Topic: Newsmax
Newsmax achieved new heights in Obama-hate by publishing a June 10 column by Rabbi Morton H. Pomerantz essentially blaming President Obama for "creating a climate of hate" that led to James von Brunn's shooting at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington:
Our new president did not tell a virulent anti-Semite to travel to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington to kill Jews, but he is most certainly creating a climate of hate against us.
It is no coincidence that we are witnessing this level of hatred toward Jews as President Barack Obama positions America against the Jewish state.
In the midst of his anti-Obama right-wing screed, Pomerantz falsely claims that Obama's speech in Cairo "praises — unconditionally — a religion and culture that has a long history of being antithetical to the very values that have made America a great nation." In fact, Obama repeatedly criticized violent extremism in the Islamic world and vociferiously criticized those who defend the events of 9/11: "But let us be clear: Al Qaeda killed nearly 3,000 people on that day. The victims were innocent men, women and children from America and many other nations who had done nothing to harm anybody. And yet al Qaeda chose to ruthlessly murder these people, claimed credit for the attack, and even now states their determination to kill on a massive scale. They have affiliates in many countries and are trying to expand their reach. These are not opinions to be debated; these are facts to be dealt with."
