Originally reported for The HinzSight Report.
Eyewitness Gamecock, in awe of Elie Wiesel, was still amazed that only two of his liberal inquisitors resorted to anything approaching hysterics in the Q & A.
Wiesel scoffed at both liberal kook questions.
He refused to admit any moral equivalence between Palestinian terrorists who intentionally kill innocents as a military and political tactic and Israeli soldiers defending their nation. He refused all invitations to join in any blame America (read Bush) parties to excuse the actions of tyrants from Saddam Hussein and Iran's mullahs.
Rather, he challenged his Charlotte audiences to denounce tyrannical oppressors in Darfur and warned that we must not allow another Holocaust.
I regret I was unable to toss a softball to the author, but it was exciting to have a man of his age and gravitas on the right, give the back of his hand to any suggestion of moral equivalence between radical Muslims and our nation.
I also came away with a feeling of gratitude for Oprah's invitation and Book promotion of his memoir last year, as it was obvious that many of the students and adults at the event had read the book thanks to the TV superstar’s publicity of Wiesel.
Mostly, though, the visit was an occasion to appreciate a truly great human being. It was obvious that a lot of questions the left loves to ask were not asked, because of their fear that he would discredit them utterly in front of potential useful idiots.
God bless Elie Wiesel.
No better man has ever visited the Carolinas.
Elected republicans in DC could learn a lot from Wiesel about standing up to the Left, Democrats and the MSM.
Wiesel also denounced the Holocaust denying/Holocaust seeking regime in Iran, as gamecock has on numerous occasions, the latest of which on Redstate is here.
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