On Jan 9, 2008, at 3:46 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> It does seem however that Paul's refusal to do the ritual obeisance to
> Israel (as Obama, Edwards and Clinton did) is TNR's motive for a hit
> piece by its editor. The piece is based on material from a newsletter
> about which Paul has been pilloried for a while. (See note 2 below)
>
> Paul's second sin -- and the vulnerability that TNR wants to use
> against
> a presumed enemy of Israel -- may be a failure to repeat liberal
> shibboleths on race.
Leave the Zionist issue aside; the quoted critiques of Israel aren't over the top. But racist and homophobic things went out in his name. Ugly stuff. That's a lot worse than failing to "repeat liberal shibboleths on race." Do you have a blind spot when it comes to Counterpunch faves?
Doug