I read the quotes, and they didn't tell me anything I didn't already know.  Perhaps I undersold my prior knowledge, but I think you are also misconstruing the intent of my comments.  I was simply responding to the apparent implication in the Diary (which the diarist has since clarified) that Rahm's prominence in the "Anger Left" blogosphere was due to anti-Semitism rather than an objective analysis of the importance of his role.  With the health care debate currently so centre stage, I do not find it surprising even if there may be some undercurrents of anti-Semitism, conspiracy theories or type casting in their somewhere.  

If you feel Valerie's role deserves greater prominence and exposition, please write a diary about her and I will be happy to read it.  I only wish more USians would display a similar sympathetic curiosity about Irish or other politics around the world.

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