Posted on 08/11/2006 7:03:41 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
by Mark Finkelstein
August 11, 2006 - 21:47
It doesn't take much to offend liberals' exquisite sensitivities. The latest? Referring to Islamofascists as . . . Islamofascists. Chris Matthews got the ball rolling on this evening's Hardball. But Charlie Rangel upped the ante to the max, managing to impugn Christians and Jews in the bargain. Fortunately, GOP Congressman Dan Lungren had the guts to call Rangel on it.
Matthews got things started by challenging Lungren: "Would you include Hezbollah in that group [of Islamofascists]? Would you include Hamas, they are they enemies of Israel. Are they also enemies of ours? Are they also fascists because they have a dispute with Israel? Anybody who is against us is a fascist now."
Chris, are you really asking whether Hezbollah, who killed 241 of our servicemen in Lebanon, is our enemy?
Rangel sent things to the moon a bit later with this line: "You take Islamic and you call them fascists, you call them radical. You never called Hitler a Christian fascist. This is insulting to an entire religion."
Lungren wouldn't be intimidated: "No it's not that at all, and that is absolute nonsense to say that."
Rangel wasn't finished: "We got Christian killers, we got Jewish killers, and we never identify them by religion. What you're doing is demonizing."
Demonizing, Charlie? What would you call the people who wanted to blow up thousands of innocents civilians over the Atlantic this week?
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Petronski - you are referring to Rangel, not me, aren't you? I'm getting a little testy about this because some fools here who don't bother to read the post before commenting accuse ME of making the very statements that I am exposing and criticizing in my threads!
No can do. His lips are already booked. He plans to be stuck like a remora to Hillary's hindquarters come 2008.
You don't actually expect Charlie to start following through on promises now do you?
Rangle needs a new shtick, some brains and this: http://www.bestnose-newyork.com/nose_surgery_photos/nose6698_small.jpg
OK. But you have to understand that I am getting testy about this because this happens almost every time.
calm down - the responses go to you because folks are responding to what you posted.
Considering that it's an article of faith among hard-core lefties that the Boy Scouts, mom, dad and apple pie is inherently authoritarian and fascist, it's difficult to see where any controversy about the muzzies might lay.
Of course I'm talking about Rangel. Of course.
Well, he's been dead for many decades. He wasn't much of a Christian either.
Would they feel better if someone labelled him, too?
Drunk again
Hilter was no Christian! If anything he was a pagan. Rangel.... I'm waiting for him to make good on that promise that he will quit if the Dems don't take back the house. But for a US Congressman to say these things!? I guess ol' Charlie wouldn't recognize a 'fascist' unless they came to cut off his head. (Which wouldn't make him any dumber BTW)
You had the title changed, right? I didn't see the word "Rangel" there before...maybe I should put my glasses on 'cause I mix up letters.
I'll try not to do it again.
Actually Hitler embraced and encouraged the worship of the old pagan gods. He was definately not a Christian and wrote many articles critisizing them and blaming communism on Christians which in turn he blamed on the Jews. Read more of his works and you will see that his plan was to turn Germany into pagan worshipers because that suited his purpose.
In some cases, yes. In others, like Madison's [which he has now retracted, which is fine] - they were specifically addressed to me, Finkelstein. See #48.
There has been no change to the title.
Don't mean to be overly harsh on you. I understand how this can happen. But I can't tell you how often this occurs, so you can imagine it gets very aggravating after a while.
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