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Walter L. Newton12/23/2009 8:52:59 am PST

re: #277 SixDegrees

It was mentioned a few times, but hasn’t had a thread devoted to it.

Keillor’s an ass. If all of his many problems weren’t completely of his own making, he’d be a pathetic ass. But he doesn’t qualify.

I see Huffington covered it too. According to this, it’s nothing to get your panties in a ruffle about…

“What seems to offend is a brief and benign swipe at Jewish songwriters who appropriated Christmas for commercial purposes with shallow, meaningless songs about Rudolph, etc. Needless to say, some Jewish blogs are overly self-righteous, too: “Garrison Keillor Doesn’t Like Jews Writing Christmas Songs.”

huffingtonpost.com