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White House Blasts Moran, Democrats' Silence
GOPUSA ^ | March 12, 2003 | Jeff Gannon

Posted on 03/12/2003 7:06:58 AM PST by Columbine

WASHINGTON (GOPUSA News) -- For the second day in a row, the White House had harsh criticism for a Democrat Congressman's offensive remarks. On Tuesday, Spokesman Ari Fleischer condemned Rep. Jim Moran, Jr. (D-VA) who told a community group that the push for war with Iraq was strongly influenced by American Jews.

"If it were not for the strong support of the Jewish community for this war with Iraq we would not be doing this," Moran said. "The leaders of the Jewish community are influential enough that they could change the direction of where this is going and I think they should."

Fleischer said, "Those remarks are shocking. Those remarks are wrong. Those remarks are inappropriate. And those are remarks that should not have been said."

(Excerpt) Read more at gopusa.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: antisemitic; democrats; jamespmoran; jamespmoranjr; jewish; moran; war
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To: muggs
He must resign!
41 posted on 03/19/2003 12:34:14 AM PST by timestax
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because it makes the silence coming from the Democratic camp all the more deafening.... double standard.... 2 posted on 03/12/2003 7:08 AM PST by xsmommy [

DITTO! on the double standard for the demoncRATS!

42 posted on 03/20/2003 8:40:16 PM PST by timestax
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