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August 23, 2002
No, ya think?
Democratic party pulls head from ass, looks around:
Impact of McKinney Loss Worries Some Democrats (washingtonpost.com)Black and Jewish political leaders voiced concerns yesterday that the defeat of Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.), a critic of pro-Israel policies, by a challenger receiving extensive Jewish support might intensify ill feelings between two important Democratic constituencies. Any increase in tensions between Jewish and African American voters, political activists said, could damage Democratic hopes of taking back the House and keeping control of the Senate.
[. . .] Although both Majette and McKinney are African American, the unusual interest in their primary by pro-Israel groups backing Majette and by pro-Muslim groups backing McKinney triggered talk yesterday of a potential for sharpened conflicts between blacks and Jews -- in Georgia and elsewhere.
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Tex.), chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, said that "at the grass roots" among African American voters, there is a growing perception that "Jewish people are attempting to pick our leaders. . . . There is some concern about that. It's concern about any candidate being targeted by a special-interest group for voting on any one issue."
Next, Democratic Party realizes sun rises in East, sets in West, after repeated observation of phenomenon.
That quotation from Johnson "set off" something named Mitch Weber. Why? He doesn't say. Just that:
That's precisely the sort of remark that turned me against the ACLU. Some people - yes, people, not just statements - are too vile for First Amendment protection.
Uh-huh.
He also wrote, a few days before:
In a related story, I recently noticed, after three years in New Haven, that one of our busiest intersections - College and Chapel - is named in honor of Desmond Tutu. Has anyone ever boycotted a street corner before?
Known of his existence for all of five minutes, and already I wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire. Think that's a new record.
Posted by Aaron at August 23, 2002 09:18 PM
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