That doesn't even make sense.....what does a moose have to do with Jews and Blacks???
I'm confused.....why did the room erupt with laughter? DId anyone there even know what the hell was being said.....?? *sigh* People are idiots...or maybe I'm the idiot, because I don't understand this stuff..... On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 12:21 AM, Michael Dinowitz < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rep. Alcee Hastings told an audience of Jewish Democrats Wednesday that > they > should be wary of Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin because "anybody toting > guns and stripping moose don't care too much about what they do with Jews > and blacks." > > "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," > Rep. Alcee Hastings of Florida said at a panel about the shared agenda of > Jewish and African-American Democrats Wednesday. Hastings, who is > African-American, was explaining what he intended to tell his Jewish > constituents about the presidential race. "Anybody toting guns and > stripping > moose don't care too much about what they do with Jews and blacks. So, you > just think this through," Hastings added as the room erupted in laughter > and > applause. > > After telling attendees that the most important thing Jewish and > African-American Democrats could do to support one another was to get Sen. > Barack Obama elected president, Hastings had one more message: "For those > of > you like me that supported Sen. Hillary Clinton, she lost! Get over it!" > > Hastings was joined on the panel by Rep. Steven Cohen of Tennessee, who is > Jewish and represents a majority African-American district; Rep. Artur > Davis > of Alabama, who is African-American and whose district includes many of the > significant sites in the 1960's civil rights movement; and Georgetown Law > Prof. Peter Edelman, who was a legislative assistant to Sen. Robert F. > Kennedy. > > Cohen, who recently > *remarked< > http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/10/dem-compares-obama-to-jesus/ > > > * that Jesus Christ was a community organizer, took his comments about the > founder of the Christian faith further Wednesday. "A lot of what Jesus > talks > about is wonderful," Cohen said. "Talks about helping people and lifting > them up and caring about people who are sick and all those things. He's a > great Democrat." > > The panel was part of the National Jewish Democratic Council's annual > conference. The Jewish Democratic group recently voiced criticism of > Palin's > invitation to an anti-Iran rally timed to coincide with Mahmoud > Ahmedinajad's visit to New York for the United Nations General Assembly. > Palin's invitation was withdrawn by the rally's organizers after Hillary > Clinton announced that she would no longer be attending the event. > > The support of Jewish voters is shaping up to be a highly sought after > prize > in the general election match-up between Sen. Obama and Sen. John McCain. > Jews have historically favored Democrats by wide margins in recent > presidential races. But, the McCain campaign is making a concerted effort > to > go after the loyal Democratic constituency and Obama has been plagued by > false Internet rumors that he is Muslim which have had particular salience > in the Jewish community. > > > http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/24/florida-congressman-points-to-palin-to-rally-jews-to-obama/ > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:270781 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
