No 'D' for Congressman Apologizing For Smearing Palin, Gun Owners

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By Tim Graham (Bio | Archive)
September 30, 2008 - 07:18 ET

Following up on our item on CNN.com last week, Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Florida) has apologized for his attack on Sarah Palin that strangely smeared hunters and gun owners as racists and anti-Semites: "anybody toting guns and stripping moose don't care too much about what they do with Jews and blacks."

CNN Political Ticker reports it again, but there's no explicit identification of Hastings as a Democrat (plus no mention in either post that Hastings was impeached and removed as a federal judge.) The headline is bland again: "Black Florida congressman apologies [sic] for Palin comments."

CNN's Martina Stewart elides the D label by noting Hastings "spoke at a panel on the shared agenda of Jewish and African-American Democrats during the annual conference of the National Jewish Democratic Council," and was attacked by Jewish  Republicans, so a reader can deduce the point. But it's funny how reporters can just tiptoe around the basics. 


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Hastings democratic playground

September 30, 2008 - 07:27 ET by XfreeX

Hastings was and still is today a very pathetic man. Hastings is a follower not a leaders in his party. He like so many other democratic congressmen and women follow the leaders views no matter how foolish they are.   Democrats can't think for themself, they do it as a collective to which is almost always fails them and the american people.

There is a joke in there if I could find it.

September 30, 2008 - 09:10 ET by JWF

  Something about hunting hunting hippies, but leaving them in the field because the meat is too fat and spongy from spending all their time sitting around drum circles.

 There is a joke there, I can't find it though.

  Oh am I as bad as the congressman? I am a hippie bigot. Ok someone put the verbal smackdown on me.  

Sincerely,

a Veteran of a 1000 psychic wars. (R)

Of course Alcee gets a pass

September 30, 2008 - 11:15 ET by Blonde

He's a dem(ocrat, ogogue...take your pick).

How the good people down in Miami continue to return this moron to Congress year after year is beyond my comprehension.

Talk about clowns to the left of me (Alcee Hasting), jokers to the right (Rob Wexler, Maryland, um, Palm Beach), and stuck in the middle (Ron Klien).

That's it, I'm done.  Totally depressed.

David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive