Arkansas Senate Hopeful Apologizes For Calling Chuck Schumer “That Jew”
Arkansas GOP State Senator Kim Hendren, who has announced a run for Blanche Lincoln’s senate seat, has apologized for calling New York Senator Charles Schumer “that Jew” at the Polaski County Republican meeting. Hendren spoke to Arkansas blogger Jason Tolbert.
“I don’t use a teleprompter and occasionally I put my foot in my mouth…At the meeting I was attempting to explain that unlike Sen. Schumer, I believe in traditional values, like we used to see on ‘The Andy Griffith Show.’ 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.”
Yes, it’s very hard not to refer to a member of the tribe as “that Jew” unless it’s written out for you. And they go after Obama for using a teleprompter! Hendren also spoke with the AP.
“I ought not to have referred to it at all,” Hendren told the AP. “When I referred to him as Jewish, it wasn’t because I don’t like Jewish people…I shouldn’t have gotten into this Jewish business because it distracts from the issue,” Hendren said.
To the Arkansas News, Hendren explained:
“I don’t have any issue with Jews or Jewish people or whatever the politically correct term they wish to be identified as,” he said. “I very much respect Senator Joe Lieberman.”
Schumer has accepted Hendren’s apology. That Jew is so forgiving.
Alan said: Schumer has accepted Hendren’s apology. That Jew is so forgiving.
K: Alan, will you now be apologizing to Sen. Schumer for saying the exact same thing this guy did?
EricG Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Oh please. You conservatives are silly folk. One minute it’s ’screw PC values’ and the next it’s ‘uphold PC values.’ Make up your mind.
libpatriot Reply:
May 16th, 2009 at 1:04 am
Kregg: Alan, will you now be apologizing to Sen. Schumer for saying the exact same thing this guy did?
Why should Alan have to apologize, Kregg? Have you forgotten that Alan himself is Jewish (as he states fairly regularly on his radio show), and is therefore unlikely to be using those words as a slur?
Oh, that’s right, you don’t even listen to his show, do you?
May 14th, 2009 at 11:17 pm
Alan was being sarcastic by mocking the prejudices of “that christian”. Oh, did I say “that Christian”?
Sorry, just a slip of the tongue. LOL
Kregg Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 12:04 am
GayRob said: Alan was being sarcastic by mocking the prejudices of “that christian”. Oh, did I say “that Christian”? Sorry, just a slip of the tongue. LOL
K: What makes you presume that the guy is a christian? Isn’t that prejudice?
Epiphany Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 12:07 am
Once again Kregg, it’s called “sarcasm”. If you don’t know what that means you can look up the word at dictionary.com.
Glad to be of help.
Kregg Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 12:21 am
Epiphany said: Once again Kregg, it’s called “sarcasm”. If you don’t know what that means you can look up the word at dictionary.com.
K: It seems you only comprehend liberal sarcasm, huh?
Gay Rob Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 1:07 am
Sorry, for presuming that the senator was christian..I meant to say he is a “brainwashed bible bigot, who still believes that every jewish person in this world killed Christ.Those bad jews, oh, they just don’t have any moral values.
The senator should know how it feels when “the jew is on the other foot.!
Kregg Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 1:49 am
GayRob said: Sorry, for presuming that the senator was christian..I meant to say he is a “brainwashed bible bigot, who still believes that every jewish person in this world killed Christ.Those bad jews, oh, they just don’t have any moral values.
K: And again, you know this how? Perhaps you are unaware that slurs against Jews don’t always involve their ‘killing of Christ’? Perhaps, not.
GR: The senator should know how it feels when “the jew is on the other foot.!
K: Not too bad for an amateur but just how does it feel to slur Jews in the same way the Senator did?
TDro319 Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
K: “Not too bad for an amateur but just how does it feel to slur Jews in the same way the Senator did?”
Spare us your feigned indignation, Kregg. Like you really care about us poor Jews. After all, your god’s gonna kill us anyway for not believing what you’ve been taught to believe. Give me a break.
Personally, I’ve been called a lot worse than “that Jew”, so this is a non-issue.
EricG Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
“The senator should know how it feels when “the jew is on the other foot!”
See I think it’s all about context and intent. It’s obvious here that Rob is only making a joke and the context is just mimicing a common phrase.
Whereas the Sen. made it sound as if he was morally superior to Jewish people in his comment.
We can’t read minds or hearts so we have to use these loose contexts and haphazard process of defining intent. That’s life.
Gay Rob Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
Oh, by the way…I am jewish
Kregg Reply:
May 16th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
TD said: Spare us your feigned indignation, Kregg. Like you really care about us poor Jews. After all, your god’s gonna kill us anyway for not believing what you’ve been taught to believe. Give me a break.
