Ben Stein calls Ron Paul antisemitic on Larry King

[jaqeboy]

Ben Stein calls Ron Paul antisemitic on Larry King:

Ron Paul appeared on Larry King Live on CNN this evening along with Ben Stein and Sheila Jackson Lee to discuss the recent thwarted terrorist attack. After Paul gives his now famous view that they "attack us because we are over there" Ben Stein calls Paul antisemitic which solicits a demand for an apology by Paul. Paul characterizes it as a "vicious attack".

Stein's reaction is quite reminiscent of Rudy Giuliani's reaction during that first debate back in 2007.

The two continue arguing over one another for nearly the rest of the entire segment. King ends by saying they will all be back for tomorrow evening's show.

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Well, there goes Ben Stein's credibility.

[KBCraig]

Well, there goes Ben Stein's credibility.

I thought it went when he started hawking scam credit report services.

[Pat McCotter]

Well, there goes Ben Stein's credibility.

I thought it went when he started hawking scam credit report services.

The squirrel was doing the hawking, not Ben!
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[Kat Kanning]

Who is Ben Stein?

[Lloyd Danforth]

"Bueller?.....Bueller?.......Bueller?"

[Pat McCotter]

Richard Nixon's and Gerald Ford's speech writer.

[Kat Kanning]

Ah well, he must be a good guy, then!

[CJS]

Well, there goes Ben Stein's credibility.

What a shame .. I really like(d) Stein . Calling some one antisemitic is probably more damaging then calling some one a racist .

[jaqeboy]

Well, there goes Ben Stein's credibility.

What a shame .. I really like(d) Stein . Calling some one antisemitic is probably more damaging then calling some one a racist .

Yeah, and when he said it it seemed so out-of-context and knee-jerk. It was like "if you disagree with my foreign policy interpretation, you're anti-semitic" - there wasn't even a mention of Israel, was there? I'll have to listen again, but it just seemed bizarrely out-of-place, besides just being plain wrong.

[Puke]

Why make valid arguments when one can just start screaming "racist" at everyone?

[Sam A. Robrin]

Why make valid arguments when one can just start screaming "racist" at everyone?

People scream "Racist!" precisely because they have no valid arguments.

[KBCraig]

Rush Limbaugh is apparently on vacation this week. Mark Davis was guest hosting today, and he is a libertarian-leaning independent, but supports the War On Terruh. He mentioned that Ben Stein had hosted the last two days, and Walter Williams is going to finish out the week. I guess they're running the gamut from neocon douchebag to honest libertarian.

[Lloyd Danforth]

Mark Stein

[KBCraig]

Ah. I heard "Stein", and assumed Ben. Mark spells his name "Steyn". He lives in NH, by the way.