posted on March 11, 2003 02:38:07 PM newA Democrat Speaks Out
A Democratic congressman who opposes the liberation of Iraq is blaming the Jews for threatening Saddam Hussein's hold on power. "If it were not for the strong support of the Jewish community for this war with Iraq we would not be doing this," the Connection newspapers of northern Virginia quoted Rep. Jim Moran as saying last week. "The leaders of the Jewish community are influential enough that they could change the direction of where this is going and I think they should."
Democrats have for some time shown a troubling tolerance for politicians say or do anti-Semitic things: Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, former Reps. Cynthia McKinney and Earl Hilliard. Will the party distance itself from Moran's remarks? Today's Washington Post quotes numerous Virginia Democrats, including a spokesman for the governor, as criticizing Moran--but no members of Congress are among them, nor does the paper quote any Democrats from outside Virginia.
Moran offered this Trent Lott-style "apology": "I should not have singled out the Jewish community and regret giving any impression that its members are somehow responsible for the course of action being pursued by the Administration, or are somehow behind an impending war." In other words, he regrets giving the impression that he meant precisely what he said.
In an op-ed in Pakistan's Balochistan Post, another Southern politician weighs in with views similar to Moran's: "This is a war that has been promoted for years by the most radical Jewish supremacists in Israel and America." The author of these words? David Duke.
posted on March 11, 2003 02:44:27 PM new
Yes....we'll see how they 'treat' their own when something like this is said. Placing my 'bet'....nothing. Most likely will be 'apology accepted'. Write your representatives....let them know how outrageous you find his statements.
