cartoon in the weekly standard

[laruemtt]

My sister e-mailed this to me, but i can't seem to be able to get it to cut and paste, maybe it's too big. you'll need to use this link. Too funny.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/002/860byfst.asp

[MSchreader]

1. Funny, but...

I could seriously do without the anti-Semitic overtones.

Martin

[laruemtt]

2. sorry, martin, that was not the intent - actually,

my sister works for a jewish community action center - she herself is not jewish. guess we were just looking at the humor aspect of it - we're pretty irreverent but certainly not antisemitic. but anyway, no offense intended.

[MSchreader]

7. No offense taken

Seriously. It's just that I don't trust the Weekly Standard to not have such things in mind -- given the influence that Pat Buchanan has with it.

Martin

[EOTE]

3. Anti-semetic?

I don't see it, is it the Kosher remark?

[MSchreader]

8. It kinda gives it away

Remember, this is a far-right rag that is influenced by Pat Buchanan.

Martin

[TahitiNut]

4. Huh?

Are you focusing on the "Dining Plans"? Real cruises often include that very phrase. :shrug:

[MSchreader]

9. I know

See my other responses above to see why it bothered me.

Martin

[laruemtt]

10. peace, all

once again, no offense intended. maybe we should just close this thread out. didn't want to start this day out ruffling feathers of fellow DUers.

peace to all.
larue

[recidivist]

11. Hardly anti-semitic.

The "neocons" are a broad and very loosely defined group, but they are heavily Jewish. Bill Kristol, who edits the Weekly Standard, is Jewish, as are many of the contributors to the magazine. This is a parody piece, and the overtly Jewish references are a matter of Jewish Republicans poking fun at themselves.

Support for Israel is one of the touchstones of this set of people. It is also one of the issues -- along with a strong line against the Soviet Union in the closing years of the Cold War -- that induced a significant number of former Democrats to switch parties. These folks are foreign policy hawks, and thus allies of convenience with the more traditional Republicans, but are often quite moderate on social issues. There are often considerable tensions within the right arising from this fact.

FWIW, Pat Buchanan is not popular with the Weekly Standard crowd. Buchanan is quasi-isolationist, increasingly nativist, and critical of Israel's "amen corner" on the right. He is neither a Weekly Standard nor a National Review conservative, as both magazines are internationalist in outlook.

[izzie]

5. Pretty good, but why there?

n/t

[Redleg]

6. That's a spoof site of the Weekly Standard

That explains the critical cartoon.