Arkansas GOP Senate Candidate Apologizes For Calling Schumer "That Jew"

Arkansas state Sen. Kim Hendren, who is currently the only announced Republican candidate for U.S. Senator against Democratic incumbent Blanche Lincoln in 2010, has apologized for referring to Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) as "that Jew," at a county Republican meeting last week.

"I don't use a teleprompter and occasionally I put my foot in my month," Hendren told Arkansas blogger Jason Tolbert.

"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,'" he explained. "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."

Late Update: Hendren gave a further apology to the Associated Press. "When I referred to him as Jewish, it wasn't because I don't like Jewish people," he said. He also added: "I shouldn't have gotten into this Jewish business because it distracts from the issue."


http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/05/arkansas-gop-senate-candidate-apologizes-for-calling-schumer-that-jew.php?ref=fp2

Traditional values...like the old Andy Griffith show? AYFKM? Earth to Wingnut: Andy Griffith was a TEEVEE show!!

So is Ron Howard.


GET A CLUE, KIM!



sheesh.


edited to add --

http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/profiles/andy_griffith
Andy Griffith is the spiritual godfather of the North Carolina Democratic Party. In "The Andy Griffith Show," he played the sheriff of a fictionalized version of his hometown of Mount Airy—a role that has been a cultural touchstone since the 1960s. At the same time, his portrayal of a cynical country singer in "A Face in the Crowd" has served as a darker counterpart. Off-screen, he's campaigned and raised money for Democratic politicians from Govs. Jim Hunt and Mike Easley to current Gov. Beverly Perdue, Senate leader Marc Basnight and presidential candidate Barack Obama.


and

somebody oughta tell Kim to watch this:

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/cc65ed650d/ron-howards-call-to-action-from-ron-howard-and-henry-winkler (and Andy Griffith, too)






In fact, the "traditional American values" portrayed on The Andy Griffith Show were NOT traditional repuke values. But I guess Sen. Hendren thinks just 'cause someone's got a North Carolina accent they must be dumb and stupid and right wing. It ain't so.

By the way, Andy's got a birthday comin' up on June 1st.

Amazin' all the stuff you can find on them intertubes thing. :evilgrin:


TG

firm grip on the reality the rest of us function in.

Making them DANGEROUSLY delusional.

Is there no Republican out there that can simply issue a genuine apology without seeking to use it as an opportunity to deliver more slams?

Some fat, cowardly, drug addicted child diddler with a daily radio talk show, maybe?

How original.............

about the President. Nice to see how Ms. Hendren actually thinks or Mr. Schumer.

'those kind' are really good at improvisation. :evilgrin: