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Z Street representative Lori Lowenthal Marcus spoke out in March 2013 about the harassment the pro-Israel group received from the Obama IRS: “They told us terrorism happens in Israel. Therefore, they had to look into our organization because they thought we might be funding terrorism. We’re a purely educational entity. We didn’t fund anybody. We barely funded ourselves.” Remember: This is the same administration that wouldn’t call the Benghazi massacre a terrorist attack but accused a pro-Israel group of supporting terror.

   All of us should be appalled, but none of us should be surprised to find on both sides of great debates a certain number of bigots and ignoramuses.      The two are, of course, not the same. A bigot hates. An ignoramus is simply ignorant and therefore might be salvaged and redeemed by exposure to new information.      Which brings us to the sad, pathetic case of Rep. Jim Moran, the Virginia Democrat who recently joined Sen. Trent Lott on the national apology trail.      Lott, a Mississippi Republican, found himself apologizing desperately and profusely for his stunning declaration...