The Daily News is reporting on Emanuel's father's racist comments re Arabs. They called the congressman's office. No response yet. But who else in the press is touching this ugly declaration that involves the next White House chief of staff?
It is interesting to compare the lack of attention being given to the congressman's father's racist comments to the situation of Cynthia McKinney, the Georgia congresswoman, whose father Billy McKinney made antisemitic comments during her congressional races in the late 90s and then in 2002– when she was defeated in part because of her stance on Palestinian human rights. That link is to a time he called an opponent of McKinney's a "racist Jew." When McKinney was defeated, in good measure by the Israel lobby, in '02, her father blamed the "J-E-W-S." Not very nice. He should read my blog to know how to say these things!
Rahm Emanuel is in a far more important position than Cynthia McKinney. She renounced her father's statements. Emanuel must be held to account here… Seems unlikely, though…
