Thursday, December 15, 2011

Center for American "Progress" or Just Anti-Semitic Rants?

The Center for American Progress is a heavy-duty Lefty think-tank headed by a Clintonista, John Podesta.


Over the last week, Ben Smith, my colleague Greg Sargent and I have reported on the controversy concerning the Center for American Progress’s Think Progress bloggers and others in the left blogosphere who have deployed language that invokes anti-Semitic tropes of dual loyalty and who have peddled extreme anti-Israel views.

Perhaps in an effort to distract onlookers from the serious substance, CAP and its defenders have waged a war of words with Josh Block, a prominent Democratic activist who was quoted in Ben Smith’s original column and in subsequent reports.

When the Weisenthal Center is aggrieved, it's not just foofoodust.

Given the large anti-Semitic presence at the "Occupy" sites--another (D)/Lefty sponsored bunch, it's not a surprise that CAP is in the middle of it.

2 comments:

jimspice said...

You know, you guys are only doing yourself a dis-service by misunderstanding our take on Israel. We like Israel just fine, and consider them a valued ally. We do not, however, consider them infallible, and are perfectly comfortable criticizing their behavior when egregious. I find that much more legitimate than simply appeasing them because their nation must persist in order to fulfill some end times scenario.

Dad29 said...

Umnnnhhhh.....

I'm certainly not looking through rose-colored glasses at Israel.

But then, you aren't speaking for CAP, are you?

I found the tone and severity of the accusations to be unusually sharp; and when directed against CAP, that's a "news" item, indeed.