Remember the targets on the maps associated with Palin that were actually north/south orientation symbols on a surveys building site plan? On Jul 11, 2016 8:05 PM, "Keith In Tampa" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey Brine! > > I totally disagree. I don't believe that anyone even remotely considered > the post Anti-Semitic or Anti-Jew.....I surely didn't until those who > "Attack Trump" started referencing the Star of David. > > Bull Hockey! > > I don't believe the general public, including most Jews would have even > considered the ad, (including the money floating around) to be anything > more than "Anti-Hil Clinton" > > > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 7:00 PM, Brian Bednarek <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The anti-semetic aspect of the tweet is the fact that it plays into the >> stereotype of money grubbing jews ... the Disney thing and many others that >> use a star are not pushing an agenda ... I am 100% sure that the person who >> tweets for Mr. Trump was aware of the symbolism ... I have worked in >> advertizing, graphics and printing my whole adult life ... nothing is >> random or benign!!! >> >> On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 6:00 PM, 'Perplexed' via PoliticalForum < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> 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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