CNN’s Rick Sanchez Goes Anti-Semitic

Pajamas Media ^ | October 1, 2010 | Bryan Preston

[jazusamo]

Well.  In the gallery of CNN hairdo Rick Sanchez’s greatest hits, hits which include killing a man while driving under the influence and saying on-air that Iceland is too cold to have volcanoes (seriously), this is the first one that may cost him his career.  During an interview with satellite radio host Pete Dominick, Sanchez called Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart a “bigot” and then upped that into a an anti-Semitic smear (and sounding a bit like a different Sanchez).

I’m telling you that everybody who runs CNN is a lot like Stewart, and a lot of people who run all the other networks are a lot like Stewart, and to imply that somehow they, the people in this country who are Jewish, are an oppressed minority? Yeah.

The appeal to “who’s the real oppressed minority” is touching.  You’re not oppressed, I’m oppressed! I’m being repressed right here in this chair from which I am paid huge money to read the news to millions thousands of people! Yet both Stewart and Sanchez still manage to eke out a living in this awful, oppressive country.

Sanchez’s real gripe about Stewart is probably Stewart’s calling out Sanchez for being the opposite of brilliant.  But the anti-Semitism lacing the remarks?

That’s rank bigotry, period.

CNN has been taking out the trash lately, even letting go of the man most responsible for Pajamas Media’s own name.  It looks like the CNN suits need to break out the broom for one more.

Bryan Preston has been a leading conservative blogger and opinionator since founding his first blog in 2001. Bryan is a military veteran, worked for NASA, hails from Hot Air, was producer of the Laura Ingraham Show and, most recently before joining PJM, was Communications Director of the Republican Party of Texas.

[jazusamo]

Sanchez is a real piece of work.

[Dr. Ursus]

This could lead him to drink and drive!

[Hoodat]

So who is the dumbest?

1. Rick Sanchez
2. Joe Biden
3. Patty Murray
4. Bob Casey

[GoCards]

When is someone going to pull his plug?

[glorgau]

Yep, that is one dirty Sanchez.

[GeronL]

Rick “Hit&Run” Sanchez

[jazusamo]

LOL!

I used to think no one was dumber than Osama Mama but now I’m not so sure.

[Ravi]

That nine meters bit was hilarious.

[jazusamo]

I hadn’t seen that but just watched the video. LOL!

At least he didn’t say anything about parking.

[nickcarraway]

Wackadoo.

[tiki]

Where is #5?

5. All of the Above

[Soul Seeker]

I had forgotton about the origin of Pajamas Media. LOL

I see two privledged liberals warring with each other as they have nothing else to do with the upcoming democratic collapse unavoidable this cycle.

That commment does suggest Sanchez is a bigot. At the very least he’s jealous of advantages he perceives Jews to have over his preferred minority group. Those tensions are not unique to him. The same tention exists between Blacks and Hispanics battling for senority of victim status or being reflected in the race between a Hispanic politician and Vietnamese polition this cycle. It’s all ridiculous.

[jazusamo]

Update: I (Preston) called up CNN and got their PR arm’s voicemail.  Putting my crisis communications hat on for a minute, I bet they’re in a little lockdown mode until they can review what Sanchez said, assess the damage, and formulate a game plan.  I left my phone number for them to call me back.  I’d say the odds of them actually calling me back are less than 1%.  They’ll come up with a plan and roll it out whenever and however is most opportune for the network.  Say, isn’t this Friday?

[Psycho_Bunny]

Today.