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The folks at Powerline realized the implications of an outrageous news clip featuring NBC's Tom Brokaw conducting an interview with the Obammessiah. Apparently, this hard news journalist thought he'd get deep and ask a pertinent question about Israel, the Palestinians, and just what it might be that the Jews can learn from Obama's visit to Buchenwald and how they should treat Palestinians and stuff about Nazis or something.
Seriously, what sort of historical ignorance does it take for someone to ask what Jews can learn about Buchenwald from a guy that has never visited the place before now, never had any intimate or even cultural connection to it, and wasn't even alive when it was a Nazi terror to the Jewish world? I mean, is Brokaw insinuating that the Jews did not learn anything from their own "visit" to Buchenwald?
And what sort of insensitive fool does it take to imagine that Jews have any new "lesson" to learn of Buchenwald that it has yet to learn? And how is it that Obama can be their teacher? The thought of it all is ludicrous.
But, let's get down to brass tacks, shall we? The singular point here is that Tom Brokaw just implied that Israel is treating the Palestinians just like the Nazis treated them! That is the true outrage here.
And I have to give President Obama credit for being smart enough not to take Brokaw's bait, too.
Transcript
BROKAW: What can the Israelis learn from your visit to Buchenwald? And what should they be thinking about their treatment of Palestinians?
OBAMA: Well, look, there's no equivalency here.
Of course, the proper response would have been to force Brokaw to more clearly make his point and then to ridicule him for being an idiot right on the spot. But, we can't expect Obama to scold his lapdogs too harshly, I guess.
If you don't want to endure this insufferable man (I know, which one, right?) scoot ahead to about 4 minutes into this journalistic tour de force.
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Disgraceful
June 5, 2009 - 15:09 ET by allanfHow much low can Brokaw and NBC sink. This borders on rank anti-semitism.
allanf... Oh that it
June 5, 2009 - 16:01 ET by bigtimerallanf...
Oh that it does....and then some.
Can you imagine if BOR had asked that exact question what the majority of the msm would have done...especially Olbie.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Brokaw: Jews Just Like Nazis
June 5, 2009 - 16:30 ET by deerjerkydaveWhat Brokaw is saying is that Israel is treating Palestinians like the Nazis treated the Jews. Brokaw is implying that the Jews never properly learned their lesson. His question was designed to get Obama to publicly agree. It is a brainless question and shows how far left Brokaw really is.
Take Brokaw off Air
June 5, 2009 - 18:28 ET by allanfAlthough there is little chance that Jeffrey (Icemelt) Immelt will accede, I think Brokaw should be taken off air.
Time for the pasture.
June 5, 2009 - 18:55 ET by Red JeepTime for Tom to go out to his ranch and permanently retire.
RJ... That's the problem,
June 5, 2009 - 19:24 ET by bigtimerRJ...
That's the problem, a lot of us here in Montana want him to stay out of here along with Turner if we had our choices..they insert themselves in politics here big time...I will never forgive Brokaw for his leftist BS during Burns Senate run...along with McClatchey news...and them using msnbc/nbc every chance they had.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Shame on NBC and Tom Brokaw!
June 5, 2009 - 19:07 ET by d1carterShame on NBC and Tom Brokaw! How low will NBC go before it completely fails? It can't be soon enough for me. I have not watched NBC in years.
I disagree, Jewish people
June 5, 2009 - 15:15 ET by MrSnugglesI disagree, Jewish people can most certainly learn from Buchenwald, ie. that appeasing evil people will lead to yet another Buchenwald. But, my gut tells me they already know this.
As I said in a post that was
June 5, 2009 - 15:17 ET by mattmAs I said in a post that was apparently deleted, they already have learned the lesson they need to learn: Never let down your guard.
Tom.....time
June 5, 2009 - 15:18 ET by BEGRUNTto retire!!!!! Obama's whole trip overseas makes me ill.....and the fact he will be at Normandy....standing among heroes makes me want to puke!!!
Brokaw has jumped the shark...
June 5, 2009 - 15:20 ET by AgentAmerican...years ago.
I have to be honest...Obama is better than the Holocaust Denier in Tehran, by default. At least he had the class to acknowledge that there was in fact a holocaust, but I am not sure if he is aware that it could very well happen again.
Anyone who doubts the holocaust happened is totally insane.
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Too much?
June 5, 2009 - 15:45 ET by StarAZCan't we have ne Obama-free day? Just one? We live in his world, the world is according to him--and he is some 47 year old Chicago politician with an IQ of 138 and a speechwriter who gets drunk and disrespects women--I mean, sweeties. Whatever. Some days I could scream and never stop.
Ha
June 5, 2009 - 15:54 ET by Warner Todd HustonJust think of we poor writers! We goota look at this stuff on PURPOSE so we can do our jobs!
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WTH.. I feel for ya...I
June 5, 2009 - 16:03 ET by bigtimerWTH..
I feel for ya...I mean that too.
I'm a political junkie and I can't handle the msm so much anymore either...not like I used to.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Thanks
June 5, 2009 - 16:05 ET by Warner Todd HustonBut, I know, I know. Let the pity party begin! Ha, ha.
