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JEW UPSET?
September 20, 2006 9:25 AM
Following in the footsteps of other pols "discovered" to have Jewish roots in the midst of a campaign -- Sen. John Kerry, D-Ma., Gen Wesley Clark -- Sen. George Allen, R-VA, has been grappling with how to deal with the revelation that his maternal grandfather, Felix Lumbroso, was Jewish.
When he was asked about this at a debate on Monday, Allen's response was rather hostile (and the crowd seems to have been with him; check it out on YOUTUBE.)
But after much criticism that Allen seemed to regard questions about his Jewish heritage as somehow perjorative -- "He was visibly uncomfortable and called it an 'aspersion,' " J. J. Goldberg, editor in chief of the Forward told the WASHINGTON POST, "What is it that makes him so uncomfortable with it? It raises more questions about who the guy is" --Allen's campaign YESTERDAY ISSUED A STATEMENT in which the embattled incumbent said, "I embrace and take great pride in every aspect of my diverse heritage, including my Lumbroso family line's Jewish heritage, which I learned about from a recent magazine article and my mother confirmed."
Mazal tov!
-- jt
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Good call Cordelia. The way Hillary Clinton invented those Jewish relatives was so contrived.
Posted by: DKNY | Sep 21, 2006 9:11:05 AM
Good grief, make a mountain out of nothing..Get a life.
Posted by: annie | Sep 21, 2006 5:10:33 AM
way to sidestep the question by getting all defensive about something he says shouldn't matter.
what a douchebag.
Posted by: renee0131 | Sep 20, 2006 5:16:17 PM
Perhaps you should check out John McCain's great-grandparents. If he is to have any chance at the R. nomination (which he probably doesn't have), he needs at least one of them to be Jewish.
Posted by: sophillyfatz | Sep 20, 2006 5:00:45 PM
Don't forget hilary, but of course she was just trying to capitalize, like rooting for the mets...
Posted by: cordelia525 | Sep 20, 2006 11:14:23 AM
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