Wolf Blitzer's interview with David Duke today was very revealing as to how a hatemonger will mix popular positions on current issues with his grand-ol' racism.
The interview with Duke is halfway down this transcript:
Excerpt from the setup video:
DUKE: The time is coming when the American majority will find its way to its rights and its heritage.
Some excerpts:
BLITZER: Mr. Duke, thanks very much for coming in. What do you say to those who say -- who charge, and there are many, that you're there in Tehran at this Holocaust conference simply because you hate Jews?
DUKE: Well, first off, Mr. Blitzer, I resent the introduction you made of me. You mentioned the Ku Klux Klan 11 times... I think you're biased because you're a former lobbyist for AIPAC. You're a Jewish extremist, supporter of Israel, so you want to bias anyone who criticizes Zionism.
BLITZER: Well, do you hate Jews?
DUKE: No, I don't. Do you hate people who don't want to be controlled? Do you hate Americans who don't want the Israeli lobby ...Pearl and people like Wolfowitz, Feith, Wurmser, Kristol, Abrams -- we can go on and on. It sounds like a Jewish wedding...
BLITZER: Well, let me interrupt for a moment, Mr. Duke. As far as I know, the president of the United States, who is the commander in chief, is not Jewish. The vice president of the United States is not Jewish. The secretary of defense is not Jewish. The national security advisor to the president, not Jewish. The director of the CIA, not Jewish. Are these people simply tools of the Zionist conspiracy?
DUKE: They're not tools of a conspiracy, but they are definitely tools of the Zionist media and political power.
...BLITZER: But we didn't have to invite you on CNN.
DUKE: And you want to -- it's an attack mode, always an attack mode when people like myself come on there. But you thought you could handle me with your 11 connotations of the Ku Klux Klan.
BLITZER: All right, let me...
DUKE: But you know something? You can't handle me, and you can't handle the truth, and the fact is, you are an agent of Zionism. You work for AIPAC...
BLITZER: Listen -- all right. Listen.
DUKE: ... the lobby in this country that controls Israeli policy.
BLITZER: Listen, Mr. Duke...
DUKE: You're not an honest broken on television.
BLITZER: ... I am going to read to you what Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said...
DUKE: You're an Israeli agent.
Now try this:
http://www.dailykos.com/...
My response:
- Not everyone who finds David Duke a repugnant ass (or who are equally disgusted by those who spout the same tripe) is an Israeli agent.
- Not everyone who supports a two-state solution (as I do) is an Israeli agent.
- Not everyone who does not support Hamas is an Israeli Agent (or even Jewish, for that matter).
- Not everyone who does not support Iran's regime -- but whom also does not want to see war with Iran (I prefer diplomacy) is an Israeli agent.
- Not everyone who disagrees with some of the revisionist comments posted in response to this thoughtful diary, is an Israeli agent.
- Not everyone who is discussed on threads between like-minded individuals (see David Duke above) is an Israeli agent (or holds any resemblance to the assumptions being made about them).
Sometimes the person they're talking about is simply a person of conscience who feels they can't sit by and let the David Dukes of the world win.