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Bernard Greenwald's avatar

This is VERY FUNNY! Its the first time I have laughed at the tragic predicament of our great republic. M

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Marsha Rosenzweig Pincus's avatar

This piece is brilliant! Perfect satire! And that's hard to exaggerate something that seemed so exaggerated in the first place that at first I thought the ad was being satiric! I live in the community which Hymie's serves. The Main Line of suburban Philadelphia. I've been going there since the 1970's and my former husband's caricature is on the "wall of fame" because he's a "regular." there. So I was stunned when I heard that Hymie's was the site of a pro-trump ad, but mortified and furious after viewing the ad itself. I posted about it to my facebook page which is public, and later that day, I got a DM from the consumer affairs reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer. She said she'd seen my post and would I agree to be interviewed for a piece about consumer behavior and politics in the age of trump. I agreed and we spoke for about 20 minutes where I shared all of my concerns about the ad... not the least of which was the demeaning ways in which Jewish women were represented. I also said that I wouldn't be frequenting Hymie's deli anymore - that the ad made it harder for Jews ( especially those of us living in a swing county of the swing-ingest swing state ) in light of trump's admonition to American Jews that if he loses, it's would be our fault. I felt that the ad further endangered already vulnerable Jews, especially those of us who do not support trump or netanyahu. Some family members encouraged me not to do the interview, not to give my name or say where I am from, but I chose not to listen to them. They were afraid for my well being - which for me was even MORE reason to share my views publicly. Americans shouldn't be afraid to speak truth to power. The story runs tomorrow. ( Friday). It will be interesting to see the responses.

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