To Kill An Alan Dershowitz (The Dersh Slams Michael Lerner Of "Tikkun" Fame Alert)

Frontpagemag.com ^ | 09/27/06 | Alan Dershowitz

[justiceseeker93]

Again, if someone has some insight on this, please post:

Did HRC and Lerner have some kind of "breakup" since the days when she became enchanted with his "politics of meaning", etc.?

If the two are not on ideological soulmates any more, what caused the split?

[cricket]

Well, caught only that their 'relationship soured under the political spotlight'. . .

. . .but perhaps that only means that Hillary was unable to put 'meaning' into the politics of meaning - a Lerner catch phrase; . . .or she just did not credit the author of her 'new directions' i.e. perhaps a plagiarizing of Lerner's politics of meaniong agenda;

. . .or perhaps, Hillary was guilty on both counts. . .

That said, I could be wrong here. .

[justiceseeker93]

So you are sure that their "relationship soured under the political spotlight." What's the source for that quote? Somewhere in the MSM, I'd guess?

[cricket]

That was a quote from a 'google search'. . .but another search brings this to light and perhaps accurately depicts the 'souring'; but this too may be a 'simple' assessment; at any rate from http://www.discoverthenetwork.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=632 - the folowing:

[For some time, Lerner had a warm relationship with Hillary Clinton - and, by extension, with Bill Clinton also. Lerner's 1997 book titled The Politics of Meaning was the source of Mrs. Clinton's widely publicized use of that phrase. In a spirit reminiscent of the inscription atop Lerner's wedding cake, one of his book's chapters is entitled "The Tyranny of Couples." In Hell To Pay, her biography of Hillary Clinton, author Barbara Olson reports that Lerner, during his years of friendship with Mrs. Clinton, liked to frequently invoke the phrase, "Hillary and I believe" as a prelude to identifying points of agreement he shared with her.

However, as the Clinton presidency progressed, Lerner, a devoted far-leftist, lost interest in Bill and Hillary when he saw that polling data and focus groups were leading the administration toward moderation on such issues as welfare reform and social welfare spending. ]

Simple; but believeable inasmuch as neither Bill nor Hillary hold to core values (such as they are) over polling data that requires of them; a change of direction. . .

[Seeing More Clearly Now]

Michael Lerner is a dangerous jerk, who is in no way a rabbi. The Leftist Jews whom I have known who like him are hard core haters of Israel - lemmings who have not had a new thought in at least 35 years. A classic Northern California leftist, Lermer gets his followers to froth at the mouth and march in protest about a Palestinian Arab-owned tree in danger, but is silent when Jews and Christians are blown up or beheaded.

Lerner is a hypocrite with a self-promoting agenda. A self-hating Jew and enemy of Israel if there ever was one, he yelled "anti-Semitism" when the communists who run ANSWER did not invite him to speak at their anti-war rally! http://www.thenation.com/blogs/capitalgames?bid=3&pid=385