A Sober Democrat Goes Off On The Jews

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Funny thing about this article which describes the tirade Andrew Young (former Atlanta Mayor) went on against Jews & Koreans.  The funny thing is no where in this article does it tell us that Mr. Young is a Democrat.

Do you think the MSM would have omitted that fact if a Republican had said this?

ATLANTA (AP) Civil rights leader Andrew Young, who was hired to help Wal-Mart Stores Inc. improve its public image, said early Friday he stepped down from his position as head of an outside support group.

The move comes on the heels of comments Young made to a newspaper that many felt were racially offensive.

[…]In an interview, Young was asked whether he was concerned that Wal-Mart causes smaller, mom-and-pop stores to close.

“Well, I think they should; they ran the 'mom and pop' stores out of my neighborhood,'' the paper quoted Young as saying. “But you see, those are the people who have been overcharging us, selling us stale bread and bad meat and wilted vegetables. And they sold out and moved to Florida. I think they've ripped off our communities enough. First it was Jews, then it was Koreans and now it's Arabs; very few black people own these stores.''

[…]The Jewish community criticized Young's comments.

“Andrew Young is a nationally known civil rights leader. If anyone should know that these are the words of bigotry, anti-Semitism and prejudice, it's him,'' said Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean and founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles. “I know he apologized, but I would say this: … During his years as a leader of the national civil rights movement, if anyone would utter remarks like this about African-Americans, his voice would be the first to rise in indignation.''

For that matter has there been any widespread MSM reporting of these comments like there were for Sen. Allen's macaca remarks?  Nope.  You think the coverage he is getting compares to the coverage Mel Gibson received?  Not even close.  He said pretty much the same things as Mr. Young did, stone cold sober, but barely a peep is coming out of the major networks.

No bias here. 

Andrew Young is following in the racist footsteps of Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, and pretty much the whole NAAPC organization when he made these comments.  They should surprise no one.  They ignore the reality:

Black Americans are becoming entrepreneurs at a rapidly increasing rate and Pittsburgh is following the trend, a new report issued by the Census Bureau suggests.

The report, "Survey of Business Owners: Black-Owned Firms: 2002," says that between 1997 and 2002, the number of black-owned businesses in the United States rose 45 percent to 1.2 million, while the combined revenue increased 25 percent to $88.8 billion. 

While continuing their crusade of victimhood.  Always the victim.

But maybe we shouldn't be too harsh against Mr. Young.  He maybe racist, but he also appears to be quite ignorant also.  Recall what he said in 1979:

And what about Andrew Young, Carter's U.N. ambassador? "I would be willing to bet that, in another year or so, … Khomeini will be [seen as] some kind of saint when we finally get over the panic of what is happening there," Young said at the time.  

Khomeini as a saint….nice

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I have to laugh–the double standard is so obvious that the MSM doesn’t even realize it.

Unbelievable–we heard for weeks and weeks how Gibson was an anti-Semite; when the guy finally apologizes and attempts to make amends, he’s laughed at as an opportunist seeking a photo-op. Here’s a real bigot among bigots, and the MSM does not ever report he is a Dem…incredible. Like Michael Savage says, “the rotten, stinking main stream media.”