Why is it relevent ?
http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149190712778 So he got annoyed by a reporter asking a stupid ,irrelevent ,no-win question during a debate . I would've also . Here is the question asked :
It has been reported that your grandfather Felix, whom you were given your middle name for, was Jewish. Could you please tell us whether your forebears include Jews and, if so, at which point Jewish identity might have ended?
Allen could say that his grandfather was Jewish, which the reporter and/or the campaign might view as hurting Allen with some religious conservative voters. Allen could refuse to answer, in which case Webb's people could accuse him of being a racist who is ashamed of his Jewish connection. And Allen might get angry and provide some unflattering video the Webb campaign could use.Allen did refuse to answer the question, and he did get angry. video here The boos of the audience at the reporters "question" and its applause at Allen's answers says it all .
I wonder what the reaction would've been if he been asked if he had any trace of negroid blood in him ? He should've asked her if she had any former KKK relatives .
“Some may find it odd that I have not probed deeply into the details of my family history, but it’s a fact. We in the Allen household were simply taught that what matters is a person’s character, integrity, effort, and performance – not race, gender, ethnicity or religion. And so whenever we would ask my mother through the years about our family background on her side, the answer always was, ‘Who cares about that?’
“My mother has lived a long and full life, and I hope and pray she will enjoy many more years. She deserves respect and she also deserves privacy, especially where painful memories are concerned. I sincerely hope that simple decency will be respected.”
His families religious heritage is no more relevent than it was during John Kennedy's campaigns . In case they have forgotten the Constitution bans religious tests for public office .
I guess he could've done it the Democrat way ;look as deep as you can into your roots to find a vestige of Jewish heritage ...........and then exploit it
The Webb campaign attack mukakas at Daily Kos didn't take long to smear him about it.
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