David Frum: Rand's plan to eliminate foreign aid has a "sinister edge"

[jct74]

Video is of David Frum talking to Glenn Greenwald about Rand wanting to cut all foreign aid as part of his proposed $500 billion in spending cuts. Frum of course focuses just on the fact that Israel is one of the countries that receive foreign aid. Glenn sticks up for Rand pretty good and challenges Frum on the fact that Rand is not singling out Israel, he has proposed cutting foreign aid to ALL countries. Frum counters back that the amount of foreign aid we hand out is "infinitesimal", then he throws some kind of underhanded jab implying Rand Paul and his father are anti-semitic: "Rand Paul's case has got a little bit of a sinister edge, given the particular history of the Paul family".

[sailingaway]

He's not going to get anywhere with Greenwald about that, maybe Greenwald will finally get it, if he didn't before, where this supposed 'anti-Semitism' charge comes from. From people like Frum who think there should be a never ending spigot of money and defense from us to one particular country over all the rest.

Plus, Frum doesn't mention that Rand's plan was to cut $500 billion, not just aid. It was part of a huge package...the only part Frum CARES about is Israel aid, and as far as I am concerned, singling ONLY that out to discuss from all the CUTS proposed, above education funds and domestic programs, has a sinister edge, right there. How can he justify that?

[acptulsa]

The funny thing is how all of this 'give Israel money or you're anti-semitic' blackmail reinforces certain old Jewish stereotypes. Anyone ever see The Merchant of Venice?

[RM918]

Cutting aid to Israel, no matter the reason, no matter the cause and no matter the fact we don't have aid to give, means you hate Jews. That's the reasoning because it's sadly the most effective and only argument they have.

[Bern]

Cashing in on guilt.

[specsaregood]

underhanded jab implying Rand Paul and his father are anti-semitic: "Rand Paul's case has got a little bit of a sinister edge, given the particular history of the Paul family".

What history is he speaking of? I dont' think there was anything about jews in those discredited newsletters was there?

[William R]

I wonder

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWpWc_suPWo

[sailingaway]

What history is he speaking of? I dont' think there was anything about jews in those discredited newsletters was there?

No. He is speaking of the same stuff about wanting to cut foreign aid to ALL and not wanting policing of the world, which came up in Iraq etc, and that was spun.

[Bern]

... I dont' think there was anything about jews in those discredited newsletters was there?

... Paul’s talk of an “industrial-banking-political elite” – any criticism of bankers, and their federally-insured con-game, is “conspiracism” and probably “anti-Semitic,” too. ...

http://takimag.com/article/why_the_b...mear_ron_paul/

[acptulsa]

Criticizing bankers is anti-Semitic. I've never seen a people so anxious to perpetuate the stereotypes about themselves as the Zionists.

[specsaregood]

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[BamaFanNKy]

Two Words: $#@! Frum.

[Bern]

specs - thanks for the NY Sun link (again). I should have bookmarked that one a long time ago.

[sailingaway]

That is what I thought. So no history at all of anti-semitism from the Paul family. I wonder if Frum is the "friend" that claimed to the nysun that Paul was an anti-semite? A claim they rebuked:
http://www.nysun.com/editorials/the-...uestion/87146/

If there was a "history" then they would have talked about it, no doubt.


Hey frum, you little , just because you say it is true doesn't make it true.

Frum is a champagne bottle?

[jct74]

Frum is a champagne bottle?

LOL, just click the "Reply With Quote" button to figure out what that it is, you can then see the name of the image. Here, I'll just copy it for you:
http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/6881/smalldouche.gif

It stumped me at first too.

[sailingaway]

LOL, just click the "Reply With Quote" button to figure out what that it is, you can then see the name of the image. Here, I'll just copy it for you:
http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/6881/smalldouche.gif

It stumped me at first too.

LOL!

Thanks.

[Immortal Technique]

Outrageous!

[Cowlesy]

Just more from NewSpeak from Frum.

He says that because Israel is the leading receiver of foreign aid, that Rand is singling them out. That's horsesh*t. There have been several public opinion polls that point to Americans en masse wanting to cut foreign aid until we can at least solve problems here at home. And if you ask Rand about foreign aid and Israel, he makes a great point that we also ship piles of weapons to the islamic states surrounding Israel -- is that an idea Frum supports?

Glad to see Glenn Greenwald, a dyed-in-the-wool PROGRESSIVE, sticking up for Rand and setting the record straight against a so-called "conservative" like David Frum.

[sailingaway]

Just more from NewSpeak from Frum.

He says that because Israel is the leading receiver of foreign aid, that Rand is singling them out. That's horsesh*t. There have been several public opinion polls that point to Americans en masse wanting to cut foreign aid until we can at least solve problems here at home. And if you ask Rand about foreign aid and Israel, he makes a great point that we also ship piles of weapons to the islamic states surrounding Israel -- is that an idea Frum supports?

Glad to see Glenn Greenwald, a dyed-in-the-wool PROGRESSIVE, sticking up for Rand and setting the record straight against a so-called "conservative" like David Frum.

Rand didn't even single out AID, it was a $500 billion budget cut. Israel aid is less than 1% of that. But its impact on Israel is all Frum cares about, or even tracked, as is clear from his reaction when Greenwald said Rand wasn't singling out aid to Israel. It is FRUM that singles out Israel, not anyone else.

[Inkblots]

And David Frum's head comes to a sinister point. What else is new?

[jct74]

Frum is an idiot. The amount of foreign aid we hand out is not "infinitesimally tiny". According to Wikipedia we hand out $44.9 billion in foreign aid a year - $11 billion in military assistance and $33.9 billion in economic assistance.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_foreign_aid

I looked at Rand's $500 billion spending cut proposal though and it says cut the State Department by $20.321 billion, with no mention of how much of that is due to eliminating foreign aid.
http://www.randpaul2010.com/wp-conte...0Bcutsbill.pdf
http://www.randpaul2010.com/wp-conte...ion-cuts-2.pdf

Does anyone know why there is such a large mismatch with the $44.9 billion number?

[Inkblots]

^
Well, Wikipedia isn't always 100% accurate. However, why don't you e-mail the Senator's office asking for clarification on that point, and let the rest of us know what they say?

[vita3]

David Frum is sinister in his core.