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| Florida Congressman: Palin 'Don't Care Too Much What They Do With Jews and Blacks' |
| 2008-09-25 |
| ABC News' Teddy Davis Reports: Florida Democratic Congressman Alcee Hastings pointed to Sarah Palin on Wednesday to rally Jews to Obama. "If Sarah Palin isnÂ’t enough of a reason for you to get over whatever your problem is with Barack Obama, then you damn well had better pay attention," said Hastings. "Anybody toting guns and stripping moose donÂ’t care too much about what they do with Jews and blacks. So, you just think this through." Hastings, who is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, made his comments in Washington, D.C., while participating in a panel discussion sponsored by the National Jewish Democratic Council. Asked what the congressman meant, Hastings spokesman David Goldenberg told ABC News that he was trying to argue that Palin is an "extremely conservative woman who is out of touch with mainstream America." After saying that Palin "don't care too much" about Jews and blacks, Hastings argued that African Americans and Jews should come together behind Obama because there are many issues on which they agree. "Just like Jews, blacks care about affordable health care, energy independence, and the separation of church and state," said Hastings. "And just like blacks, Jews care about equal pay for equal work, investment in alternative energy, and a woman's right to choose." Asked about the Hastings criticism, Palin spokeswoman Maria Comella said, "WeÂ’re taking a pass." |
| Posted by:Beavis |
| #10 Alcee Hastings sounds like a nearly perfect idiot in making such inflammatory statements. Nothing is ever perfect. Keep working on it Alcee. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-09-25 17:44 |
| #9 "Yo, Man! She take you out to de woods!" (It be's dat way, brothers an' sistas) |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2008-09-25 16:47 |
| #8 Some background on Alcee's former "problems"... http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Alcee_Hastings_corruption_scandal |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-09-25 16:29 |
| #7 Hastings, a former federal judge, was impeached and removed from the bench in 1989 for perjury and corruption. Elected to Congress in 1992, he supported Hillary Clinton during the primaries until she conceded the race. The difference between a minority Congress critter and the rest of Congress is the rest have not been convicted of a crime, yet. |
| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2008-09-25 16:11 |
| #6 More dis-information that the cock roaches in MSM jumped on immediately, regardless of the fact that a picture of Palin in the Governors office shows her to have a flag of Israel on her cradenza... |
| Posted by: Speasing Jones3052 2008-09-25 15:14 |
| #5 There they go with that "A" word again. They talk like there should be enough affordable health care for everybody in the whole wide world who wants to move here. And watch it lead to another mess like the one we're in with housing now. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-09-25 15:06 |
| #4 "If Sarah Palin isn't enough of a reason for you to get over whatever your problem is with Barack Obama, I did not nor will I ever need Governor Palin to get over Stalin, Mandela, Castro, Nikita Khrushchev, Che Guevara, Mugabe, The Congressional Black Caucus, Jesse Jackson, Sharpton or any other communist bastard. Just like Obama, they are what they are. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-09-25 15:02 |
| #3 Palin cares about those Jews who are going to be nuked by Irabn and about those Blacks who are being massacred and raped by Arabs in Sudan, you don't ,racist bastard. |
| Posted by: JFM 2008-09-25 14:47 |
| #2 The lil darlin's at ABC forgot to mention Alcee's impeachment and convictions. But who you gonna believe -- a corrupt former federal judge or your own lyin' eyes? |
| Posted by: Gabby Cussworth 2008-09-25 14:28 |
| #1 Yes, I'm sure Jews are right at the top of Alcee's "big hug" list. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-09-25 14:03 |