K: Don’t be an idiot… Why would I care WHAT you were? And, where have I said a single negative word against jews OR Judaism?
jake Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 1:51 am
“What makes you presume that the guy is a christian? ”
He’s a Republican bigot – what are the odds of him not being a Christian? 1,000,000,000 to 1?
Kregg Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 2:19 am
K prv: “What makes you presume that the guy is a christian? ”
Jake said: He’s a Republican bigot – what are the odds of him not being a Christian? 1,000,000,000 to 1?
K: The odds could easily be as high as finding a Lib bigot capable of comprehending he’s as bigoted as those he denigrates.
EricG Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
“He’s a Republican bigot – what are the odds of him not being a Christian? 1,000,000,000 to 1?”
What if I told you … a little secret? You have to promise not the tell (nobody can read this!) … do you promise?
These ‘Christians’ who often claim to be conservative and / or Republican … they are not really Christians.
Oh! Oh my! Ya …. keep that one under your hat.
taylor_taylor Reply:
May 16th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Just as your commemts imply. YOu are slow aren’t you???
May 14th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
Kregg, Hendren’s “apology” was about Jesus being one of two Jews (the other being Joe Lieberman) that he likes. That, along with the issue of there only being two prominent non-christian office holders (Eric Cantor and Linda Lingle) in the GOP pretty much ensure that he is a christian.
Not all traditional values should be adhered to or admired. There are many things within our shared history that have rightfully been left behind. That is called progress and evolution as a culture.
trees are people too Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 12:41 am
Reid,
Is it your opinion that Christianity needs to be “left behind”?
Do you feel that our society needs to evolve and progress to a more reasoned and rational world view?
Is scientific empiricism the be all and end all of human understanding?
Should Christianity be left on the ash heap of history?
Have we outgrown the need for God???
Rocky the Liberal Rottweiler Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 9:21 am
“Christianity needs to be “left behind”?”
Christians, especially radicalized southern evangelical fundamentalist Christians, don’t NEED to be left behind, because they are fighting tooth and nail, as always, to live in the past and to reverse the last 200 years of progress we’ve made in this country.
They are on the wrong side of history, and consign themselves to history’s dust bin.
EricG Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
Christianity, in my personal view, needs to be redefined. I don’t like how many different thinkings can call themselves Christians.
Evangelicals are by and large hate mongers against gays and civil freedom and they say they are ‘Christian.’ Mormons are completely on a another page from the rest of religious society and still have racist passages in their scriptures and they say they are ‘Christian.’
Christ didn’t support this kind of treatment of others. These people should get to be their own brand of religion because I want nothing to do with them and everyone confuses us all as one group because we all use the same word: Christian.
Kregg Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 1:01 am
Reid said: Not all traditional values should be adhered to or admired. There are many things within our shared history that have rightfully been left behind. That is called progress and evolution as a culture.
K: And, what would those ‘traditional values’ be? And, what has this to do with my asking Alan if he was going to apologize for making the same slur against jews that he reports this Hendren guy for making?
EricG Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
“Not all traditional values should be adhered to or admired”
Absolutely. No question in my mind. Burning at the stake, persecution of women, sexual repression, etc. All these must be rid of from a healthy society.
May 15th, 2009 at 12:31 am
Just another pathetic sack of slime elected by the usual pack of racists and mental defectives in order to disgrace the Congress and this country and drag us back to the Dark Ages with their superstitions and their lies and their radical rightwing evangelical agenda.
You don’t like a NY Jew? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!
steve Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 9:01 am
Folks like Rush,Palin,Savage,Beck ,Bachmann,Hannity,
Keys,Coulter and those 2 bonehead Govs from Texas and S.C. would love to see the dark ages.
Anation run by the church,public stockades and hangings. Huge jails like the 1 in escape from NY City. No free speech and anything moderate and liberal to be branded anti and un-American.
EricG Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Steve – I think you’re right that they are aimed up at that world you describe. But they wouldn’t want to live in it once they made it. These hate mongers feed off our existence. If the ‘evil’ liberals weren’t out there changing laws and putting through social programs then the conservative resistance would be at a loss as to what to talk about; who to blame for everything.
They would create this world and destroy the lives of anyone who stood in their way. But in the aftermath they would cry. For their greatest opponent would be dead and their greatest victory would become bitter, sour grapes.
…. (I have a crystal ball) …..
May 15th, 2009 at 1:44 am
Why do some individuals insist on assuming that, if you’re a Christian then you must be a Republican? Or, if you’re a Republican then you must be a Christian?
