@ fuster:
The John McCains.

@ fuster:
Not necessarily. Don't know. Was thinking of putting up a comment on the reconciliation thread remarking upon the reaction, and how it tended to support Morris/Soffer and even Netanyahu over Weiss/Slater. But right about now, I'm going to turn around and watch the Lakers.

@ miguel cervantes:
Doesn't look like we can satisfy those demands, anyway. Not now.

Put simply, instead of arguing "good thing we're not OBL," they said, "killing OBL is wrong (so don't kill us)," which leads Americans to say, "oh, just like we thought, you're like OBL, better off dead, if you don't mind us saying so, or even if you do."

@ miguel cervantes:
We may have to admit, I think, that we don't understand exactly what makes them (Hamas, not MW) tick, except when it's a bomb - can't really see from their point of view. Your version of their logic makes a kind of sense. They may honestly believe it, but their communications strategy in that case is, shall we say, a bit lacking. What they've done is establish a better , or anyway politically more tenable, justification for Israel to send a candy-gram, at the appropriate moment.

@ miguel cervantes:
I'm agreeing with you, dude. I was making fun of PiloWeiss. The opinion there seems divided between those who are off in conspiracy never-never land and those who agree that Hamas has made things a lot more difficult for solidarity ideological struggle with these comments. I would call it possibly a major setback in that arena.

PW couldn't bring himself even to offer an opinion.

http://mondoweiss.net/2011/05/hamas-officials-condemn-bin-laden-killing.html#more-42082

@ miguel cervantes:
JIC the "Palestoonians celebratin 9/11" meme hadn't finally been put to rest.

But, donchaknow, it's a Jewish conspiracy that makes Americans choose the "wrong" side.