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Kudos To Obama! / Tom Brokaw’s True Colors
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In my previous post, I mentioned the likeliness of Obama’s using his Buchenwald visit to deflect criticism and attention from his shunning of Israel.
Well, I know I can dish out criticism very easily, so let me make a point to dish out some praise of Obama for a change (oh, how I am growing to dislike that C word).
I am referring to a recent interview of Obama conducted by Tom Brokaw on NBC. In this interview (at the 4:05 mark), Brokaw disgustingly poses a loaded leading question to Obama. Obama was able to ignore the juicy bait and instead take the high ground with his response.
(Granted, the first sentence was the best part of the answer, and its praiseworthiness deteriorated with each subsequent rambling sentence, but that is almost to be expected with Obama’s non-teleprompted answers.)
The exchange was:
Brokaw: What can the Israelis learn from your visit to Buchenwald, and what should they be thinking about their treatment of the Palestinians?
Obama: Well, look, there’s no equivalency here.
What moral equivalency and false parallel is Brokaw trying to draw with such a question? A question like that only serves to illustrate what Brokaw’s real opinions are of such bizarre equivalencies.
Hopefully, his career arc will follow that of Dan Rather’s, ending in the scandal and shame that he deserves.