Democratic Congressman Warns Jews, Blacks to Beware of Palin

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Democratic Congressman Warns Jews, Blacks to Beware of Palin
by Stephen Clark
Thursday, September 25, 2008


Florida Rep. Alcee Hastings on Wednesday warned two minority groups to beware of Sarah Palin because “anybody toting guns and stripping moose don’t care too much about what they do with Jews and blacks.”

Hastings, who is black and a Democrat, made the comment in Florida at a panel discussion hosted by the National Jewish Democratic Council. The group recently criticized Palin’s invitation to an anti-Iran rally held during Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinajad’s visit to New York to speak before the U.N. General Assembly.

Hastings was explaining what he intended to tell his Jewish constituents about the presidential race.

“If Sarah Palin isn’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,” Hastings told the audience, which burst into laughter and applause, according to individuals present.

Palin spokeswoman Maria Comella declined to comment. The Republican Jewish Coalition strongly condemned Hastings’ statements.

“Rep. Hastings stooped to the worst kind of divisive politics yesterday,” RJC Executive Director Matt Brooks said in a written statement. “Hastings’ unconscionable remarks do nothing but sow seeds of fear and divide people. There should be no place in our country for this sort of political discourse. We can constructively disagree on the issues without denigrating others.”

Other members of the panel were Tennessee Rep. Steve Cohen, who is Jewish and represents a mostly black district; Alabama congressman Arthur Davis, who is black; and Peter Edelman, a law professor at Georgetown University who was a legislative assistant to Robert Kennedy.

Davis denounced Hastings’ comments.

“Alcee Hastings is a friend and I know Alcee well enough to know that he uses provocative humor to make a point. In this instance, however, I didn’t like his comments when I heard them and they don’t sound any better reading them in print,” he said in a written statement sent to FOXNews.com.

“I have repeatedly said that while Sarah Palin’s ideology and her thin resume are legitimate issues, it is a great mistake for Democrats to ridicule her cultural roots,” Davis added. “I don’t know how many Americans strip moose, but a lot of the ones I know tote guns and the Democratic Party had better win enough of those gun toters if we are to be successful.”

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.

Historically, Jews have overwhelmingly voted Democratic, but the McCain campaign is vigorously courting that constituency as Obama has fought off false Internet rumors that he is a Muslim with an anti-Jewish agenda.

Obama also came under fire in April for describing small-town Americans during a closed San Francisco fundraiser as people who are “bitter” over job losses and who “cling to their guns and religion.”

Hastings’ office and the Obama campaign did not immediately respond for this story.

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09...ware-of-palin/

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atprm

wow, he is sure a good role model for the Democratic party -- NOT!!

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janelle

Yeah, that's the ticket. Tell them Palin has a gun when they all have guns themselves. And what does a moose have anything to do with them? No moose in Washington but if one threatens you she will know how to take care of it. I think all the moose in Washington walk on two feet and just sound like a moose in heat when they talk. LOL

Jolie Rouge

NM GOP official quits over remarks about blacks
MELANIE DABOVICH, Associated Press Writer
2 hours, 10 minutes ago

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The chairman of the Republican Party in New Mexico's most populous county resigned Thursday, nearly a week after saying "Hispanics consider themselves above blacks" and won't vote for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.

Fernando C de Baca's resignation as GOP chairman in Bernalillo County was announced by state GOP Chairman Allen Weh, one of several top New Mexico Republicans who had called for him to step down.

"Mr. C de Baca has worked hard on behalf of the party, and his contributions should be appropriately recognized," Weh said. "We are glad this matter has been resolved and wish him well."

C de Baca, 70, was quoted in a BBC News blog last week as saying: "The truth is that Hispanics came here as conquerors. African-Americans came here as slaves. Hispanics consider themselves above blacks. They won't vote for a black president."

C de Baca had maintained his comments were taken out of context, explaining he was referring to views held by some in the generation of Hispanics who grew up before the civil rights movement. "Those were not my beliefs," he said Tuesday.

A spokesman for the BBC defended the report as accurate. Pressure on C de Baca to resign grew with the release of audio from a second BBC interview.

In that interview, he said older Hispanics would not support Obama "primarily because there is a strong feeling that African Americans during the civil rights movement took advantage, full advantage, of all the benefits and programs that the government offered, that were supposed to be offered to all minorities. But we were left behind, we were left sucking air, and we resented that ever since the '60s, and I don't see how a black president is going to change that."

As recently as Wednesday, C de Baca had refused calls to resign.

"He does not speak for the majority of Hispanics in New Mexico," said E. Lena Brown, NAACP chapter president in Albuquerque, which is part of Bernalillo County. "His comments were without merit and foundation. New Mexico is a multicultural state. Now I hope some of this stupidness will stop."

The remarks drew widespread criticism from black leaders, Democrats and high-profile Republicans, including Sen. Pete Domenici.

C de Baca led the state's health and social services agency in 1976-79 under a Democratic governor and served former President Ford as a White House assistant for Spanish-speaking affairs in the mid-1970s.

Weh had said in recent days that he has the authority to remove a county chairman under special circumstances but indicated his preference that the county party work to remedy the situation. Ryan Cangiolosi, treasurer of the county party, will take over as chairman.

Recent polls in New Mexico have shown Obama opening up a lead there over Republican nominee John McCain.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080925/...tDmbg0NFSs0NUE


[color=blue][i]Riddle me this : why is it when a GOP says something "culturally insensitive"; the Party Officials seem to take it seriously and take some kind of action; when a Dem says something "culturally insensitive"; everyone makes excuses and wrings their hands ... but not much else. YET the GOP is consistently portrayed as biased if not bigoted ?

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