of my favorite bloggers if only because the invective he summons for his political adversaries is so delightfully over the top. He has called me everything from a blog-thug to a pistolero to, my personal favorite, a Niagara of ignorance. But for the leader of Hamas, on the topic of how best to coerce and sanction a recalcitrant democratic ally in order to appease a genuinely thuggish terrorist group, all Klein can summon is 'good question.'

—Ken Shepherd is Managing Editor of NewsBusters


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Right Joe,

   I'm sure he's just a good old boy too.

Why is it that American

Why is it that American Jews have such a high tolerance for Muslim terrorists?

I guess as long as they aren't wearing an armband and speaking German they feel they can be reasoned with somehow?

Having not read the book but only seen the film, it appears that his version of Clinton in Primary Colors was, in the end, sympathetic towards the Clintons.  Of course, the academic wishy-washiness of leaving final judgement to the viewer and refusing to portray Liberals as evil is a standard of Hollywood film-making for the last umpteen years.

Did anyone read the book?  Did Klein make any judgements concerning his Clinton-like character?

A true conservative would have slammed the character for what he is, and would not have taken an 'oh well, he's a mere mortal like the rest of us and has his hubris and flaws' approach'.

One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).