I’m so glad James Martin and I can agree on the broader topics of racism and “bigatry”, especially when it comes to politicians who use race for political gain:
Allen … doesnt deserve to be in the US Senate. Those who would defend his actions only defend hatred and bigatry. Disgusting.
I wonder then what Martin and others would say about pre-meditated acts of racism, as evidenced by the Virginia Pilot’s June 10th article on the anti-Semitic Webb flyer?
The Webb flier, which Webb acknowledged seeing before its distribution, apparently was intended to rally support among union members. It includes a caricature of Miller holding an oversize cigar and with greenbacks bulging from a suit pocket, along with text repeating union charges that he was “the anti-Christ of outsourcing” as a lobbyist for telecommunications companies.
Webb has yet to apologize to the Jewish community for his actions.
Question of the day: This isn’t the first time Webb’s campaign has used race to drive a wedge between voters. First with African-Americans supporting Miller, then against Miller himself for being Jewish. Now we have Webb staffers dancing around the flames of the “macaca” incident.
What is this fascination with race inside the Webb campaign?
Lest I be seen as being flip or sidestepping other issues here, this is the third time Webb’s campaign has used race as a campaign issue… it’s a troubling development coming from a gentleman whose advocacy of the Confederacy-as-heritage was his claim to fame post-Reagan administration.