Obama Will Talk To Iran, But Not To Farrakhan

Writing about Obama's appearance at a Florida synagogue, Jennifer Rubin writes about

his jaw-dropping comment that he has been fighting anti-Semitic statements in the African American community. Excuse me, but did he rebuke Reverend Wright for the Israel is a “dirty word” remark (before Wright’s National Press Club attack on his political sincerity) or when Wright launched into his tirade about a fantastical ethnic bomb created by Israel?

Obamas has been very outspoken--basically about how outspoken he has been about anti-Semitism. While in Pennsylvania--

Obama reminded the crowd that he'd denounced his church’s praise of Farrakhan, saying, "I’ve been very clear about saying that was wrong. And nobody has spoken out more fiercely on the issue of anti- Semitism than I have."

Ed Morrissey writes:

First off, when has Obama spoken out at all against anti-Semitism outside of generic “hope and change” rhetoric about the tone and tenor of politics? He hasn’t been an activist for anti-Semitism even in his own church. He claims he didn’t agree with Jeremiah Wright’s honoring Farrakhan, but he didn’t speak out against it until people pressed him for a reaction to it. How about when his church reprinted Hamas propaganda in its bulletins? Did his fierce opposition erupt in protest? Uh, no.

And now “nobody has spoken out more fiercely on the issue of anti-Semitism” than Obama? That’s not just absurd, it insults the intelligence of everyone who heard it. Many people have spoken out eloquently on anti-Semitism on many more occasions than Barack Obama, which isn’t a difficult threshold to meet.

...In this case, Obama got so caught up in the moment that he transformed himself into the leading voice against anti-Semitism.

Obama is going to talk the Iranian regime into changing it's plan to destroy Israel--but he won't talk to Wright and Farrakhan about stopping their comments about Jews and Israel?

Crossposted on Soccer Dad

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