Transcript:
Sanchez: I just need to parse this out as best I can from you, Michael. The fact that John McCain’s organization gave $448,000 to this group that was founded by Mr. Khalidi—is there no reason for some to be critical of that as well, just as some might be critical of Barack Obama for being at a meeting with some girl who read a poem, for example?
Goldfarb: Look, you’re missing the point again, Rick. The point is that Barack Obama has a long track record of being around anti-Semitic, anti-Israel, and anti-American rhetoric.
Sanchez: Can you name one other person besides Khalidi who he hangs around with who is anti-Semitic?
Goldfarb: Yeah, he pals around with, with William Ayers, who is [crosstalk] a domestic terrorist.
Sanchez: William Ayers is not— No, no, I— The question I asked you is: Can you name one other person that he hangs around with who’s anti-Semitic, because that’s what you said.
Goldfarb: Look, we all know that there are people who Barack Obama has been in hot water—
Sanchez: Michael, I asked you name one person. One!
Goldfarb: Rick—
Sanchez: You said he hangs around with people who are anti-Semitic! You—okay, we got Khalidi on the table; give me number two. Who’s the other anti-Semitic person that he hangs around with that we, quote, all know about?
Goldfarb: Rick, we both know who number two is.
[long pause]
Sanchez: WHO?!
[long pause]
Sanchez: Would you tell us?
Goldfarb: No, Rick. I think we all know who we’re talking about here.
Sanchez: Somebody who’s anti-Semitic that he hangs around with?
Goldfarb: Absolutely.
Sanchez: Well, say it!
Goldfarb: I think we know who we’re talking about, Rick.
Sanchez: All right. Again, you charged that Khalidi is anti-Semitic; he would say that his policies on Israel differ from those of Barack Obama and many other people, but, either way, I guess we’ll have to leave it at that. Michael Goldfarb, thanks so much. We really do appreciate it; this is a good discussion. We really do appreciate your coming here to talk to us.
Goldfarb: Thank you, Rick.
(Thank you to Shakesville for the transcript.)
So, here’s what I don’t understand. Goldfarb is obviously a dickwad of the finest water. He refuses to answer the question being put to him. He treats Sanchez like he’s a moron. And yet, Sanchez still closes by thanking the guy and praising the quality of the discussion they just had. IS HE NUTS????? In my world – that elusive shangri-la where people say what they mean and mean what they say – the interview would have ended along the lines of “Goldfarb, you’re a fucking weasel. Get out of here, and never darken the doors of a CNN studio again!”
Yep, I thought this was so bizarre. Especially the end with the ‘we all know who we are talking about bit’. He just came off like such a creep!