GayRob, this is actually a false generalization. By the way, I didn’t see Alan doing this.
As for me, I don’t think I’ll vote for this guy if he was running for US Senator for NJ. I’m not keen on Sen. Frank Lautenberg, but I’ll vote for Lautenberg over this guy.
Daddio Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 9:14 am
Maybe they think there are no liberal Christians.
How about it liberals?
Rocky the Liberal Rottweiler Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 9:24 am
If you’re a Christian with a brain then obviously you’re not being smeared along with the rest of the inbred radicalized mental midgets who infest the southern states like so many grunting snorting swine.
OldLefty Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 9:25 am
There are TONS of liberal Christians….
Sojourners, Bill Moyers is an ordained Baptist minister, Obama is a Christian.
EricG Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
EricG is the same person as Eric Lightborn the Blogger and that’s me ….
I’m a Liberal Christian.
Deal with it.
I use the literalistic definition of “Christian.”
“Student or follower of .. Jesus Christ.”
There are many who believe as I do that Jesus didn’t promote hatred and social injustice we find in so-called Republican Christians.
And of course, as many here pointed out, there is no direct connection between being Republican and being Christian.
average james Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
I am a Christian. I am a liberal.
EricG Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Right on, James.
This whole idea that the two are incompatible was born out of Hannity Crazed Fools and doesn’t fly in reality. But you tell that to some of Alan’s callers … yikes!
May 15th, 2009 at 8:45 am
Christianity is what the KKK practice while their sheets are being washed on Sunday.
Kregg Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Jake said: Christianity is what the KKK practice while their sheets are being washed on Sunday.
K: Intolerant bigotry against people of faith is what Liberals practice 24/7.
TDro319 Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
And here Kregg stands on his soapbox accusing others of the bigotry he practices himself. Priceless!
Kregg Reply:
May 16th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
TD said: And here Kregg stands on his soapbox accusing others of the bigotry he practices himself. Priceless!
K: And, what bigotry would that be?
EricG Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Yea, Kregg. Be careful. I don’t like what Jake said here but it’s his right.
But what you said is a little confusing considering I’ve talked with you about the issue of gay-marriage and it was intolerant bigotry that is found in the Bible that was discussed. Not only with you but pretty much any person coming from a neo-con opposition to legal marriage between gays.
Bigotry and intolerance don’t stop at liberal issues or end at conservative.
Tolerance is tolerance and it’s challenging for everyone.
JaredfromTexas Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Well said.
average james Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
yah
Kregg Reply:
May 16th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
The Eric said: But what you said is a little confusing considering I’ve talked with you about the issue of gay-marriage and it was intolerant bigotry that is found in the Bible that was discussed.
K: You’ve got to be kidding, right? Because I don’t think changing the definition of marriage I’m a bigot? Well, how about joining me because I doubt that even you are supportive of multiple marriage, or man/boy marriage, or bestial marriage. Join the club, bigot boy. ;-)
jake Reply:
May 16th, 2009 at 12:42 am
Quite possible – but I wouldn’t know not being a liberal either with a small “l” or a large “L”.
May 15th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
I believe in traditional values, like we used to see on ‘The Andy Griffith Show.’ Kim Hendren
Especially the lack of jews and black people in the town?
Daddio Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Good traditional values of community, trust, down to earth friendly little town. I always had a fantasy of living in Mayberry.
Hope for Change Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Yes, and the chronic alcoholic was hilarious.
EricG Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
You want to live in the lie of Mayberry. The reality of such a place is more what Hope outlined. Alcoholism, racism and intolerance.
That might suit you, come it think of it, Daddio.
You’d fit right in.
JaredfromTexas Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
And people wonder why it is that conservatives are “happier” than liberals…statements like this pretty much sum it up…
EricG Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
‘Happy’ is relative. I’m happy about living in country with so much freedom and so much available wealth for the citizens.
But I’m not going to sit in a bubble of lies that make me feel good about the world. I must (nobody requires you to do this) receive the truth of the world without filter. This means racism, hatred, bigotry, fear, violence, lies and misinformation.
Conservatives might be, as you assert, more ‘happy’ than liberals. But if they are it is because they live delusional lives where they don’t challenge their own ideas and political beliefs. They listen to the Echo Chamber of Conservati and FIXED News and think they got the story of the day. Whereas liberals actually read the international news where they don’t lie to the public like all American media does.
The world is cold, harsh and violent. It is also brimming over the top with beauty.
I seriously think most conservatives live in a dream-world but I really wouldn’t know such a thing for sure.
average james Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Wait a minute Jared,
Conservatives are happier than liberals ??