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Perhaps we should ask if
June 5, 2009 - 16:04 ET by needlePerhaps we should ask if there is anything left that Tom Brokaw could still learn from Joseph Goebbels.
Impunitas semper ad deteriora invitat.
Maybe...
June 5, 2009 - 16:06 ET by Warner Todd HustonMaybe more like Leni Riefenstahl?
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tired of liberal
June 5, 2009 - 22:41 ET by stunnedtired of liberal lies
Maybe more like Leni Riefenstahl?
Ha Ha, Now you've gone too far, she was only one person who worked directly for Hitler and even she wasn't so far in the tank for Him as the MSM is for Obama. You're slandering the poor lady.
Please do the following exercise
June 5, 2009 - 16:07 ET by Jonah Johansen<
Read Brokaw's question and ask yourself what kind of mindset or presuppositions could
have produced such a question. To ask a question like this reveals an ugly
distorted sick view of the world. I am not sure if on his worst mentally imbalanced
day Keith Olberman or Bill Mahr could have spewed such garbage.
The logic is something like this. Someone breaks into
your house and murders one of your children. You buy a gun to protect
your family and some anti-gun fanatic asks you didn't you learn anything from
you child's death.
When listening to the Main stream media the question that keeps
going through my head - Are they incredibly evil or just incredibly stupid?
lessons learned
June 5, 2009 - 16:18 ET by Kekela WardI fear that the chosen one was taking notes on what his camps for unbelievers should look like back here in Amerika....
Sam: "I hurt somebody's feelings once"
Oh that trickster Brokaw!
June 5, 2009 - 16:18 ET by BKeyserYou all can remain in denial all you want. I think it's an absolutely pertinent questions. The Jews have held Palestinians in internment camps for ages and there's real evidence that they've been enacting vengeance for the Holocaust by conducting similar mass executions by way of gas chamber.
Huh? They're not doing that? But I thought... Oh, nevermind...
Brokaw's such a douchebag! Who produced that segment, Mary Mapes?
Lockjawer hit the bortorm of the orcearn with that one.
June 5, 2009 - 16:20 ET by R D HelmI think he owes the Israeli people an apology, too.
Won't hold my breath waiting for it, though.
-Dave
Connection?
June 5, 2009 - 16:40 ET by jasperjavaI'm not sure what you mean when you say that Obama has no "intimate or even cultural connection" to Buchenwald.
As I recall, his maternal grandfather - a man who helped raise Obama - was one of the American G.I.'s who helped liberate the camp. That's a pretty close connection, if you ask me.
Please don't let your hatred of Obama denigrate what the troops acheived during World War II.
Maybe My recollection is
June 5, 2009 - 17:01 ET by nixonMaybe My recollection is somewhat hazy . But I believe that the Big O claimed that it was His Uncle ,and that the Camp was Auswitz . In which case His Uncle would have had to have been a member of the Red Army .
great uncle
June 5, 2009 - 17:43 ET by DontFeedTheTrollsYes, his great uncle, and his great uncle just did an interview stating that he never told Obama any such thing, because it didn't happen. Hesaid he was at Ohrdruf and never spoke about it to Obama. Once again, Obama has the facts wrong in order to make him look good.
Knigge: Buchenwald made the horror visible. This place
reawakened the world's conscience. It also made it clear to American
soldiers, once again, why it was necessary to wage this war. Later on,
the photos and documentary films that were made here helped shape our
historical memory, particularly after 1990 when East Germany came to an
end and the West gained unrestricted access to Buchenwald once again.
To this day, every major historical exhibition in the United States
begins with images from Ohrdruf and Buchenwald.
D
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Yeah that would be the 'typical white' uncle..
June 5, 2009 - 17:43 ET by Sergeant ROCK.. not to be confused with the one(s) from Indonesia or Kenya.
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
Darn, say uncle
June 5, 2009 - 17:53 ET by DontFeedTheTrollsI quoted the wrong story, my bad, here's the money quote:
Charles Payne: I don't buy that. I was quite surprised when the
whole thing came up and Barack talked about my war experiences in Nazi
Germany. We had never talked about that before. This is a trip that he
chose, not because of me I'm sure, but for political reasons.
D
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Another Payne quote
June 5, 2009 - 19:22 ET by Dan DiegoPayne: I am puzzled by intelligent people who stand by and allow
their country to be taken over and run by extreme radical types. I'm
still somewhat puzzled by that. And I am fully aware that it could
happen and has almost happened in this country. You know, I lived
through the McCarthy era in the 1950s, when it was getting dangerously
close to that sort of thing.
Wake up Mr. Payne, it's happening NOW!!!
nixon... I've heard that
June 5, 2009 - 17:43 ET by bigtimernixon...
I've heard that his Uncle never talked to O about any of what O claimed he had after his speech...and now he is using his grandfather...probably making this up too...seems anything that was ever discussed was always after O claimed they were discussed...and I thought the Clinton Duo along with algore held the record for being a serial liars....let alone narcisstic (Bill Clinton)...he tops them all daily.
