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McMahon Campaign Hits Grimm For Taking 'Jewish Money'

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Posted by Fred 2010-07-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 If a Republican or his team had said that the howls would be deafening, demanding ouster and public humiliation. Where's the ADL? Just shows that their principles are partisan first

Posted by Frank G 2010-07-31 13:51|| 2010-07-31 13:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Where's the ADL? Just shows that their principles are partisan first

Frank G., as far as I can tell the ADL doesn't get involved until it's a great deal more serious than this. If the Jews of that district, and more particularly the Democratic Jewish donors, choose to vote for Rep. McMahon, nobody can say they didn't know what kind of little rat they were going to get.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-07-31 16:37|| 2010-07-31 16:37|| Front Page Top

#3 Wow, trailing wife. You don't think this is serious? I wonder if your grandmother also pooh-poohed how serious it was when she first heard nonsense about the jewish money.

Posted by Martin 2010-07-31 16:42|| 2010-07-31 16:42|| Front Page Top

#4 the ADL knows where the plantation is. I was being sarcastic, but I'd expect to hear Jesse or Sharpton outraged before the ADL.

Posted by Frank G 2010-07-31 16:44|| 2010-07-31 16:44|| Front Page Top

#5 Again, the ADL isn't needed. The Republican Jewish Coalition is on the case. Which is as it should be. Oh, and Rep. McMahon fired the idiot who made the list.

Godwin's law, Martin? My grandparents registered for visas to America in 1936 or so; my adult, unmarried aunt was able to exercise hers immediately, but my mother and her parents were wait-listed. When the SS came for my grandfather -- stopped in their initial effort because my grandfather's hunting dogs stood growling between them and Grandfather sitting in his office with his shotgun -- they escaped to Holland to wait until their number came up... which it finally did in 1946. One reason I feel so strongly about illegal vs. legal immigrants, as it happens.

This, to me, is the kind of thing that should be named, shamed, and lose the election. Mr. Grimm should campaign as the anti-antisemite, and he should win by a landslide. Bigotry is crushed when the peepul demonstrably reject bigots, that it's tarred as a loser's philosophy.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-07-31 18:03|| 2010-07-31 18:03|| Front Page Top

#6 thanks for the family hx, trailing wife. Great story about GP with the dogs and shotgun. Glad you became a part of the melting pot. We are all stronger for it.

Posted by Martin 2010-07-31 19:16|| 2010-07-31 19:16|| Front Page Top

#7 Thank you for your kind words, Martin. I'm grateful every day that my grandparents made that decision.

Frank G., it seems the ADL has chosen to put their resources into opposing the Ground Zero mosque instead. link

Posted by trailing wife 2010-07-31 20:05|| 2010-07-31 20:05|| Front Page Top

#8 Can't fight two battles? Or is one too close to their political masters? One is a no-brainer....the other is...a no-brainer too. Don't make excuses for their refusal to get all outragey on all MSM outlets, TW, you're better than that
Frank

Posted by Frank G 2010-07-31 20:15|| 2010-07-31 20:15|| Front Page Top

#9 Major ADL fail.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-07-31 21:47|| 2010-07-31 21:47|| Front Page Top

#10 Actually, as

A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, ADL neither supports nor opposes candidates for political office.

They nonetheless seem to have released a statement on the subject, despite the other projects. I haven't noticed that anyone cared to report it, which is probably why none of us were aware of it.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-07-31 21:55|| 2010-07-31 21:55|| Front Page Top

#11 #10 Actually, as

A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, ADL neither supports nor opposes candidates for political office.

puhleeeeez

Posted by Frank G 2010-07-31 22:04|| 2010-07-31 22:04|| Front Page Top

#12 you will not find a better supporter of Jews, Israel, their right to exist, their hereditary homelands, etc., than this Roman Catholic and I say the ADL is a bought-and-sold Democratic HQ. Take a look at their targets... see the Jesse Jackson (extended version) or Al Sharpton pages? I thought not. Where's the outrage over Hillary's comments as put forth by Dick Morris (D- present)? Spare me

Posted by Frank G 2010-07-31 22:10|| 2010-07-31 22:10|| Front Page Top

#13 this is a dangerous game that ends badly every time it is played. Please don't forget that our current president sat and listened to Rev Wright for 20 years and he never got up and left.

The eery silence is enough to make one go deaf.

Posted by Martin 2010-07-31 22:29|| 2010-07-31 22:29|| Front Page Top

#14 you will not find a better supporter of Jews, Israel, their right to exist, their hereditary homelands, etc., than this Roman Catholic

Agreed, Frank. And if you're right about the Anti-Defamation League, they'll be bypassed by the currents of history. But I think it's important to allow for intersecting sets of interests and passions, as long as in general we're fighting on the same side. The ADL has been tracking jihadis an awful lot longer than we have here at Rantburg, publicizing and fighting to contain them at the national and international level. Personally, I'd rather they worked on President Obama's Israel problem, persuading big pro-Israel Democratic donors to withhold, than on a local election issue that's being handled by local and national political organizations.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-07-31 23:41|| 2010-07-31 23:41|| Front Page Top

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