Posted on 06/10/2006 9:54:59 AM PDT by Renfield
Forbes Magazine reported on a potentially explosive story when it relayed accusations that campaign material for James Webb used anti-Semitic imagery to combat his opponent in the upcoming Virginian Democratic primary for the Senate, Harris Miller. According to Forbes, the drawing used stereotypical cartoon images about Jews to show Harris as a greedy manipulator, charges that came from the Harris Miller campaign itself:
Senate candidate James H. Webb, President Reagan's former Navy secretary, was criticized by his Jewish opponent Friday over a campaign flier that depicted the opponent with a hooked nose and cash spilling from his pockets. The flier was intended for distribution among labor groups. It was titled "Miller the Job Killer," referring to Webb's opponent for the Democratic nomination in Tuesday's primary, businessman Harris Miller.
The flier, drawn in comic-book cartoon style, depicts Miller with a grotesquely hooked nose and cash overflowing from his suit pockets as he orders an underling to find ways to export U.S. jobs overseas. The flier refers to Miller as the "anti-Christ of outsourcing."
Miller called it "despicable."
"One of the things I hoped we would keep out of this campaign, because it has nothing to do with the campaign, is my religion and my background," Miller said.
(Excerpt) Read more at captainsquartersblog.com ...
"accusations that campaign material for James Webb used anti-Semitic imagery"
I don't know what happened to Webb.
This guy had a distinguished service record in Vietnam as a Marine captain, was Secretary of the Navy to Reagan, wrote some of the very best war novels I've ever read, including THE classic on Vietnam, Fields of Fire, but another really great one about West Point that I read. Now he's running as a Democrat, trying to unseat George Allen, probably the best potential presidential candidate we have. And he prints something like this up for his campaign.
Maybe he's being paid to run by the Democrats.
"Maybe he's being paid to run by the Democrats."
Don't know.
From that pdf file, look at the man standing in the upper right hand frame. What historical figure comes to mind?
;)
http://notlarrysabato.typepad.com/doh/files/miller_flyer_color.pdf
Oh brother! So now you're claiming that they've intentionally made the man to resemble Schicklgruber?
Of course not - but you came up with a name ;)
shows you the power of suggestion....
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