And Now for Some Antisemitism
Charles Johnson
Tue Sep 19, 2006 at 8:05 am PDT • Views: 309
Republican Senator George Allen, during a debate with Democratic challenger Jim Webb, is asked a completely outrageous question about his possible Jewish ancestry: Video: Allen Reacts to Religious Identity Probe. (Hat tip: Joel.)
It really has come to this.
UPDATE at 9/19/06 8:36:55 am:
The reporter who asked this question, Peggy Fox, is pretending to be clueless.
“I was shocked,” she said after the event. Disclosing that her great-grandfather was a Mormon polygamist, she added: “Why would he get so angry at the suggestion there might be something in your background that’s Jewish? I don’t think that’s a bad thing at all.”
Fox said her motive was curiosity. “I thought it was important to find out is this part of his heritage, because if it is nobody knows it. Do you deny part of your heritage for political reasons?”
Frank says: