Posted on 04/01/2026 11:53:14 AM PDT by Valpal1
JEWS THE world over will gather around the Seder table this week to recount again the great narrative of their ancestors' redemption from slavery in Egypt. In retelling the story, they will quote the passage from Exodus in which Pharaoh justified the unspeakable repression he intended to inflict on the Hebrews.
"Come, let us deal wisely with them," he exhorted his nation. "Otherwise they may become so numerous that if there is a war they will join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the land." Though the tyrant's idea of dealing wisely with the Hebrews began with slave labor, it wasn't long before he advanced to murder. "Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying: 'Every boy that is born you shall throw into the Nile.'"
Pharaoh's false accusation set the pattern for one of history's most durable antisemitic libels. Through the millennia, Jews have been portrayed as a fifth column, malevolently disposed to betray the nations in which they live. Again and again the slander resurfaces: When war comes, it will be the Jews who caused it, or who had the most to gain from its outcome, or who manipulated others into fighting and dying. The libel is as old as the Pyramids — and as current as today's news.
This is not an essay about antisemites, however. It is addressed to good people who would never knowingly endorse bigotry.
(Excerpt) Read more at jeffjacoby.com ...
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“But with Republican primary voters this year seemingly hell-bent on jumping off the Trump cliff, I decided that casting my ballot for one of the non-Trumps in the primary would be a futile gesture.” — Jeff Jacoby, 2016
Why this Reagan Conservative Voted for Bernie
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3404401/posts
A lot of the conservative political writers objected to Trump the first time and some developed strange new respect.
“Jeff Jacoby is not uniformly anti-Trump, though his support is selective and often critical. He has consistently criticized Trump’s character and rhetoric, describing the “Never Trump” movement’s reversal by many conservatives as a moral compromise. In a November 2024 column, he compared Trump to Shakespeare’s Richard III, highlighting how prominent conservatives who once opposed Trump on ethical grounds later supported him.
However, Jacoby has also endorsed specific Trump policies, such as opposing government funding for NPR and PBS, supporting Trump’s judicial appointments, and backing his trade and tariff stances despite their contradictions. He praised Trump’s re-election in 2024, suggesting it validated the strategic shift of former critics.
While not a full-throated Trump ally, Jacoby aligns with Trump on key conservative issues but remains critical of MAGA’s tone and Trump’s personal conduct. His position reflects a pragmatic conservatism that supports Trump’s policy outcomes while distancing from his style.
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Please comment on the posted article and not 10 year old history. People learn, people change.
Oh yeah. He won me over when I first heard him speak (not live, over stream or something). And of course he has the advantage IMHO that he’s constantly slandered and libeled by the drive-bys, including Saturday Night Vile, the various late night parasites, other Demagogic Party members and stooges, and of course foreign leaders of certain supposed allies. And adversaries.
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The pyramids of Egypt were ancient when Abraham saw them and about a thousand years old when Moses saw them. The reign of Queen Cleopatra VII is closer in time to the Donald Trump presidency than it is to the reign of the pharaohs who built the pyramids.
I noticed a few weeks back in reading Exodus, that the last words from Pharoh to Moses was, “Bless me.” I’m not certain what to make of that.
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