My question for you is why you give credence to a Hillary-loving moron like Kirchick?
http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/another-neocon-endorses-clinton She's promising "free" college education and now socialized medicine for anyone who wants it. And this idiot claims she's conservative. I guess he also missed the fact that the MORONS like him who claimed the Trump campaign's use of a red six-pointed star was anti-Semitic have been proven to be morons. When a leftwing company like Walt Fucking Disney used the exact same star, I sure don't recall the hillary bots screeching, do you? It was the anti-Semites and MORONIC JEWS like Kirchick who jumped to that conclusion when they saw a harmless 6-pointed star and money. It's no different than when the same leftloons automatically think saying something about welfare is racist (because THEY equate blacks with welfare). I laugh every time I see leftwingers show that they are the true bigots. On Monday, July 11, 2016 at 4:50:53 PM UTC-4, Bruce Majors wrote: > > Why is it a defense that your guy is too stupid to know how the Internet > works, but it isn't for the other guy? > > > Is this email not displaying correctly? > View it in your browser > <http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=64b898a0a81dd7326f504aa05&id=ac35ac66c4&e=95fdfeaa2b>. > > > > > Jared Kushner, Shanda > <http://jameskirchick.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=64b898a0a81dd7326f504aa05&id=8cd82db45a&e=95fdfeaa2b> > > > How the scion of one tri-state crime family married into another, in a > story equal parts ‘Sopranos’ and ‘Game of Thrones.’ > By James Kirchick > <http://jameskirchick.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=64b898a0a81dd7326f504aa05&id=084412ba09&e=95fdfeaa2b> > July > 11, 2016 > > Of the myriad ways in which Donald Trump has forced his pathetic > assemblage of voters, political enablers, and media hangers-on to debase > themselves, surely nothing has been so pitiful as the recent apologetics > offered by his son-in-law, Jared Kushner. In a piece > <http://jameskirchick.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=64b898a0a81dd7326f504aa05&id=bce040f321&e=95fdfeaa2b> > for *The New York Observer—*which he owns—titled “The Donald Trump I > Know,” Kushner began by declaring, “My father-in-law is not an > anti-Semite.” Displaying the sort of defensive rationalization employed by > people who feel a need to preface their disquisitions on inner-city crime > or immigration with the proviso, “I’m not a racist,” Kushner’s article > radiated the desperation of a hostage tape—which, in a way, it was. > Alongside banal attacks on the “speech police” and “the media” for holding > Trump up to an “insane standard” of propriety, Kushner shared the story, > “which I have never discussed,” of his ancestors’ victimization at the > hands of the Nazis so as to ensure readers that he is ever-attuned to “real > anti-Semitism.” > > The presumably “fake” anti-Semitism that his father-in-law has been so > unfairly accused of peddling was highlighted > <http://jameskirchick.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=64b898a0a81dd7326f504aa05&id=53ec6fc4c8&e=95fdfeaa2b> > just > a day earlier by one of Kushner’s own writers at the *Observer*, Dana > Schwartz, in an open letter to her boss. Prompting Schwartz’s concern was a > tweet by Trump, which, under the headline “Crooked Hillary–Makes History!” > depicted the presumptive Democratic nominee in profile against a backdrop > of raining dollar bills and a six-pointed star declaring her “Most corrupt > candidate ever!” Internet sleuths quickly traced the provenance of the > image to a white supremacist web forum. What followed was the usual > rigmarole whenever Trump is caught red-handed uttering bigoted things, or > retweeting bigoted things, or winking at bigots: a half-assed apology on > the part of the campaign followed by immediate repudiation by the candidate > himself. After taking down the original image and reposting it with a > circle instead of a star, (alongside the totally-kosher hashtag > #AmericaFirst, the anti-Semitic origins of which Trump cannot possibly, at > this point, claim ignorance), Trump and his coterie effectively rescinded > their earlier admissions of remorse by variously asserting that the star > was innocuously lifted from Microsoft Shapes, is a “sheriff’s star,” and, > most ridiculously, no different than the one appearing > <http://jameskirchick.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=64b898a0a81dd7326f504aa05&id=2bccfd5c93&e=95fdfeaa2b> > on > the cover of a *Frozen*coloring book. > > We know Kushner is not oblivious to anti-Semitism. One of the first > decisions he made as owner of the *Observer* was to fire the writer Phil > Weiss, then beginning his descent from someone creepily obsessed with Jews > into proprietor of an anti-Semitic hate site. (Ironically, Weiss was one of > the few people aside from right-wing extremists to defend > <http://jameskirchick.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=64b898a0a81dd7326f504aa05&id=a0180b459c&e=95fdfeaa2b> > his > old boss in Stargate.) Whether Trump himself fully grasped the implications > of slipping a Magen David into a tableau of money and accusations of > financial impropriety—indeed, whether he is, in his heart, an > anti-Semite—is beside the point. More pertinent is the simple fact that > Trump lifted the meme from a racist internet troll and has garnered the > enthusiastic support of seemingly every anti-Semite and white > nationalist in the United States. When it comes to questions like “Is Trump > dog-whistling at racists or merely lifting iconography from a popular > Disney franchise?,” I think I’ll take the word of David Duke over > <http://jameskirchick.