Difference between revisions of "2008-11-13 Emanuel Apologizes for Father's "Arab" Comments"
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<let name=data index=Topics>\Rahm Emanuel\Benjamin M. Emanuel</let> | <let name=data index=Topics>\Rahm Emanuel\Benjamin M. Emanuel</let> | ||
<let name=data index=URL>http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/arab-american-group-decries-emanuels-fathers-smear/</let> | <let name=data index=URL>http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/arab-american-group-decries-emanuels-fathers-smear/</let> | ||
| − | <let name=data index=Title>Emanuel Apologizes for | + | <let name=data index=Title>Emanuel Apologizes for Father's "Arab" Comments</let> |
| − | <let name=data index=TitlePlain>Emanuel Apologizes for | + | <let name=data index=TitlePlain>Emanuel Apologizes for Father's "Arab" Comments</let> |
<let name=data index=Text><blockquote> | <let name=data index=Text><blockquote> | ||
| − | <p>Representative [[Rahm Emanuel]], ... President-elect [[Barack Obama]] | + | <p>Representative [[Rahm Emanuel]], ... President-elect [[Barack Obama]]'s chief of staff, called the president of an Arab-American group today to apologize for comments [[Benjamin Emanuel|his father]] made to an Israeli newspaper.</p> |
| − | <p>In the remarks, Benjamin Emanuel discussed the potential impact of his | + | <p>In the remarks, Benjamin Emanuel discussed the potential impact of his son's new position on [[US-Israel relations|U.S.-Israeli relations]].</p> |
| − | <p> | + | <p>"Obviously he'll influence the president to be pro-Israel. Why wouldn't he? What is he, an Arab? He's not going to be mopping floors at the White House," the elder Mr. Emanuel told the Israeli daily ''[[Ma'ariv]]'', according to English-language reports in ''The [[Jerusalem Post]]'' and ''The [[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]]''.</p> |
| − | </blockquote></let> | + | </blockquote> |
| + | It sounds like they were calculatedly taking Benjamin's "mopping the floors" comment as a slur on Arabs, when what seems more likely is that he was saying that "influencing the president" was part of Rahm's job, and of course he's going to be pro-Israel because he's Jewish. | ||
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| − | <let name=data index=TextShort>“Representative [[Rahm Emanuel]], ... President-elect [[Barack Obama]] | + | <let name=data index=TextShort>“Representative [[Rahm Emanuel]], ... President-elect [[Barack Obama]]'s chief of staff, called the president of an Arab-American group today to apologize for comments [[Benjamin Emanuel|his father]] made to an Israeli newspaper.”</let> |
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