Posted on 12/29/2009 8:27:06 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
Quite the culture war on Morning Joe today . . . The combatants were Pat Buchanan and Spencer Ackerman of the lefty Washington Independent. The topic was the treatment of Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab. Buchanan wanted the budding terrorist classified as an enemy combatant in order to extract the maximum amount of information from him. Ackerman, in ACLU mode, favored having young Umar tried in federal court and given all rights extended to US criminal defendants.
My antennae went up when at the end of their debate, Buchanan saw Ackerman off by wishing him "Merry Christmas." A bit of Googling reveals that Ackerman, who describes himself as a "very short Jew," has recently written of his "deep-seated contempt for white gentile culture."
Speaking personally as a Jew, let me say that I'm always pleased to be wished Merry Christmas and regret the Season-Greetings-ization of our culture. Watch Pat in the video: there's nothing malicious in his tone; his greetings are given with a twinkle and a smile. But I can't help but wonder whether Pat meant his wishes [coming four days after the 25th and addressed to someone he probably knew or assumed to be Jewish] as something of a good-natured jibe.
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(Ackerman, in ACLU mode, favored having young Umar tried in federal court and given all rights extended to US criminal defendants)
He is not a criminal. He is a islamic terrorist war criminal who should be tried and then executed by firing squad and televised throughout the world.
The sunbathing Kenyan lizard king will pay dearly for not water boarding Umar.
Well-put...
Obama won’t pay dearly, but there will be a lot of dead bodies and their relatives paying dearly for our ACLU President.
As a Jew with a deep love for White Gentile culture, and a deep-seated contempt for Jews-In-Name-Only like Ackerman, I say to Pat Buchanan: Merry Christmas.
I suspect Pat was needling the guy. Pat’s the type who thinks he’s cute with this stuff.
That’s how it struck me.
No, some good Americans, men women children, will pay dearly for the haloed one’s treating this attack as if it were a marijuana possession case.
As Fr. Jonathon Morris reminded us on FNC channel this weekend, "Merry Christmas" is an appropriate greeting for 8 days after Christmas because we are celebrating the OCTAVE of the Christmas season. So, continue to say "Merry Christmas" until the Feast of the Circumcision -- New Year's Day. And people frequently leave their Christmas Decorations up until Epiphany -- Feast of the Kings -- January 6.
Yes, Buchanan is perfectly capable of offering a good natured jibe under the circumstances.
Ever heard of the 12 Days of Christmas?
He's a JINO huh? The best one I've heard yet is that Hillary is a WINO - Wife In Name Only.
Perhaps Ms. Ackerman would prefer to live in Iran or North Korea or Pakistan? Then he might appreciate that which he holds in contempt............
With Buchanan, I’d bet it was a tweak greeting to Ackerman. What could Ackerman do? I’m sure it gave Buchanan a chuckle, if only to himself. It wouldn’t have been nearly the fun for him if it were a Jew who doesn’t mind a ‘Merry Christmas.’
I thought that was WOMAN in name only?............;^)
LOL!
save for later
Barney Frank's question? "Boxers or briefs, young man?" He did however offer to "kiss the boo-boos."
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