Comments on: Ummm…So How Does This Fit In With The Kos ‘Anti-Semite’ Theory? http://informedspeculation.com/2006/09/20/ummmso-how-does-this-fit-in-with-the-kos-anti-semite-theory/ Refunds Cheerfully Given To All Who Disagree Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Fred http://informedspeculation.com/2006/09/20/ummmso-how-does-this-fit-in-with-the-kos-anti-semite-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-97947 Fred Thu, 21 Sep 2006 22:03:17 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/09/20/ummmso-how-does-this-fit-in-with-the-kos-anti-semite-theory/#comment-97947 Now he can use the Little Flower's quote on the subject: "I'm a balanced ticket when I run alone." Now he can use the Little Flower’s quote on the subject:

“I’m a balanced ticket when I run alone.”

]]> By: megapotamus http://informedspeculation.com/2006/09/20/ummmso-how-does-this-fit-in-with-the-kos-anti-semite-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-97930 megapotamus Thu, 21 Sep 2006 21:04:21 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/09/20/ummmso-how-does-this-fit-in-with-the-kos-anti-semite-theory/#comment-97930 Yes, and even outside the anti-Semitic swamps of Europe, not a few Sons of Abraham changed their names and otherwise obscured their Jewish heritage in the early 20th and before. There were a few sound reasons for that, one might recall. Yes, and even outside the anti-Semitic swamps of Europe, not a few Sons of Abraham changed their names and otherwise obscured their Jewish heritage in the early 20th and before. There were a few sound reasons for that, one might recall.

]]> By: minime http://informedspeculation.com/2006/09/20/ummmso-how-does-this-fit-in-with-the-kos-anti-semite-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-97725 minime Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:21:26 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/09/20/ummmso-how-does-this-fit-in-with-the-kos-anti-semite-theory/#comment-97725 A situation like that is not so uncommon as you might think. Our family recently learned that we too had Jewish roots from other people doing ancestry research and publishing those results. So Mr. Allen's claims of not knowing can be justified. A situation like that is not so uncommon as you might think. Our family recently learned that we too had Jewish roots from other people doing ancestry research and publishing those results. So Mr. Allen’s claims of not knowing can be justified.

]]> By: mtl http://informedspeculation.com/2006/09/20/ummmso-how-does-this-fit-in-with-the-kos-anti-semite-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-97412 mtl Wed, 20 Sep 2006 19:11:31 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/09/20/ummmso-how-does-this-fit-in-with-the-kos-anti-semite-theory/#comment-97412 Regardless of whether the question was appropriate, which it probably wasn’t, doesn’t it seem a bit odd that Allen claims not to have known that his grandfather, who was imprisoned by the Nazis in WWII, was Jewish? Madeline Albright. Regardless of whether the question was appropriate, which it probably wasn’t, doesn’t it seem a bit odd that Allen claims not to have known that his grandfather, who was imprisoned by the Nazis in WWII, was Jewish?

Madeline Albright.

]]> By: Fargus http://informedspeculation.com/2006/09/20/ummmso-how-does-this-fit-in-with-the-kos-anti-semite-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-97309 Fargus Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:38:25 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/09/20/ummmso-how-does-this-fit-in-with-the-kos-anti-semite-theory/#comment-97309 Regardless of the question's appropriateness, it's been handled clumsily at best, with attacks on others for bigotry (when this is the macaca, noose-sporting guy that we've all come to know and love/loathe), the unbelievable claim that he only learned of his Jewish ancestry recently, and from a magazine article, etc. I mean, at this point, I feel like the Olsen twins could run his campaign better for him. Regardless of the question’s appropriateness, it’s been handled clumsily at best, with attacks on others for bigotry (when this is the macaca, noose-sporting guy that we’ve all come to know and love/loathe), the unbelievable claim that he only learned of his Jewish ancestry recently, and from a magazine article, etc.

I mean, at this point, I feel like the Olsen twins could run his campaign better for him.

]]> By: Mark http://informedspeculation.com/2006/09/20/ummmso-how-does-this-fit-in-with-the-kos-anti-semite-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-97305 Mark Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:25:56 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/09/20/ummmso-how-does-this-fit-in-with-the-kos-anti-semite-theory/#comment-97305 Well, his grandfather was a resistance fighter against the Nazis, so the fact that the Nazis put him in a camp isn't surprising, regardless of his ethnicity or religion. In any event, he's certainly (a) right in being indignant that the issue was raised in a political debate, completely divorced from policy considerations, and (b) not shying away from embracing his heritage... Well, his grandfather was a resistance fighter against the Nazis, so the fact that the Nazis put him in a camp isn’t surprising, regardless of his ethnicity or religion. In any event, he’s certainly (a) right in being indignant that the issue was raised in a political debate, completely divorced from policy considerations, and (b) not shying away from embracing his heritage…

]]> By: Fargus http://informedspeculation.com/2006/09/20/ummmso-how-does-this-fit-in-with-the-kos-anti-semite-theory/comment-page-1/#comment-97296 Fargus Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:59:10 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/09/20/ummmso-how-does-this-fit-in-with-the-kos-anti-semite-theory/#comment-97296 Regardless of whether the question was appropriate, which it probably wasn't, doesn't it seem a bit odd that Allen claims not to have known that his grandfather, who was imprisoned by the Nazis in WWII, was Jewish? That he just recently learned it from a magazine article, of all places? Just food for thought's all. Maybe there's increased scrutiny of Allen's comments after the macaca imbroglio, but I don't think it's entirely unwarranted, considering how utterly unconvincing all of his explanations for that whole debacle turned out to be. Regardless of whether the question was appropriate, which it probably wasn’t, doesn’t it seem a bit odd that Allen claims not to have known that his grandfather, who was imprisoned by the Nazis in WWII, was Jewish? That he just recently learned it from a magazine article, of all places?

Just food for thought’s all. Maybe there’s increased scrutiny of Allen’s comments after the macaca imbroglio, but I don’t think it’s entirely unwarranted, considering how utterly unconvincing all of his explanations for that whole debacle turned out to be.

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