rick@uwmacc.UUCP (the absurdist) (03/02/86)
In article <15717@rochester.UUCP> Nigel Goddard writes: (referring to a comment by US Rep. Dornan complaining about Vladimir Posner, a spokeswidget for the USSR who was given airtime by US TV companies to comment on Reagan's speech): >Dornan: called Posner a "disloyal, betraying little Jew" > => Dornan would like to be (is?) a functionary for the Third Reich. Actually, when I heard this, I assumed that (1) Posner is Jewish; (2) Dornan is saying that anyone who is Jewish who can support the USSR, (certainly a strongly anti-semitic country) is a traitor to his own people. Then again, maybe Dornan is just crazy: he is from Jerry Brown country, after all. Certainly, Dornan's phrase is one which no politician ought to use if he/she doesn't expect to get misunderstood (assuming that Nigel is misunderstanding it at all). Those who are interested in the background of this issue may want to look at the latest collection of essays by William F. Buckley; in it he has a discussion of why he doesn't like it when Posner appears on Nightline. (Buckley/Posner are certainly an amusing team, whenever Koppel *does* manage to get them on the same show). -- "Oh, yeah? Well I survived CANCELLATION! Can you SAY THE SAME?" -- The Badger Rick Keir -- right next to the Oyster Tank -- UWisc - Madison {allegra, ihnp4, seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!rick
jeff@rtech.UUCP (Jeff Lichtman) (03/06/86)
> > In article <15717@rochester.UUCP> Nigel Goddard writes: > (referring to a comment by US Rep. Dornan complaining about Vladimir > Posner, a spokeswidget for the USSR who was given airtime by US > TV companies to comment on Reagan's speech): >>Dornan: called Posner a "disloyal, betraying little Jew" >> => Dornan would like to be (is?) a functionary for the Third Reich. > > Actually, when I heard this, I assumed that > (1) Posner is Jewish; > (2) Dornan is saying that anyone who is Jewish who can support the > USSR, (certainly a strongly anti-semitic country) is a > traitor to his own people. > Then again, maybe Dornan is just crazy: he is from Jerry Brown country, > after all. > > Certainly, Dornan's phrase is one which no politician ought to use if > he/she doesn't expect to get misunderstood (assuming that Nigel is > misunderstanding it at all). I heard Dornan on a radio talk show the other night, and this analysis agrees with what he says. Dornan says that he has always been a strong supporter of Israel strong critic of the Soviet Union's policies toward Jews. He apologized for his wording. Some might question his sincerity, but he convinced me that he didn't mean it the way it sounded. -- Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.) "Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent..." {amdahl, sun}!rtech!jeff {ucbvax, decvax}!mtxinu!rtech!jeff