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=64b898a0a81dd7326f504aa05&id=1dff0f587d&e=95fdfeaa2b> > that > of Jared Kushner. > > The rest of Kushner’s article was incoherent, dishonest, or evasive. For > instance, in the very same sentence where he attributes the star imbroglio > to Trump’s “team” being “careless in choosing an image to retweet,” Kushner > states that the whole controversy derives from the fact “that it’s the > actual candidate communicating with the American public rather than the > armies of handlers who poll test ordinary candidates’ every move.” Invoking > the hackneyed anecdote of Pauline Kael’s expression of befuddlement at > Richard Nixon’s victory, registered on account of her knowing only one > person who voted for him, Kushner instructs Schwartz and her journalistic > colleagues “to get out there and meet some of those people ‘outside their > ken’ ” supporting Trump. Because if there’s one man who understands the > frustrations of middle America—aside, of course, from Trump himself—it’s > this dapper, Orthodox Jewish product of the Frisch School, Harvard College, > and New York University’s law and business schools. “The worst that his > detractors can fairly say about him,” Kushner writes of his father-in-law, > “is that he has been careless in retweeting imagery that can be interpreted > as offensive.” If you put aside Trump’s endorsement of violence against > protestors, wanton disregard for the First Amendment, ridicule of the > physically handicapped for the delectation of a braying mob, endorsement of > nuclear proliferation, call to withdraw from NATO, envious admiration for > all manner of anti-American despots and thugs (the latest being Saddam > Hussein), remarks about a reporter’s menstrual cycle, clinically malignant > narcissism, pig ignorance about the basic functions of government, proposal > to ban Muslims from entering the country, racist attacks on a federal > judge, etc. and *ad infinitum*… if, in other words, Trump was merely the > joke vanity candidate we all thought he was a year ago, then, yes, perhaps > his noxious Twitter account would be “the worst” thing about his disgusting > and disgraceful campaign. > > Like smoking crack or joining the Communist Party after the Moscow purge > trials, supporting Donald Trump makes you say and do stupid things you’ll > come to regret. Distinguishing Jared Kushner’s submission to the genre of > Trump defenses from those of other Trumpkins was its exploitation of the > Holocaust. Kushner tells us that this is the first time he has shared this > story of familial agony, an admission that, given the context, would be > execrable enough even without his galling accusation that it is his > father-in-law’s “detractors” who are “manipulate[ing] the public.” And > Kushner revealed this heirloom of family suffering—which is hardly his own > suffering—for what? To defend a man who plays political footsie with the > former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan? > > *** > > To understand how Jared Kushner could reach such depths, one must first > understand that not only is he the son-in-law of an abusive sociopath, but > the son of one as well. Charles Kushner, a child of Holocaust survivors, > inherited a family real estate development business and grew it into a > billion-dollar empire with properties across six states. If one wants to > rise from mere landlord to true real estate mogul, it is necessary—given > the role that the legislative and judicial systems play in determining who > may use property to what end, i.e. the value of property—to become a > political power broker. And so Charles took a lesson from his future in-law > Donald Trump: He invested heavily in politics, becoming one of the biggest > Democratic donors in the country. His greatest investment was a young New > Jersey politico named Jim McGreevy, who as governor, appointed Kushner to > the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. > Distinguishing Jared Kushner’s submission to the genre of Trump defenses > from those of other Trumpkins was its exploitation of the Holocaust. > > Charles Kushner seemed to have an insatiable appetite for money and power, > and recognized the role politics played at the nexus of both. To maximize > his influence, Kushner circumvented federal campaign finance laws by > funneling money to candidates and elected officials with donations made in > the names of other people and through the over 100 separate real estate > development partnerships he controlled. In one of this already absurd > campaign’s more novelistic ironies, Kushner’s dirty dealings caught the > attention of a young, ambitious federal prosecutor named Chris Christie, > who opened up an investigation that called Kushner’s sister, Esther, and > brother-in-law, Billy, as witnesses. Determined to prevent Billy from > testifying, Charles set up a honey trap > <http://jameskirchick.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=64b898a0a81dd7326f504aa05&id=6fad580f6d&e=95fdfeaa2b> > for > his brother-in-law in a motel room—fully equipped with video cameras—and > paid a prostitute $10,000. Kushner then sent a tape of the assignation to > his sister, who promptly turned her brother’s attempt at blackmail over to > the authorities. > > Now charged with obstruction of justice and witness tampering in addition > to campaign finance violations, Kushner pleaded guilty to all 18 felonious > counts against him. He was sentenced > <http://jameskirchick.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=64b898a0a81dd7326f504aa05&id=6fe826c310&e=95fdfeaa2b> > to > two years in federal prison, and had to pay one of the highest ever fines > levied by the Federal Election Commission—all of which amounted to a slap > on the wrist given the nature of his conduct, the mountains of > incontrovertible evidence against him, and his lack of any evident remorse, > despite pleading guilty. “What is truly extraordinary is that Charles > Kushner has failed to accept full responsibility for his outrageous > criminal conduct,” said Christie, who today is one of Trump’s closest > advisers, alongside the son of the man he had arrested > <http://jameskirchick.