Comments on: Which Left-Winger Made the Following Anti-Semitic Remarks: James von Brunn or Richard M. Nixon?

By: Blue Texan

Blue Texan — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:09:35 +0000

Answer: von Brunn is 3, 7 and 9.

By: woid

woid — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:35:45 +0000

Blue Texan:

So, nu?

By: BargainCountertenor

BargainCountertenor — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:51:01 +0000

I don’t know if it is the origin of the phrase, but there was a great Nat King Cole novelty song called Straighten Up and Fly Right.

The buzzard took a monkey for a ride in the air,
The monkey thought that everything was on the square,
The buzzard tried to throw the monkey off of his back,
The monkey grabbed the buzzard’s neck and said, “Now listen Jack!”
(chorus)
Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and stay right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down poppa, don’t you blow you top!

Ain’t no use in divin’
What’s the use in jivin’
Straighten up and fly right,
Cool down, poppa, don’t you blow your top!

The buzzard told the monkey, “You are choking me,
Release your hold and I will set you free!”
The monkey looked the buzzard right dead in the eye and said,
(spoken) “Your story is touching but it sounds just like a lie.”

(Chorus repeats)
(Piano ride)
(Chorus repeats)

By: woid

woid — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:37:17 +0000

Nixon 1,3,4,6,8,10

All the rest are Rush Limbaugh when the mike is off.

By: Marion in Savannah

Marion in Savannah — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:58:20 +0000

I’ll post the answers in comments.

My guess is they’re all Richard “Would You Buy A Used Car From This Man?” Nixon. But I’m usually wrong… Well? Who said what? It’s safe to tell us now, we’re 2 posts down in EPU land.

By: Mymy

Mymy — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:26:04 +0000

Re the Hitler was a lefty nonsense: he hated taxes, and was jailed for not paying them, he was enamored of wealth –wealth as such–and often went right for the gold in the treasuries of countries his armies invaded, and he also was anti-abortion… after all, there had to be mothers for the fatherland…

By: Blue Texan

Blue Texan — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:21:20 +0000

Yeah, pretty much. Criticizing the neocons means you’re an anti-Semite. We can thank David Brooks for that bullshit.

By: Teddy Partridge

Teddy Partridge — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:16:40 +0000

The word “Israel” doesn’t appear in the post.

By: bgrothus

bgrothus — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:14:09 +0000

So the subtext of this is that if one is critical in any way of Israel, then one is anti-Semitic which is the same exact thing as hating all Jews and everything Jewish?

Therefore I am von Brunn. Nice. It makes so much sense.

By: Raven

Raven — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:02:24 +0000

I felt that way until I spent the past week on the Outer Banks fishing!