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An Oklahoma lawmaker says an insulting comment he made about Jews "came out of the wrinkles of my brain" and he regrets it.
State Rep. Dennis Johnson was talking about bill on sale-pricing at retail outlets on the House floor on Wednesday when used a derogatory turn that refers to bargaining down a price, the Associated Press reported.
Several of his colleagues objected and Johnson offered an apology, albeit tin-eared, saying, "Jews run good small businesses, too."
Johnson told the AP he later apologized to the House speaker and offered to apologize again on the floor.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/18/17813254-oklahoma-pol-says-he-regrets-jew-insult?lite
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(23,926 posts)Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)elleng
(130,820 posts)Brain wrinkles???
tblue37
(65,269 posts)linked article:
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[font color="blue"]That phrase has never just flown out of my mouth-the same as the n-word has never just come out. Why? I don't have to worry about censoring my thoughts--as my thoughts do not contain such things.
Precisely!
onenote
(42,660 posts)Betsy Ross
(3,147 posts)I don't know why I find that phrase so funny, being Jewish and all. If only WE could argue the price down on anything. Yet some hold this as a very positive quality. Go figure.
denverbill
(11,489 posts)Yavin4
(35,427 posts)Aint it?
Cleita
(75,480 posts)What a jackass!