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=64b898a0a81dd7326f504aa05&id=4d5e0a5798&e=95fdfeaa2b> > . > > Kushner was also implicated in the simultaneous downfall of his political > protégé McGreevy, who became infamous for a live televised resignation > during which he announced to the world that he was “a gay American.” Thanks > to this cynical deflection, most today remember McGreevy as having done > nothing worse than commit marital infidelity under the duress of his > decision to marry a woman and live his life in the closet. But the main > reason McGreevy was forced to step down from his post was that his former > lover, an Israeli man named Golan Cipel whom he had put on the state > payroll in a make-work job, was threatening to sue him for sexual > harassment. > > So who was Golan Cipel? McGreevy had met Cipel several years earlier in > Israel, and it was Charles Kushner who sponsored the young Israeli’s work > visa to the United States, and then generously employed Cipel in one of his > companies before the governor hired him. Some speculated > <http://jameskirchick.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=64b898a0a81dd7326f504aa05&id=7d411d81f7&e=95fdfeaa2b> > that > Kushner, recognizing the blackmail potential of this arrangement, persuaded > Cipel to threaten McGreevy with exposure. That would explain why, 10 > minutes before McGreevy’s tearful confession, a lawyer representing Cipel > called > <http://jameskirchick.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=64b898a0a81dd7326f504aa05&id=2eeed18f46&e=95fdfeaa2b> > McGreevy’s > office conveying the message that the jilted lover would keep their affair > secret if the governor fulfilled an odd request: grant a charter to Touro > College allowing it to open a medical school in New Jersey—a medical school > for which Charles Kushner had raised money and hoped to name after his late > mother. (At the time, Kushner, through his lawyer, denied > <http://jameskirchick.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=64b898a0a81dd7326f504aa05&id=39becc584b&e=95fdfeaa2b> > any > involvement.) > > With his father in the slammer, Jared became the nominal head of the > family business, and he remained a loyal son. Unlike Andrew and Mark > Madoff, who never spoke a word to their dad after turning him over to the > feds, Jared regularly visited Charles in federal prison, trekking down to > Alabama once a week, and defended him publicly. Jared’s role in this lurid, > Jewish “Sopranos”-like clan explains how the scion of one tri-state crime > family could fit so naturally into another. > > Jared and his wife, Ivanka Trump, are both the children of monumental > assholes. But that’s where their similarities end. Jared’s whole life has > been about being presentable, wearing a nice suit, and enduring the abuse > of an older father figure, which is basically the role he now plays in the > Trump clan. Who in his right mind would tolerate a lifetime of sucking up > to Donald Trump and listening to the repulsive nonsense that spews from his > mouth, particularly if he were heir to his own monumental real estate > fortune? Unlike Ivanka, who clearly controls her own destiny, Kushner comes > across as a whipping boy, eager to please and do as he’s told. > > Putting up with the antics of Donald Trump, then, is nothing new or > challenging for Kushner, whose father actually served prison time for the > sorts of things Donald Trump only brags about doing. In a way, Kushner was > the perfect person for Ivanka to marry, as he’s precisely the sort of > person who can tolerate the humiliation of being Donald Trump’s son-in-law > without lashing out and forcing his wife to choose between her husband and > her father, or having an affair out of rage and resentment, or otherwise > blowing up the fortunate union that his beloved engineered in her own > interest and presumably that of her children. > > Ivanka, by contrast, has proved her relative independence by helming her > own successful fashion company and converting to Orthodox Judaism—which > seems like the perfect way to keep her from eating dinner too often in her > father’s home. Ivanka’s relationship to her family is not unlike that of a > good Christian’s place in this fallen world; she is in the Trump brood but > not of it. > > Ivanka has doubtlessly learned a great deal from the experience of her > mother, Ivana, who was rooked into a stingy prenuptial agreement by Donald. > The Czechoslovak former model channeled everything into her children; in > marrying Jared Kushner, Ivanka pulled off the classical European dynastic > achievement of unifying two large houses whose fortunes will go to her > offspring. For that to happen, however, Ivanka knew that she would have to > marry someone who would not disrupt her matriarchal power. Ivanka knows how > to control her father, at least to the extent that he can be controlled > (witness her decisive hand in the firing of Trump campaign manager Corey > Lewandowski). The person she married also had to be someone over whom she > could exert power. > > All this explains how Jared Kushner could shamelessly tout his status as > the descendant of Holocaust survivors to vouch for the honor of someone so > undeserving of it as Donald Trump. Whatever Kushner needs to do to comfort > himself over his enabling this pox on the American body politic—whose > political ascent is the single worst thing to happen to the United States > since Sept. 11—he will do. He’s been training for this role his entire > life, under the tutelage of his father and now his wife. 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