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To: JBTFD who wrote (139452)	9/30/2008 8:42:17 AM
From: JeffA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

As but one small token of why I am fed up with your side, already, in this election cycle, I offer Alcee Hastings and his attempt at an apology. Black Florida congressman apologies for Palin comments Posted: 03:18 PM ET From CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart (CNN) - An African-American congressman from Florida is apologizing for his comment that black and Jewish voters should not support Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin because "anybody toting guns and stripping moose don't care too much about what they do with Jews and blacks." This is an apology? "I regret the comments I made last Tuesday that were not smart and certainly not relevant to hunters or sportsmen," Rep. Alcee Hastings said in a statement issued Monday. Last week, at a panel on the shared agenda of Jewish and African-American Democrats during the annual conference of the National Jewish Democratic Council, Hastings told attendees what he intended to tell his Jewish constituents about the importance of supporting Sen. Obama in November's presidential election. Here's his statement. "If Sarah Palin isn't enough of a reason for you to get over whatever your problem is with Barack Obama, then you damn well had better pay attention," Hastings said last week. "Anybody toting guns and stripping moose don't care too much about what they do with Jews and blacks. So, you just think this through," he added The comments elicited a swift response from the Republican Jewish Coalition. In a statement issued last week, Matt Brooks, the group's Executive Director, said Hastings "stooped to the worst kind of divisive politics." "There should be no place in our country for this sort of political discourse. We can constructively disagree on the issues without denigrating others," added Brooks. In his statement Monday, Hastings said he still backed the sentiment behind his initial remarks. "The point I made, and will continue to make, is that the policies and priorities of a McCain-Palin administration would be anathema to most African Americans and Jews," he said in his statement. "I regret that I was not clearer and apologize to Governor Palin, my host where I was speaking, and those who my comments may have offended." What is this racist basing this statement upon? He knows NOTHING of Palin, yet implies she is a racist, all the while, he is the one exhibiting classic racism statements. Can you people not smell the BS from the Dems?