And, of course, Tom Lehrer's "
Hanukkah in Santa Monica"
Let me make sure I understand this correctly. The NYT sat on the the NSA wiretapping story for over a year, not because they doubt the solidity of the story, but because they thought that releasing the story right before the election would make them
look bad? In short: Swift Boat Veterans for Truth = News, but unconstitutional, illegal wiretapping = Not. Heaven forfend that an injection of truthfulness might influence a US election!
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog riffed on that topic on Sunday night. "Jewcy is the bold new movement of cool Jews," Triumph said, his gravelly voice dripping with sarcasm. "Yeah, we want to be cool. We're Jews, like the Beasties! We don't want to be nerdy, like Einstein." Then he admonished: "Crack open a Torah. Learn something.
That's right! I'm lecturing you bitches!"
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