Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Win-Win For Him; Lose-Lose For Us

The Jewish Tribune's Joanne Hill reports that
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty has named Bernie Farber as the Liberal Party candidate for Thornhill in the October provincial election, said Greg Sorbara, campaign chair for the Ontario Liberal Party, at a press conference last week.
Farber told the Jewish Tribune that he has taken a leave of absence from his position as CEO of the Canadian Jewish Congress (CJC) to fulfill his “lifelong dream” of entering politics. 
Although he intends to win the election on Oct. 6, Farber said, if he does not succeed, he has been promised a position in the soon-to-be-restructured organization headed at present by the Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy (CIJA). “The lay leadership and the professional leadership of the Canadian Jewish community...want me in one of two places: the legislature or working for the Jewish community in a senior position. So, either way, it's win-win for me."

It is a “natural progression” for many Jewish or ethnic advocates to go into politics, Farber said, given their training and experience in advocacy. In his speech, he said he has worked for 35 years in the “helping professions”; first as a social worker and then “as a social activist within the Jewish community focussed on human rights, the disenfranchised and battling racism and antisemitism, xenophobia, homophobia.”...
Gag me/moi (my feelings re the "helper"/"activist" in our two official languages). Also--I have in on good authority (a source I cannot reveal) that people in the Jewish advocacy game are thrilled to bits that Bernie's gone, so I have the sense that they're unlikely to roll out the red carpet for his return should his political career tank.

6 comments:

Roy Eappen said...

Peter Shurman will easily beat Bernie pro censorship Farber. I will be happy to see Bernie relegated to a back room somewhere

Balbulican said...

"I have in on good authority (a source I cannot reveal) that people in the Jewish advocacy game are thrilled to bits that Bernie's gone..."

Why Bloggers Still Haven't Replaced The Dreaded MSM, Example 49,573 (b).

Man with Hat said...

Balubican, I take your comment to mean that you should not say "on good authority (a source I cannot reveal)" and not on the preceding typo "in" which should be "it", is that correct? Perhaps bloggers and reports both should not report "that people in the Jewish advocacy game are thrilled to bits that Bernie"s gone.." and that is what your comment is directed at. Please clarify.

scaramouche said...

Man With Hat--I think Balbulican is cracking wise re the difference between us bloggers and "responsible" mainstream journalists. That is, "real"
journalists name their sources. In fact, protecting your source's identity is a long-standing journalistic principle/practice, and "real" journalists have on occasion gone to jail rather than disclose these names to
authorities.

Also--I seem to recall an unnamed source known as "Deep Throat."
Until quite recently, no one knew who he was, either.

Man with Hat said...

Yes, I was thinking of "Deep throat" as well, just thought I'd see if he'd respond. Your sin was saying you won't name your source right up front. Up front is not the way the left rolls.

Balbulican said...

"I think Balbulican is cracking wise re the difference between us bloggers and "responsible" mainstream journalists."

Guilty as charged. As a guy who who has both been and taught "responsible mainstream journalists", I'm a little weary of dilettante bloggers who confect stories behind multiple demurrers, in the absence of editorial scrutiny, editorial boards, fact checkers, and (for you market-driven conservative types) advertisers whose sponsorship of any given media product depends on its accuracy and reliability.

You're a very witty commenter, and very insightful, and a good writer. But you're also a propagandist whose primary content filter is ideological - and I think that drives you to mock the notion that some people actually care about notions like truth, accuracy and objectivity, which you, no doubt, find utterly risible.