The Return of Gellman

When last I wrote on Rabbi Marc Gellman he was being a patronizing jackass. Today brings Gellman in fine fettle. You see, Rabbi Gellman just can't fathom why Jews didn't vote for Sore Loserman:

Please understand, this is not a political rant. Yes, I support the war and yes I support and admire President George W. Bush, but I understand and respect those who have come to another conclusion about how best to fight the war on terror. My disappointment is with my people. I simply do not understand why so many Jews bailed on Joe. I cannot understand why Joe's percentage of the Jewish vote was not in the high 90s instead of the 54-57 percent range (according to Lieberman’s campaign). I have opinions on way too many things I don't know nearly enough about, but I know about Jews. I am a professional Jew, and yet if you asked me to explain why Jews did not vote for Joe the way blacks voted for Barack Obama or Catholics voted for John F. Kennedy I would not know what to tell you.

Remember: This is not a political rant. Oh, and Rabbi Gellman is a "professional Jew". (Which begs the question: What is an amateur Jew?)

So he supports the war. So what? The actual difference between intelligent people's positions on the war in Iraq is between those who know we must leave eventually but do not want to embolden our enemies and weaken our friends by telling them when we will leave, and those who also know we will leave eventually and also do not want to set an arbitrary timetable, but who really, really, really want everybody to know that we will be leaving. Those who want to bring all the troops home by next Monday, and those who want to “nuke the bastards” are both nuts.

"So he supports the war. So what?" The war? Pish-posh. 'Tis a minor annoyance. And now Gellman returns to his patronizing manner:

So among reasonable non-rabid people, the differences over Iraq are just not that big. And for this we dumped Joe? It just makes no sense to me and it ought to be a huge embarrassment to all card-carrying Jews whether they agreed with Joe or not.

So Jews should have voted for Joementum even if they disagreed with him. What the hell is this loon on about?

Gellman concludes with a statement so completely batty that it defies comprehension:

My best friend is a priest, so I have to explain Jews to Christians all the time. Usually it is easy and fun. Because Joe lost, it's no longer easy and it's no longer fun.

So let's see if I have this straight: Because Joe Lieberman was rejected by a majority of Connecticut Democrats there's no point in being a Jew anymore.

Let me be blunt: Rabbi Marc Gellman has left this reality and is now residing on some etherial plane of his own devising. There simply is no way to rationally respond to this blather. Perhaps Newsweek should give Gellman a permanent vacation; he seems so happy, and so oblivious, where he is now.


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