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| Alan Dershowitz: Why won't Carter debate his book? |
| 2006-12-21 |
| By Alan Dershowitz | December 21, 2006 - You can always tell when a public figure has written an indefensible book: when he refuses to debate it in the court of public opinion. And you can always tell when he's a hypocrite to boot: when he says he wrote a book in order to stimulate a debate, and then he refuses to participate in any such debate. I'm talking about former president Jimmy Carter and his new book "Palestine Peace Not Apartheid." Carter's book has been condemned as "moronic" (Slate), "anti-historical" (The Washington Post), "laughable" (San Francisco Chronicle), and riddled with errors and bias in reviews across the country. Many of the reviews have been written by non-Jewish as well as Jewish critics, and not by "representatives of Jewish organizations" as Carter has claimed. Carter has gone even beyond the errors of his book in interviews, in which he has said that the situation in Israel is worse than the crimes committed in Apartheid South Africa. When asked whether he believed that Israel's "persecution" of Palestinians was "[e]ven worse . . . than a place like Rwanda," Carter answered, "Yes. I think -- yes." When Larry King referred to my review several times to challenge Carter, Carter first said I hadn't read the book and then blustered, "You know, I think it's a waste of my time and yours to quote professor Dershowitz. He's so obviously biased, Larry, and it's not worth my time to waste it on commenting on him." (He never did answer King's questions.) |
| Posted by:.com |
| #7 Grom is being sarcastic, but there is truth in humor. He's given a free pass because he is Jewish and lives in Israel. :-) About time for that gal to call Carter and $hit in his cornflakes again like she did so well last time. In my opinion, Carter's answer is just fluff to make the immediate situation he was in go away. He owes an answer to that question to many people, not just Dershowitz. He should have taken the opportunity to address it. If his book had any meaningful thought behind it, he should have anticipated and have been able to answer the question. |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-12-21 18:46 |
| #6 "You know, I think it's a waste of my time and yours to quote professor Dershowitz. He's so obviously biased, Larry, and it's not worth my time to waste it on commenting on him." IOW: he's a Jooooo, and that settles it. |
| Posted by: xbalanke 2006-12-21 17:26 |
| #5 I'm sure Grom means it sarcastically. Just tryin' to show how anti-semetic Carter really is. |
| Posted by: Intrinsicpilot 2006-12-21 13:53 |
| #4 Wow. At least now we know where Grom stands. Unless he left off the sarcasm tags. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2006-12-21 12:10 |
| #3 Grom, that was uncalled for. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2006-12-21 11:53 |
| #2 God knows I disagree with Professor D on many an issue, but I stand with him in his condemnation of this deceitful liar and coward Jimmy Carter. |
| Posted by: Mark Z 2006-12-21 11:15 |
| #1 Cause he's too old to pretend respect for the opinions of the |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-12-21 09:45 |