Video: Is Bush responsible for anti-semitic 9/11 conspiracy theories?
posted at 5:27 pm on February 1, 2007 by Allahpundit
From Tuesday night’s Paula Zahn, although today seemed like a good day to run it what with news breaking about the big Truther/Holocaust denier convergence. Come for the “who told 4,000 Jews to stay away” freaks in the news segment, stay for the bottom feeders at the end blaming the Bushitler’s culture of fear for this shocking new phenomenon of “Zionists” being scapegoated for the world’s ills. Out of an eight and a half minute clip, I counted about 15 seconds devoted to the prevalence of the theory in the Muslim world and the rest to the handful of sideshow freaks who sell it here at home. Congrats to Paula and crew for keeping the problem in perspective. Your disgusting quote of the month, audible at the very end after the camera cuts to Deroy Murdock: “Pogroms will be next.”
Exit question: If Bush is the one stirring up Jew-hate, why is Wes “New York money people” Clark running as Democrat?
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Yes. And bad breath in dogs.
honora on February 1, 2007 at 5:35 PM
I love the cover photo of the jet and it’s markings.
El Al doesn’t use it and the Israeli Air Force roundel is a solid blue Star of David.
Oh and the Chicago fella…there is one sure way to find if if AQ is made up. Stand in Sadr City with a sign that says AQ is a fairy tale.
Limerick on February 1, 2007 at 5:39 PM
The press conference with the Boston hoaxers made more sense than this.
Chad on February 1, 2007 at 5:42 PM
That shrill Lauren Lake is one of the most obnoxious people on television. I have to change the channel whenever she is on O’Reilly, usually bitching about the man holding black people down. But it’s not even her position, she is just such an obnoxious bit**.
RightWinged on February 1, 2007 at 5:43 PM
Does anyone know where Dubya was when the Titanic sank? Hmmmm????
Bush knew.
Enrique on February 1, 2007 at 5:46 PM
Who are those idiot bottomfeeders?
RC2 on February 1, 2007 at 5:51 PM
It’s a conspiracy theory of a conspiracy theory…!
SouthernGent on February 1, 2007 at 5:52 PM
This is pathetic. I’m not sure who is the most sick, the CNN dolts that programmed and aired this vomit, or the brain dead fools they interviewed.
rplat on February 1, 2007 at 6:10 PM
Let’s see…I don’t like the war, I don’t remember why we’re in it, let me fill in the blanks with conspiracy theories and anti-Bush BS about who “did” 9-11.
Un-frackin’-believable.
flipflop on February 1, 2007 at 6:19 PM
Poor Rove — he gets no credit?
lan astaslem on February 1, 2007 at 6:23 PM
The old liberal guy on CNN made only one point that I agreed with (and actually thought of while watching the report): The people who genuinely believe these conspiracy theories are mentally ill.
I can’t think of any other explanation.
Showing that Christoper Bollyn guy as some serious and thoughtful critic was so ridiculous it is hard to even make a comment about it.
asc85 on February 1, 2007 at 6:26 PM
Is there anything the won’t blame on Bush?
stonemeister on February 1, 2007 at 6:30 PM
Blame the Jews for it…yeah, that’s something new!
Is “one in three Americans believe 9/11 was not perpetrated by Muslims” an accurate number? If so, it’s unreal…
“You cannot argue logic to someone who is mentally ill”…ain’t THAT the truth…
JetBoy on February 1, 2007 at 6:40 PM
Specifically, notice that they say it starts here and then transmits to the Muslim world:
The reporter says the theories “have gained momentum in Muslim countries” and ADL lady says “what’s most troubling is when it reaches the internet and then goes into the Muslim-Arab world.”
So the anti-Jewish paranoia starts with us and infects the innocent third world. Nothing organic about it over there, just here.
Alex K on February 1, 2007 at 6:45 PM
I thought we had seen the bottom with the Boston Hoax duo…
Viper1 on February 1, 2007 at 6:50 PM
The guy is right. The Clinton administration was very good about making us feel like everything was OK. Meanwhile, al Qaeda was planning to murder thousands of us.
Seixon on February 1, 2007 at 6:53 PM
I keep forgetting Paula Zahn still even exists. Sometimes she does a good job of scraping the bottm of the barrel to remind me (and everyone else) that she in-fact still does exist… barely.
SilverStar830 on February 1, 2007 at 7:11 PM
No…. that’s global warming.
Seriously, this is Muslim propaganda taken on its face by the left. Naziism, communism, greenism, islamism all look for the weak to accept as gospel their version of events. One-third of the people being willing consumers of this bullshit sounds about right. After all, how much of the American economy involves government employees, like that friendly, efficient, and oh-so-personable BMV lady or postal employee or public school teacher you talked to today? Idiots and scoundrels, the lot of them, and gullible to boot. A third? Yeah, that’s about right. Look at Hillary’s poll numbers.
HerrMorgenholz on February 1, 2007 at 7:14 PM
Wow. Who in the hell were those people? Are they analysts for CNN? or did they just run out and grab some schlepps off the street? I would have liked to hear what Deroy Murdock said in reponse to see if at least someone contradicted that nonsense.
