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| Professor Dershowitz Goes To War | |
| 2012-03-01 | |
| Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz, a leading Democratic lawyer who takes a hawkish line on Israel, has declared a personal war on the liberal group Media Matters, which has branched out into sharp criticism of Israel. “Not only will [the Media Matters controversy] be an election matter, I will personally make it an election matter,” Dershowitz, a professor at Harvard Law School, told WABC's Aaron Klein today. Dershowitz has been sharply criticizing Media Matters for weeks, but suggested for the first time today he intends to drive the controversy into the political conversation. "I don’t know whether President Obama has any idea that Media Matters has turned the corner against Israel in this way," he said. "I can tell you this, he will know very shortly because I am beginning a serious campaign on this issue and I will not let it drop until and unless [writer and activist MJ] Rosenberg is fired from Media Matters, or Media Matters changes its policy or the White House disassociates itself from Media Matters."
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Dershowitz is a brilliant, talented man. He also has an ego the size of his intellect. He's just the man for this job. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2012-03-01 08:39 |
| #1 Dershowitz is a valuable lesson. As a leftist, he was a parody, a joke, just another silly person ranting idealistic inanities. But turning against the left in defense of Israel, he has become a heretic to their herd. Shun any part of the leftist agenda and a person becomes an outcast. Yet at the same time, his credibility and strength increase notably. He is a tenacious defender when he defends in the here and now. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2012-03-01 08:04 |