One year later it remains difficult to believe (Schadenfreude marinated in schmaltz)

The Jewish Chronicle ^ | November 2, 2017 | Erika Dreifus

[Charles Martel]

The bubble of the liberal Jew shows clearly here. Goes to Israel and has obvious pride in the IDF and the various memorials & museums. Forgets completely how bad Israel-US relations were with the Obama Administration. Totally in the tank for Hillary, which would mean what in terms of Iran’s efforts at hegemony over the Middle East?

Good post. I wonder what percentage of American Jews are in this category - liberal enough to support Hillary, yet cares about Israel and travels there repeatedly? That's some industrial-strength cognitive dissonance at work.

[elcid1970]

Best Election Night meltdown: Cenk Uyghur and his Young Turk henchpersons. As more & more states go for Trump, well, you never heard such language!

[Savage Beast]

"It seemed surreal at the time. One year later, it remains difficult to believe, let alone explain."

To the delusional, truth is the greatest evil. To the honest, it's the greatest good.

[MarkL]

I live part time in a heavily Jewish area of S Florida......they consider Trump worse than Hitler....

When I've spoken to people who absolutely despise President Trump, I try to get them to detail exactly what it is that they hate about them. What I usually experience is "Two Minutes of Hate," right out of Orwell's "1984." They can't exactly say what it is that President Trump did that makes them hate him, they just know they do. President Trump as Emmanuel Goldstein.

The media has always been pro left, anti conservative. Their hatred of Nixon wasn't because he was conservative - he really wasn't, certainly not fiscally, but because he was anti-communist while in the senate. But things began to ramp up during the Clinton administration, and during Bush 43 administration, the media was nearly universally anti-Bush. But during the Obama regime, the media abandoned all pretenses of fairness and honesty to anyone who looked a the facts. The media is now a whole owned subsidiary of the DNC, operating as the DNC's propaganda operation.

Mark

[laconic]

I’ve seen the Cenk video which is a howler. You might also want to sit through the Canadian Broadcasting Co. video of Election Night - there are two “republicans” on the panel (David Frump, formerly a Bush speechwriter and some nasty woman) but not a single good word from them on Trump, a lot of anger as the night progresses. There is also a black woman panelist who is spitting hatred throughout the night. Not a single balanced word in their eight hours of programming; I’d say its a real disgrace but it is unintentionally funny.

[elcid1970]

The stupid, it is strong with these people.

Looking forward to “Scream Helplessly At The Sky” day later this month.