Jewish Group Blasts Romney Over Launch

[DavidDvorkin]

From Raw Story:

<block>WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Mitt Romney's choice of a museum honoring auto pioneer Henry Ford as the site of his presidential announcement was strongly criticized Monday by Jewish Democrats, who noted Ford's history of anti-Semitism.</block>

http://www.rawstory.com/showarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fapnews.myway.com%2Farticle%2F20070212%2FD8N8CFUG0.html

But what's really eye opening is the comments from Raw Story readers about the story:

http://www.rawstory.com/comments/27297.html

[rockymountaindem]

1. I think that's not a valid criticism

I'm a Jew, and as much as I dislike Henry Ford, I just don't know if it's worth bringing up all that history over Mitt Romney's decision to announce there.

Of course, the comments on that article don't surprise me one bit. Evidently people just say what they really feel on the internet. Too bad a lot of them hate us, but that's that. If anything it should serve as an example of anti-Semitic bias on the left. That doesn't surprise me either, but maybe it'll make people think twice before they dismiss it as non-existant

[MannyGoldstein]

2. Romney is Very, Very Dangerous

When his Lt. Governor was running for Governor, a bunch of honest-to-goodness thugs, paid for by the Rethugs were protesting against the Democratic candidate (Deval Patrick) right on Patrick's lawn.

Now a bunch of thugs show up on a RawStory post on Romney.

I doubt if it's a coincidence.

Beware of Willard Romney - he's not just the lightweight MittFlopper that the media portrays him as. He's a very dangerous predator.

[madrchsod]

3. no moderators?

the The National Jewish Democratic Council has every right to voice their opinion and they are right on the mark. henry ford was one of the nastiest industrialists in america. ford and charles lindbergh are heroes to the neo nazi`s here in america

[Behind the Aegis]

4. Interesting.

The comments section is not really all that eye-opening. I see it quite often. I hope for some that those comments are eye-opening and how some things can get confused, quite easily.

[DavidDvorkin]

5. I guess I was a bit surprised to see those comments at Raw Story

But that's naive of me. The comments aren't moderated (as far as I can tell), and the Web is available to all. That's both the wonderful and depressing thing about it.