Comments on: Israellcool Podcast #51: Mad Mel http://www.israellycool.com/2006/10/26/israellcool-podcast-51-mad-mel/ Down Under Punditry in the Middle East Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:05:04 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2006/10/26/israellcool-podcast-51-mad-mel/comment-page-1/#comment-7806 Anonymous Mon, 30 Oct 2006 02:44:18 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2006/10/26/israellcool-podcast-51-mad-mel/#comment-7806 Your podcast was the first I ever listened to on my iPod. Thanks for your podcast. I really enjoyed it. Your podcast was the first I ever listened to on my iPod. Thanks for your podcast. I really enjoyed it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2006/10/26/israellcool-podcast-51-mad-mel/comment-page-1/#comment-7805 Anonymous Sun, 29 Oct 2006 21:52:36 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2006/10/26/israellcool-podcast-51-mad-mel/#comment-7805 Nice one Dave. I loved your fisking of Mad Mel. It was most amusing. Please do more of yer podcasts they are rather good to listen to. Nice one Dave. I loved your fisking of Mad Mel. It was most amusing. Please do more of yer podcasts they are rather good to listen to.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2006/10/26/israellcool-podcast-51-mad-mel/comment-page-1/#comment-7804 Anonymous Thu, 26 Oct 2006 13:36:27 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2006/10/26/israellcool-podcast-51-mad-mel/#comment-7804 Here's my take on the apparent inconsistencies of some American Jewish attitudes toward Israel. Remember the very close American presidential election of 2000 which came down to a few hundred votes in Florida? You know how many retired elderly Jews testified that the infamous "butterfly ballot" confused them so much that instead of voting for Gore they accidentally voted for the anti-Israel Reform Party candidate Pat Buchanan? The answer is there were a lot of confused voters, Jews and nonJews, young and old alike. But this demographic (elderly, sun-drenched Canasta players in Miami Beach) who happen to be Jewish would, for me, explain the inconsistencies in the polling data. I can still remember one older gentleman (I'll call him "Murray") testify: "When I realized who I had (mistakenly) voted for (Buchanan) I felt like throwing up." Love your podcasts Aussie Dave. Do more of them, please. Jim from Iowa Here’s my take on the apparent inconsistencies of some American Jewish attitudes toward Israel. Remember the very close American presidential election of 2000 which came down to a few hundred votes in Florida? You know how many retired elderly Jews testified that the infamous “butterfly ballot” confused them so much that instead of voting for Gore they accidentally voted for the anti-Israel Reform Party candidate Pat Buchanan? The answer is there were a lot of confused voters, Jews and nonJews, young and old alike. But this demographic (elderly, sun-drenched Canasta players in Miami Beach) who happen to be Jewish would, for me, explain the inconsistencies in the polling data. I can still remember one older gentleman (I’ll call him “Murray”) testify: “When I realized who I had (mistakenly) voted for (Buchanan) I felt like throwing up.”

Love your podcasts Aussie Dave. Do more of them, please.

Jim from Iowa

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2006/10/26/israellcool-podcast-51-mad-mel/comment-page-1/#comment-7803 Anonymous Thu, 26 Oct 2006 11:54:18 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2006/10/26/israellcool-podcast-51-mad-mel/#comment-7803 I'll agree to disagree with you on this one. He sounded like he was lying. I’ll agree to disagree with you on this one. He sounded like he was lying.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2006/10/26/israellcool-podcast-51-mad-mel/comment-page-1/#comment-7802 Anonymous Thu, 26 Oct 2006 11:50:26 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2006/10/26/israellcool-podcast-51-mad-mel/#comment-7802 I understand why you are angry at Mel Gibson, but by your fisking of the Sawyer-Gibson interview, I think your emotion is clouding your judgment. Most notably, why would Mel Gibson lie about not knowing the arresting officer (with a very Irish Catholic name!) was Jewish? This only makes him look worse. Now his "Are you a Jew?" question comes off as paranoia rather than honest inquiry. And if Gibson DID know that Mee was Jewish, then Gibson could have claimed his statements were made only to piss off the officer, rather than revealing his true thoughts. There were many calculating things that Mel Gibson could have said, but didn't. For better or worse, he was being honest. I understand why you are angry at Mel Gibson, but by your fisking of the Sawyer-Gibson interview, I think your emotion is clouding your judgment.

Most notably, why would Mel Gibson lie about not knowing the arresting officer (with a very Irish Catholic name!) was Jewish? This only makes him look worse. Now his “Are you a Jew?” question comes off as paranoia rather than honest inquiry. And if Gibson DID know that Mee was Jewish, then Gibson could have claimed his statements were made only to piss off the officer, rather than revealing his true thoughts.

There were many calculating things that Mel Gibson could have said, but didn’t. For better or worse, he was being honest.

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