Prejudice: A Traditional Value?

Slur lands candidate in hotseat

Note to Republican state Sen. Kim Hendren of Arkansas: Sen. Chuck Schumer has a name. How about you use it next time?

The state senator - who plans to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln in 2010 - said he regrets referring to Schumer as "that Jew" during a GOP meeting earlier this month. As reported May 14 in the Arkansas News:

"I don't speak with a TelePrompTer, and if I had, that reference would have never made it in there," Hendren said. "I know I referred to him as Jew or Jewish, and I should not have done that. I got my foot in my mouth."

Then, according to the New York Daily News, he went up to his knee.

"I was attempting to explain that unlike Sen. Schumer, I believe in traditional values, like we used to see on 'The Andy Griffith Show.'"

Golly gee, Opie. We didn't know prejudice was a traditional value.

Hendren spouted off after Schumer had described conservative Republicans as "hard right" on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show," the Daily News said.

But Hendren denied being prejudiced. He told the Arkansas News that "I don't have any issue with Jews or Jewish people or whatever the politically correct term they wish to be identified as."

We're not sure what's most offensive, the comment itself or Hendren's lack of apology?Link

Reminds me of this guy.

Judge Roy Bean wrote:

Reminds me of this guy.

Good Lord. I bet Barack would like to send Biden overseas for the next three years to do some diplomatic work in a country without any sort of media.

gringaloca wrote:

Good Lord. I bet Barack would like to send Biden overseas for the next three years to do some diplomatic work in a country without any sort of media.

At least he's entertaining!

Mongo wrote:

gringaloca wrote:

Good Lord. I bet Barack would like to send Biden overseas for the next three years to do some diplomatic work in a country without any sort of media.

At least he's entertaining!

Yes, he is that!