Alcee Hastings loses his right to call others bigoted
By LisaB on September 27, 2008 at 5:10 AM in Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Florida, Jews, Muslim, Nancy Pelosi, Sarah Palin
Remember Alcee Hastings? He’s a US Representative from FL who was impeached when a federal judge and subsequently voted into Congress (HOW does that happen?). Need a reminder? During a trial for bribery and perjury, Hastings was acquitted after a co-conspirator refused to testify.
From Wikipedia:
In 1988, the Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives took up the case, and Hastings was impeached for bribery and perjury by a vote of 413-3. Voters to impeach included Democratic Representatives Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, John Conyers and Charles Rangel. He was then convicted in 1989 by the United States Senate, becoming the sixth federal judge in the history of the United States to be removed from office by the Senate.
Well, a couple days ago, Hastings was speaking to a group of Jewish Democrats and exhorted them to vote for Obama because Palin is dangerous.
OK, he didn’t say “dangerous.” I paraphrased. This is what he said according to CNN:
“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,” Rep. Alcee Hastings of Florida said at a panel about the shared agenda of Jewish and African-American Democrats Wednesday. Hastings, who is African-American, was explaining what he intended to tell his Jewish constituents about the presidential race. “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,” Hastings added as the room erupted in laughter and applause.
Hastings clearly was speaking to a sympathetic audience and thought he could “let his [completely metaphoric] hair down.” I guess this is why:
The support of Jewish voters is shaping up to be a highly sought after prize in the general election match-up between Sen. Obama and Sen. John McCain. Jews have historically favored Democrats by wide margins in recent presidential races. But, the McCain campaign is making a concerted effort to go after the loyal Democratic constituency and Obama has been plagued by false Internet rumors that he is Muslim which have had particular salience in the Jewish community.
So, is it just Alaskans in general or only Sarah Palin who couldn’t care less about Jews and blacks? I guess Alcee forgot that old saying that when you point one finger at someone else, 3 point back at you.

