He always changes his story when it fits his agenda...and the msm adores it.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Re recollection
June 5, 2009 - 17:46 ET by slickwillie2001No, it's the Bamster's memory that was hazy. First he said it was Uncle and Auschwitz, and then the story gradually changed to Grandfather and Buchenwald, and then to a satellite camp of Buchenwald.
If this is material out of one of his books, he might have had to check in with Bill Ayers to clarify.
Christmas in Cambodia
June 5, 2009 - 17:50 ET by Sergeant ROCKThere I was.. I mean my uncle.. err.. grandfather.. George S. Patton Jr. .. will someone fast-forward the teleprompter please!
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
sw... I needed a spew
June 5, 2009 - 17:54 ET by bigtimersw...
I needed a spew alert for you last lines there!
You got me roaring with laughter...sad that I found that funny I suppose...but what the heck, Obama is a phony as I have ever witnessed, I watched his speech this morning, Merkel was not a happy camper...not one iota...if looks could kill, plus just not looking at him too...she was priceless.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Sad
June 5, 2009 - 17:13 ET by jaywlThe reason Brokaw has degraded into a parody of himself when he did ask questions that should be answered is the old saw about believing your own press releases. He thinks his next question is his next profound, insightful, searing inquisition that is always better than the last, or his last good question ten years ago. Old athletes, old movie stars, old anchors: don't any of them know their best is past. Not that scumbag Dan Rather is an ideal, but Brokaw should watch the latest clips of Rather in a crumpled trench coat reporting from the sidewalk outside the UN while today's young things interview beaming diplomats inside. Does Tom want to join Dan on my fantasy sidewalk? Sad to see even if I think they have been less than ideal newsmen.
NBC still sinking ...
June 5, 2009 - 17:24 ET by metaphorsbwithuUgh! That's it, NBC. I'm done!
As Popeye said, "Where's the entrance to the exit?"
metaphorsbwithu
old fart commentators
June 5, 2009 - 18:35 ET by pappyinpait seems these old washed-up bass-turds like bro brokaw, donahue, turner et el for some reason think they are still relevent in today's media. they were schills 30 years ago, and now have gotten worse. they should get back on their oldtimers medication and leave the dems screw up without their help.
once a
June 5, 2009 - 18:43 ET by pappyinpai forgot to mention, once a liar, always a liar is a fitting title for this campaigner in chief taking up space in d.c.
The question is, what can
June 5, 2009 - 18:47 ET by George S PattonThe question is, what can the magic negro learn from it? Apparently nothing, Buchenwald, just another prop on the apology tour.
Brokaw
June 5, 2009 - 19:04 ET by well99That is pathetic on so many levels.
Brokaw should do more than resign
June 5, 2009 - 19:06 ET by Gat New YorkThat deplroable statement should ban him from any further duties on NBC, but I am certain that the question was planned because Obama showed no surprise and had an immediate response without thinking.
NBC is Obama's in-house propaganda machine and I have to believe that everything is staged and planned with them including Obama plugging NBC late-night shows.
To even suggest a moral equivalence of Israel/Palestine to the Holocaust is mind numbing.
tired of liberal lies Any
June 5, 2009 - 22:56 ET by stunnedtired of liberal lies
Any Republican who lied about a relative's role in liberating a concentration camp, much less the President would be hounded by the MSM for the rest of his or her's short career. Obama is a disgrace and the only thing more pathetic is the media ignoring the story. His uncle on the other hand like any true combat vet I've ever met told the truth about his experience in war, if he speaks of it at all, because by not doing so sullies the memory of friends who never came home. Obama with his lies has no qualms about exploiting his own uncle or those long dead heros for his political benefit. My only question is why did not one reporter every call up and confirm the uncle's story since Obama screwed it up during the campaign?
Quite a quandary. On the
June 5, 2009 - 23:31 ET by RR GOPQuite a quandary. On the one hand, the occasional Hollywood or TV gorefest inspired by the Holocaust is good for business, placates Jews, and vilifies white Europeans (especially those on the far right).
On the other hand, the Jews are evil for their treatment of the Muslim brothers in Palestine, because they are such a peaceful people and all.
Must really suck to be a Liberal sometimes and not know whom to hate the most.
No, I'm not happy with the treatment of Palestinians in general either, but they have brought a hell of a lot of it on themselves. When they get a square yard of dirt to themselves they set up a rocket launcher aimed at Israel. I cannot blame the Israelis one bit for defending themselves.
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!?).
Well, Tom...
June 6, 2009 - 10:42 ET by CobraMan"What can the Israelis learn from your visit to Buchenwald? And what should they be thinking about their treatment of Palestinians?"
Well,Tom, they learned not to trust those who claim that there can be peace with the people who intend to destroy them all. They're thinking that I believe that there can be peace with those who intend to destroy them all. So, I guess they learned that they really can't trust me and they're thinking that I'm more interested in looking good to the Palestinians than protecting their lives. I hope that answers your question, Tom.
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