JUST WHAT HELL IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN !!!!!!!
WHY I OUGHTA !!!!!
JaredfromTexas Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
hahahahahahahahaha! Good one, James!
JaredfromTexas Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
little ERIC,
I’m happy about living in country with so much freedom and so much available wealth for the citizens.
As long as the available wealth is distributed equally, right? I mean…why else would Obama cap executive pay, right? Because he thinks they’re getting paid too much?
they live delusional lives where they don’t challenge their own ideas and political beliefs.
HAHAHAHAHAHA!…and you know this as fact? That it’s only conservatives who don’t challenge themselves? How about you? You never do your homework and get supporting facts before you post…if that isn’t an idicator of your personal indifference to the facts, then I don’t know what is…this statement is a perfect example. Your opinion doesn’t count as “fact”.
It seems as though one political group is a glass is half-full…the other is a glass is half-empty group…I’ll let you figure out which is which.
Daddio Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Hope, Yes Otis was funny. But my favorite was Deputy Barney Fife. He made the show what it was and still is. I can catch Andy Griffith every night. And I usually do.
Hey Eric—IT IS ONLY A TV PROGRAM. NOT REAL LIFE.
Lily Reply:
May 15th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Andy Griffith, a good man. Did anyone see his and Ron Howard’s plug for Obama? I thought it was quite inspiring actually. Oh, and Henry Winkler was in it too.
Kregg Reply:
May 16th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
The Eric said; Conservatives might be, as you assert, more ‘happy’ than liberals. But if they are it is because they live delusional lives where they don’t challenge their own ideas and political beliefs.
K; Where do you get this swill. Back this up…
Um Cara Reply:
May 16th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
And people wonder why it is that conservatives are “happier” than liberals
Who wonders this? I’m pretty sure it is factors other than political leanings that determine happiness (though I did read one study showing that conservatives are more fearful than liberals).
JaredfromTexas Reply:
May 17th, 2009 at 1:00 am
UM CARA,
livescience.com/health/080507-liberal-conservative.html
Overall happiness among U.S. residents has not changed much over the years, according to the latest survey by the Pew Research Center that finds 34 percent of adults are very happy.
Among 3,014 telephone respondents, half reported being pretty happy, and 15 percent said they are not too happy.
The survey, released this week, points out several disparities based on lifestyle, beliefs and political persuasion:
Republicans are happier than Democrats.
People who worship frequently are happier than those who don’t.
The rich are happier than the poor.
Whites and Hispanics are happier than blacks.
Married people are happier than the unmarried.
Dog owners and cat owners rate the same.
Sunbelt residents are happier than everyone else.
About 45 percent of Republicans said they were very happy, compared with 30 percent of Democrats. Republicans have been happier in surveys going back to 1972, the Pew study notes.
The reason might seem obvious, since “Republicans tend to have more money than Democrats, and—as we’ve already discovered—people who have more money tend to be happier,” the report states.
But even after adjusting for income, poor Republicans are happier than poor Democrats, and rich Republicans are happier than rich Democrats.
What about religion?
Forty-three percent of people who attend religious services weekly or more say they’re very happy, compared to 26 percent of those who go seldom or never. The Pew analysis does not answer the question of how religion, Republicanism and happiness might be related, however.
Um Cara Reply:
May 17th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Republicans are happier than Democrats.
Yea, it said that conservatives rationalize away inequities, whereas inequities bother liberals.
Conservatives also scored highest on measures of rationalization, which gauge a person’s tendency to justify, or explain away, inequalities.
Interesting stuff…
JaredfromTexas Reply:
May 17th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
UM CARA,
I’m surprised you would take that out of context:
The study did NOT say that inequalities don’t bother conservatives…you made that up…in fact…the statement was made in reference to economic equality, and it identifies the vastly different views that liberals and conservatives have regarding personal responsibility = increased economic status:
To justify economic inequalities, a person could support the idea of meritocracy, in which people move up their economic status in society based on hard work and good performance. In that way, one’s social class attainment, whether upper, middle or lower, would be perceived as totally fair and justified.
May 15th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
Once again a member of the Republican Party is saying I am sorry for getting caught expressing my true feelings. I tell you when it comes out of your mouth with that much ease it’s easy for anyone to think that’s how you feel all the time.
May 16th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Has Wanda Sykes apologized for wishing kidney failure on Rush? Oh, I forgot, she is a liberal and liberals never have to apologize for anything.
Um Cara Reply:
May 16th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
I’m sorry you feel that way… ;^)
Daddio Reply:
May 16th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
Just the facts Cara. haven’t you noticed?
May 16th, 2009 at 6:04 pm