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Ark. Lawmaker Apologizes for Calling Schumer 'That Jew'

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted May 14, 2009 3:31 PM CDT
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(Newser) – A Republican Senate candidate in Arkansas has apologized for referring to Sen. Chuck Schumer as “that Jew” during a county GOP meeting, reports blogger Jason Tolbert of the Tolbert Report. “I don’t use a teleprompter and occasionally I put my foot in my month,” said state Sen. Kim Hendren. Told of Hendren’s comments, Schumer’s office replied, “Apology accepted,” the New York Daily News notes.

“I was attempting to explain that unlike Sen. Schumer, I believe in traditional values, like we used to see on the Andy Griffith Show,” said Hendren. “I made the mistake of referring to Sen. Schumer as ‘that Jew’ and I should not have put it that way as this took away from what I was trying to say.” He told the AP that he likes Jewish people, especially Jesus and Joe Lieberman.

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY.
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY.   (AP Photo)
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, applauds the opening bell of the stock market in this file photo.
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, applauds the opening bell of the stock market in this file photo.   (AP Photo)
Republican State Sen. Kim Hendren of Arkansas.
Republican State Sen. Kim Hendren of Arkansas.   (AP Photo)
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Fondue
May 15, 2009 12:47 PM CDT
Is that sarcasm? Cause it didn't work.
Derni
May 15, 2009 12:24 PM CDT
He let his true feelings show-as a future retiree moving to AR I am sorry to see that prejudice is alive and well-another loser representing a state-
AdaptAndOvercome
May 15, 2009 3:40 AM CDT
Well, he's from the south and what he really meant, is it's ok for him to think it, but he shouldn't a said it. What a crock, a bigot is a bigot with or without a teleprompter. That's the problem with the GOP--they don't get it. What makes Opie and Aunt Bea so "american". They don't live in the reality that is the world, their reality comes from T.V.---remember the Murphy Brown fiasco with the idiot Republican VP. The GOP need to get out in the "REAL WORLD" and maybe read some books to understand "Americans", put away the damn remote control.

 
Charles Schumer • Jews • Arkansas • gaffe • state senate • Jay-ZTV • Kim Hendren

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