NBC Connecticut, broadcast April 5, 2012
Wow, this is exciting.
“I’m appalled that when I talk about the neoconservatives somehow it’s twisted to be some sort of a racist comment,” long-shot candidate Lee Whitnum said in response to U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy. “This is documented fact. The neoconservative role in the taking down of Iraq [with an] unnecessary war is fact. It’s not opinion.”
“I’m dealing with whore here who sells his soul to AIPAC [American Israel Public Affairs Committee], who will say anything for the job,” Whitnum explained, pointing towards Murphy and then adding that state Rep. William Tong was “ignorant” for defending him.
“What I would like to propose is a prosecution of settlers here, American settlers, who go to Israel and maim or kill in the Promised Land. Since 2000, 66,000 of the indigenous culture have been killed, many of them by American settlers. This is viewed all over the Middle East and we are hated for this worldwide.”
Note that much of Lee Whitnum’s website is devoted to bashing the Israel lobby. Something like Marcy Winograd’s insurgent campaign against Rep. Jane Harman in California two years back.
(Hat tip MW commenter Les)
she is a bit of a character.
And, as a result, looks like she won’t be permitted to take part in any further debates: Conn. Senate Debate Descends into Name-Calling: A lesser-known candidate may not be allowed to debate again after calling a Congressman a “whore”:
Mustn’t allow the public to hear such arguments.
it’s in the public square now – that’s the key to the words … by hook or by crook, the debate is in the open at last
Honestly, while I’m exceptionally happy that she’s saying what she is, the feminist in me knows that a slur like “whore” just isn’t appropriate, period. She could have made her point so much better, as apt as the term might seem.
She made an appearance at the Occupy Aipac conference. She is edgy