Check out this letter from Mark Tate, blasting the RPV, over at Not Larry Sabato. Wow, isn't it great when Republicans tear each other to pieces? Ha.P.S. Congratulations on the big scoop and great reporting by Ben Tribbett on this one. Blogging at its best, right here in Virginia.
P.P.S. What will this mean for Shaun "Jew Baiter" Kenney? We'll see in coming days...
Jewbaiting is a word created by the Germans in 1853 (literally Judenheutze) who's purpose is to use the Jewishness of an individual as part of his definition, usually as an epithet. In anti-Semitic Germany, you can only imagine what connotations it would have... "He's a shrewd businessman, but he's a Jew after all... He drove a tough bargain, but Jews are like that... I've never been able to trust that fellow, but Jews can help but be that way..."That's jewbaiting, and it's disgusting.
Fast forward to today. In the midst of a negative attack campaign by James Webb, what purpose does it have to mention outsourcing, being a lobbyist for both Repubicans and Democrats, having no support from liberals and oh yes... he's a Jew that doesn't go to church?
Simple answer? Webb is jewbaiting his opposition.
Need some proof? Jews don't go to church, they go to synagouge. Small semantic (or semitic) difference, but one hell of a way to remind Virginians that Harris Miller is not one-of-us "churchgoing" Virginians, but in fact "other". "Other" as in Jewish.
So not only does Webb have yellow star for Miller, Webb's campaign also seeks to play those supposedly ignorant Virginia Democrats in the Valley, in Southside, and in the Southwest against Miller -- and with the complicity of those who just seek to flick away concerns with "aww, you guys are taking this too seriously."
Can't you see the giggling activists now? Playing the electorate against each other like their fools?
Slick, isn't it?
Amazing, it's been over a year and it's as outrageous and despicable as ever.