by Bill Levinson

Speaker at federation event slammed for calling Obama an ‘anti-Semite’:

“Barack Obama is an anti-Semite,” said Gabriel, who founded the nonprofit organization American Congress for Truth following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. “No Jews should support him. Jews should vote for Hillary Clinton.”

We do not know whether Obama is an anti-Semite because we cannot read his mind, and we have not heard him say anything anti-Semitic. Aesop, however, told us long ago that birds of a feather flock together. If Obama does not wish to be taken for an anti-Semite (and racist), he should not surround himself with individuals like Al Sharpton, or anti-Semitic and anti-Catholic organizations like MoveOn.org. We also know that, when we complained to his campaign about his promotion of Sharpton, they responded with what is at best a patronizing brush-off if not a deliberate insult. On the other hand, we support McCain over Clinton, who also appeared with and promoted Sharpton.