THE JEWISH HOME
MARCH 26, 2015
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Texas Senator Ted Cruz officially announced that he’s running for president. Cruz said that after doing exhaustive research to see if he had a real chance to win, he said, “I’m gonna run anyway.” – Jimmy Fallon Republican Ted Cruz announced that he will run for president in 2016. So finally, Carnival is no longer the most dangerous cruise in America. – Ibid Texas senator and Tea Party favorite Ted Cruz announced he’s running for president. He pledged to lead America boldly forward into the 1950s. – Conan O’Brien Ted Cruz released a presidential campaign video in Spanish. Cruz explained, “It’s important for me to reach out to the people I’m trying to deport.” - Ibid
While credible witnesses gave varying accounts of exactly what Brown was doing with his hands as he moved toward Wilson – i.e., balling them, holding them out, or pulling up his pants up – and varying accounts of how he was moving – i.e., “charging,” moving in “slow motion,” or “running” – they all establish that Brown was moving toward Wilson when Wilson shot him. Although some witnesses state that Brown held his hands up at shoulder level with his palms facing outward for a brief moment, these same witnesses describe Brown then dropping his hands and “charging” at Wilson. – A portion of the recently released Dept. of Justice report, regarding what happened between Michael Brown and Police Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri [The Justice Department reports] have also forced me to deal with two uncomfortable truths: Brown never surrendered with his hands up, and Wilson was justified in shooting Brown. – Jonathan Capehart, acknowledging in the Washington Post that he was wrong about the Ferguson, Missouri, situation
College kids now are so politically correct. I mean, to the point where — I’ll give you an example. We had interns at the show, college interns. Like, the last year of the show, one of the interns comes and says, “Mr. Leno, I’m getting lunch. What do you want?” I said, “I don’t know, where are you going?” He said, “We’re getting Mexican.” I said, “I don’t really like Mexican.” He goes, “Whoa, that’s kind of racist.” That’s not racist. No, being anti-guacamole is not racist, okay? You have no idea what racism is. That’s not racist, you idiot! You moron. - Jay Leno in an interview with Seth Myers The president should get over it. Get over your temper tantrum, Mr. President, it’s time that we work together with our Israeli friends and try to stem this tide of ISIS and Iranian movement throughout the region, which is threatening the very fabric of the region. The least of your problems is what Bibi Netanyahu said during an election campaign. - Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz) on CNN discussing President Obama’s overt disdain for Netanyahu
Loretta Lynch, the first African-American woman nominated to be attorney general, is asked to sit in the back of the bus when it comes to the Senate calendar. That is unfair. It’s unjust. It is beneath the decorum and dignity of the United States Senate. - Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) when Lynch’s confirmation hearing was delayed because of an unrelated procedural issue These are the same Democrats that voted against Condoleezza Rice when she was appointed to be Secretary of State, and second, these are the same Democrats that blocked Miguel Estrada from even getting a vote in United States Senate, a very highly qualified Hispanic candidate for the federal judiciary. - Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), responding to Sen. Durbin’s comments, on Fox News
Netanyahu can no longer be dismissed as a rogue. He has proved that his people stand behind him. They have given him more seats in parliament than he had before and a more hawkish coalition of ruling parties. We don’t have a Netanyahu problem anymore. We have an Israel problem. - Liberal columnist William Saletan, Slate.com Sure, Iran’s top ally may be dropping chlorine gas on civilians, but the real problem in the Middle East is the Israel electorate. “The Price Israel Must Pay: We no longer have a Netanyahu problem. We have an Israel problem”—not a Hamas problem, or Fatah problem, not a random-criminals-shooting-folks-in-markets problem, or a lack-of-a-civil-society-in-the-Middle-East problem, but an Israel problem. - David Harsani, the Federalist.com, in response to Saletan’s article
A lot of people were angry at the way Netanyahu won this election. They said it was racist that he said, at the last minute, “Arab voters are coming out in droves to the polls”… I heard a lot of commentators here say, it would been as if Mitt Romney, in 2012, on the eve of the election said, “Black voters are coming out in droves to the polls.” But I don’t know if that’s really a great analogy. I think that would be a good analogy if America was a country that was surrounded by 12 or 13 completely black nations who had militarily attacked us many times, including as recently as last year. Would we let them vote? I don’t know. When we were attacked by the Japanese, we didn’t just not let them vote, we rounded them up and put them in camps. - Bill Maher
Arab voters are coming out in droves to the polls. - Prime Minister Netanyahu on Election Day, urging his voters to get to the polls The United States and this administration is deeply concerned about rhetoric that seeks to marginalize Arab-Israeli citizens. – White House Spokesman Josh Earnest condemning Netanyahu for encouraging his base to vote by warning that the Arabs, who are part of the left-wing’s base, were all voting
I wouldn’t hire this administration to negotiate a one-month lease for me. - Alan Dershowitz discussing the Obama administration’s negotiations with Iran