Before we accept this as the general's joke or dismiss this as words of a fool, we have to see them in context of an element among the right wing that seers Jews as threats to the commonweal of the United States: along with labor organizers, Negro advocates for civil rights, and the policies of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Intent on overturning every aspect of FDR's New Deal, they probably want to overthrow Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal too. Such uber right wingers as Boykin cannot brook any restrictions placed by governments on the power of capital or corporations. These dinosaurs serve shibboleths by berating "activist judges" without even analyzing their current meaning. "Activist" actually refers to judges who overturn laws such as the current Roberts court of the US Supremes who overturned acts limiting money spent in election races. These political dinosaurs generally mean panels like the Warren Court which ruled against segregated schools.
{....[General] "Boykin’s remarks were captured after an online broadcast of a panel at the National Security Action Summit. The SPLC reported that the event is held as a counter to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), and features speakers who, like Boykin, have not been allowed to participate there.....
According to the SPLC, Boykin was then approached by someone about doing an interview with Henry Schwartz, a reporter for Israel National News, described as a “right-wing” publication.
“The Jews are the problem,” Boykin can be heard saying. “The Jews are the cause of all the problems in the world.” An unidentified person responds, “I know, I know, that’s why we’re trying to fix everything.”
The event’s organizer, Frank Gaffney, has accused CPAC’s organizers, the American Conservative Union, of having ties to the Brotherhood.} emphasis added to show dark underbelly of conservative movements
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/07/conservative-leader-caught-on-live-mic-the-jews-are-the-problem/
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