politico.com - 5/14/2009
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A conservative Arkansas blogger gets a response from State Sen. Kim Hendren, who's looking at a bid for the Republican nomination for Senate there, to questions about a meeting with the Pulaski County GOP:
"At the meeting I was attempting to explain that unlike Sen. Schumer, I believe ...
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 5/14/2009
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Arkansas state Sen. Kim Hendren, who is currently
the only announced Republican candidate for U.S. Senator against...
Democratic incumbent Blanche Lincoln in 2010, has apologized for referring to Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) as "that Jew," at a county ...
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Arkansas GOP Senate Candidate Apologizes For Calling ...
huffingtonpost.com - 5/15/2009
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huffingtonpost.com —
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A Republican candidate for
Senate from Arkansas reportedly referred to Democratic Sen. Chuck...
Schumer as "that Jew" during a recent appearance before a Republican group. State Sen. Kim Hendren told The Associated Press on ...
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Kim Hendren Apologizes For Calling Sen. Schumer "That Jew"
dailykos.com - 5/14/2009
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dailykos.com —
Arkansas State Senator Kim Hendren, the only announced
Republican challenger to Blanche Lincoln, explains why he called...
Chuck Schumer "that Jew" at a recent forum: "At the meeting I was attempting to explain that unlike Sen. Schumer, I believe in ...
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AR-Sen: GOP candidate calls Schumer "that Jew"
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AR-Sen: GOP candidate calls Schumer "that Jew"
Daily Kos —
... for clearing things up, Sen. Hendren. When you called Schumer "that Jew" it certainly sounded derisive (kind of like when McCain called Obama "that one"). But (speaking as a guy who happens to be Jewish) it wasn't the most offensive thing in the world. But now you're saying that by calling Schumer "that Jew" you were trying to explain that "unlike" Schumer you "believe in traditional values." Pardon me for saying this, but you, sir, are a bigot. (h/t: Ben Smith)
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SSP Daily Digest: 5/14
Swing State Project —
... ? AR-Sen: State Senator Kim Hendren, the GOP's only candidate so far against Blanche Lincoln (and they may want to keep looking...), has been in politics a long time (one claim to fame is that he lost a gubernatorial race to Bill Clinton). But now he actually seems to be caught in a timewarp from a different century. Today he's trying to walk back having called Chuck Schumer "that Jew" (and, in doing so, tried using The Andy Griffith Show by way of explaining himself). ...
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