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Sunday, December 18, 2011

Jewish Rabbi makes fool of himself as he bashes Tim Tebow

Sometimes conservatives make me crazy by the things they say or do. But this week it was a liberal Jewish Rabbi who takes the prize as he bashed Tim Tebow. But the Rabbi didn't stop at bashing. For him Time Tebow is a key to presidential politics, a secret for liberals winning against conservatives and a way to understand global tensions between Jews, Christians and Muslims.

I kid you not. I couldn't make this up.

Take this jump to read Rabbi Joshua Hammerman's Jewish Week column on Tim Tebow. Yes, the post was pulled just hours after it was released, but not in time to save the Rabbi from being exposed as the nut he is.

Here is a sample of what Hammerman wrote:

"If Tebow wins the Super Bowl, against all odds, it will buoy his faithful, and emboldened faithful can do insane things, like burning mosques, bashing gays and indiscriminately banishing immigrants."

He caught me. I'm one of the faithful, in my bunker stockpiling cocktails for the next Tebow win. I'll leave it to you to decide if they are Molotov or not.

Read the column. Hammerman actually gives us a fresh reminder of The Tebow Story, including how his mother was encouraged to abort Tim during her pregnancy. As you read, just when you think surely the Rabbi will redeem himself and make a good turn, he laments that Tebow's mother didn't abort him after all.

Really? What if Tebow inferred we'd be better off if the Rabbi's mother had died in the Holocaust?

Hammerman's wheels really come off as he closed his rant. "Unlike some other blue-staters, I do not fear people of faith.  I fear people of certainty.  The worldwide struggle going on right now is not between good and evil, but between certainty and doubt.  It cuts across denominational lines: Progressive and Modern Orthodox Jews lie on one side of the divide, joining mainline Christians and moderate Muslims; and those on the other side are also Jews, Christians and Muslims; the people of certainty." He then insists he will pray for The Patriots to beat the Broncos in today's game.

I'll close with a quote from self-described conservative Jewish blogger Steve: As a Jew, I'm embarrassed by Hammerman and the other leftist Jewish (and non-Jewish) vermin, who actually believe that because they are leftists or liberals, they are enlightened, and their opposition is narrow minded and bigoted.  I'm conservative, and I'm open minded to the fact that Rabbi Joshua Hammerman is a leftist bigot.