According to Jesse Jackson Joseph Lieberman holds dual citizenship -
according to one source on web this would disqualify him from holding
the office of U.S. President - the great Farakkhan I might add put
together a million man march, and a peaceful march over which he had
complete control.
Now that is a lot of votes to ignore? I want a president who will
represent all the people fairly and imparially, who believes in equal
protection of the laws - and who will stay at home where he belongs, in
the White House - for while our President runs around the world playing
World Leader, his own country is burning......
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Sunday August 13, 2000; 3:05 PM EDT
Farrakhan's Lieberman Barb Has Rangel and Jackson on the Hot Seat
Vice President Al Gore's selection of Joseph Lieberman as his running
mate provoked a serious split in the leadership of the Democratic
Party's most loyal constituency on Sunday, as two politically prominent
African-Americans attempted to handle the anti-Semitic hot potato tossed
at them Friday by Nation of Islam chief Louis Farrakhan.
"Louis Farrakhan and anyone like him should not be welcome in the
Democratic or Republican Party," Harlem congressman Charlie Rangel,
D-N.Y., told CNN's "Late Edition" when asked about Farrakhan's charge
that Lieberman, as an Orthodox Jew, might be more loyal to Israel than
to the United States.
"I think that the nomination of Joe Lieberman is not for the Jewish
people but for a stronger America," Rangel added. "There has been such
overwhelming support (among African-Americans)."
But when host Wolf Blitzer asked about Lee Alcorn, the Dallas NAACP
president who was forced to resign Thursday after criticizing Lieberman
as a "Jew person" whose "primary interest is money," Rangel grew
defensive.
"The problem we have (is) that we have professional Jewish people who
make a living out of searching out anti-Semitism," said the congressman.
"And they find it easier to reach out and to get some black that's out
of step with the rest of the black community, and to point that out as
being black anti-Semitism, when they know throughout our country we have
anti-Semitism coming from whites that are more powerful and do more
damage, but they don't single them out."
Responding to Rangel's complaint, which he first made during an
appearance on Bloomberg Radio Friday, Anti-Defamation League Director
Abe Foxman said, "The facts are that unfortunately, anti-Semitism is
significantly more prevalent in the African-American community than with
any other group."
Farrakhan's doubts about Lieberman's allegiance to the U.S. had the Rev.
Jesse Jackson walking a similar tightrope during an appearance on ABC's
"This Week."
"I'm convinced Lieberman can pass any loyalty test," Jackson told Cokie
Roberts. But he challenged the Connecticut senator to assure those who
are concerned about the role his Jewish faith will play.
"Now here's a Jewish person who must meaningfully address Protestant
groups and Muslim groups and give them a sense of comfort on the
question," said Jackson, who then repeated, "I'm convinced he can pass
that kind of loyalty test."
When asked if he thought Farrakhan was right to raise the issue of
Lieberman's loyalty, Jackson inexplicably denied that the Nation of
Islam leader had done any such thing.
"He is not the one who has raised that question. After all, Catholics
have raised the question and Southern Baptists and the Christian
Coalition, in fact, raised the question. But (Lieberman) can answer the
question. That's the good news."
Jackson's denial notwithstanding, Farrakhan was quoted in Saturday's Los
Angeles Times explicitly questioning Lieberman's loyalty.
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"Mr. Lieberman, as an Orthodox Jew, is also a dual citizen of Israel,"
he told reporters gathered to hear him promote his next Million Man
March. "
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The state of Israel is not synonymous with the United States, and the
test he would probably have to pass is: Would he be more faithful to the
Constitution of the United States than to the ties that any Jewish
person would have to the state of Israel?"
Contrary to Jackson's assertion, no one from the Catholic Church, the
Southern Baptist organizations or the Christian Coalition has questioned
Lieberman's loyalty.
In a 1995 poll taken by Essence Magazine, Farrakhan was cited by
African-American readers as their community's most popular black leader.
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