Comedian Jackie Mason rips President Obama over his Hanukkah event, saying it was insincere and a condescending outreach effort to Jewish voters.

Comedian Jackie Mason Rips President Obama Over Hanukkah Event as "Condescending Outreach Effort" (Wikipedia)

Comedian Jackie Mason is dissing President Barack Obama’s Hanukkah event held earlier this month, saying it was insincere and condescending outreach effort to Jewish voters. Um, Jackie Mason is still alive? He has insulted so many people in his jokes, I am surprised he’s taking offense to the perceived actions of someone else. Here’s an excerpt of his rant from Politico:

“I don’t even think he knew that he was talking about something that’s Jewish. It could have been Muslim, it could have been all together a religion he never even heard of. He doesn’t know, he doesn’t care. He’s strictly in there to take a picture, and the picture could have been about anything,” Mason told Aaron Klein of WABC in New York City.

The White House held the celebration on December 8th, though the Jewish holiday begins its eight night run on December 20th. “The way I see it, we’re just extending the holiday spirit,” the President said at the event. “We’re stretching it out. But we do have to be careful that your kids don’t start thinking Hanukkah lasts 20 nights instead of eight. That will cause some problems.”

Mason continued his assault on the President, saying that the event was just a stunt to up his poll numbers with the Jewish community.

“A bunch of advisors, most of whom are Jewish anyways — because he has more Jews in his cabinet than Netanyahu. He’s jammed up with Jews all around him — and they told him, if you wanna get them back, Hanukkah is a good idea,” he said. “You don’t have to go any place. We’ll put down the tchotchke and you’ll see a candle, you’ll light it from this side, and that’s enough information for him to accumulate without a teleprompter. So he did it in 10 minutes.”

Er, don’t we have more important things to worry about than a washed-up, not-so-funny comedian’s rant? Here’s what I am wondering about? Why is President Obama’s family taking a 17-day vacation in Hawaii to the tune of a whopping $4 million when there are still millions of Americans out of work? His predecessor took a lot of vacations but they were at his ranch in Crawford, TX. That elitist label is the gift that just keeps on giving with the Obamas.