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Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) ripped a caller to C-SPANs Washington Journal on Wednesday who suggested Cardin's Jewish faith poses a conflict of interest with his duties as a U.S. senator.
I'm normally pretty tolerant to people who ask questions, but I'm not to your assumption, said Cardin, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
"I take great offense to that. Our loyalty is to America, our concerns are with America, our religion is our personal business and should have nothing to do with an evaluation from anyone as to our objectivity on issues concerning America, he said.
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Mr. Cardin looks like a regular white guy, nice guy, but in actuality he's a Jewish white guy, said the caller, identified as Eric from Georgia. If the public was informed of that by C-SPAN, I think they would take his comments differently.
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Some things never go out of style.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Behind the Aegis
(53,961 posts)Some things are always in vogue.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)due to well... I simply expect it.
Loyalty oaths and all that.
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)irisblue
(32,982 posts)Historic NY
(37,451 posts)makes you wonder sometimes WTF is wrong with them.
Behind the Aegis
(53,961 posts)But some think that anti-Semitism is some times "ok" depending on who says it and to whom it is said.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Behind the Aegis
(53,961 posts)They just have to find a way to make it more palatable. Shouldn't' be too taxing for them.