They really should have consulted experts on conspiracy theories and the logic and thought process they (conspiracy theorists) use for viewers get a better understanding of they problems with conspiracy theories rather than just have “pogroms” boy declare one to be crazy but then launch into the beginnings of another crazy conspiracy.
bert169 on February 1, 2007 at 7:27 PM
Allah:
Do you have tape from the following night of that show? (I was on and I’m trying to find a place to link to that posts it–hint, hint.)
Debbie Schlussel on February 1, 2007 at 7:40 PM
CNN = Commentary Not News
Kini on February 1, 2007 at 8:05 PM
to really understand the depth of the deception going on here, consider that the voice heard at the beginning of the clip and again at 2:23, is eric hofschmidt. hofschmidt produced the first complete truther documentary, painful deceptions. this was distributed by amy goodman’s democracy now media network as an inducement to donors, in the same manner that pbs gives out totebags, prior to the release of loose change.
jummy on February 1, 2007 at 8:32 PM
i was just thinking. if the “2nd level” theory is the theory that the truthers are a government plot designed to discredit real “skeptics”, perhapps what we’re seeing there in paula’s pannel is the .5th level conspiracy theory. i’m trying to cleanly classify it amongst the others. it’s so stupid and convaluted that it’s hard to put in the box.
jummy on February 1, 2007 at 8:40 PM
Once again; this is the democratic party, this is how they think. They embrace this stuff, they consider this intellectial, “thinking outside the box”.
God help us, I am afraid that half of the U.S. is made up people who analyze like this. We even have our liberal bloggers on HA that think this way. This is the mindset that put Pelosi in her postition, Wu with the Klingons, Reid with his land deals, Jefferson with his frozen assests and still making law, this is the democratic party. Next thing you know they will do something really stupid like nominate Gore for a Nobel prize.
right2bright on February 1, 2007 at 9:13 PM
1 in 3…?
I thought only 1 in 4 Americans were retarded.
Perhaps we’re talking about 1 in 3 CNN viewers. Either way, we’re in grave danger as a society. No, not from Islamic extremists – they’ll be able to cruise right on in to our country after we destroy ourselves.
CliffHanger on February 1, 2007 at 9:36 PM
“Pogroms are next!” Perhaps – regardless, those will be Bush’s fault, too? What next? He’s responsible for Steve Irwin’s death, as well? “Well, if it weren’t for global warming…“ The depths to which the lunatic fringe will descend are fascinating to behold.
SpartRan on February 1, 2007 at 10:08 PM
Well, it has been 7 years since our last census…
HerrMorgenholz on February 1, 2007 at 10:57 PM
Wes the Conceipted Clark is going to run, hoping desperately that Mrs. Clinton will pick him, the NATO Uebersoldier, as VP.
He’s been and still is delusional, as “scrubbed and clean” as Mr. Biden would say that he looks/is.
Entelechy on February 1, 2007 at 11:35 PM
Funny, I’m NEVER asked to participate in these “polls”…
Who IS??
Polls are horse sqeeze.
tickleddragon on February 2, 2007 at 12:08 AM
“Anti-Zionism” is anti-Semitism for left-wingers who fear their own racism. It is also “legitimized” race-hate for Fascists who worry about the legal upshot of overt anti-semitism.
Paranoia about “Zionists” is where the far left meet and merge with Nazis and Islamists.
Whilst the far left, neo-nazis and radical Muslims may have differences on many things, when it comes to 9/11 conspiracy, Bushhate and Israel, they join each other on the soap box and become indistinguishable.
uptight on February 2, 2007 at 1:15 AM
Look What Bush did to My cat!!
Mazztek on February 2, 2007 at 1:28 AM
gah!
jummy on February 2, 2007 at 1:42 AM
Well of course. Bush didn’t have to foresight to sign on to the Kyoto treaty so that is why the glacier was melting, sending icebergs down to the North Atlantic shipping lanes… What do you mean he wasn’t born yet… That’s why you need foresight :)
So while Clinton was making us feel “OK” Al Qaida was bombing us around the world, Pakistan got the first jihad nuke, India got the first Gandhi nuke, Carter went to North Korea to prevent them from getting their nuke (I think they were 10 years away at that time. How long after that did they test their nuke? Oh yea 10 years) Enron was making millions, so were a lot of other dot coms, for nothing. (Funny how Enron made all their money under Clinton and were prosecuted under Bush but Bush gets to be the bad guy here)
Gwillie on February 2, 2007 at 2:27 AM
Someone got a bit offended by a South Park episode, methinks.
hadsil on February 2, 2007 at 2:35 AM
Debbie Schlussel — good job on TV last night!
georgej on February 2, 2007 at 3:20 AM
Not to defend this doucheweasel, but I’m pretty sure he was referring to FDR, not Clinton.
And we’re the ones, here on the right, who are constantly told not to compare the WOT to WWII. I guess what’s good for the goose actually isn’t good for the gander.
Sean M. on February 2, 2007 at 5:09 AM