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To: Mr. Mulliner; A Citizen Reporter; Miss Marple; Neets; Molly Pitcher; MozartLover; Iowa Granny; ...
Does this make anyone else's jaw drop as far as it did mine?

Latest contender for president comes from long line of rabbis

The opening sentences ....

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17

(JTA) — Raised a Southern Baptist who later converted to Roman Catholicism, Gen. Wesley Clark knew just what to say when he strode into a Brooklyn yeshiva in 1999, ostensibly to discuss his leadership of NATO´s victory in Yugoslavia.

"I feel a tremendous amount in common with you," the uniformed four-star general told the stunned roomful of students.

"I am the oldest son, of the oldest son, of the oldest son — at least five generations, and they were all rabbis."

[snip]

Clark´s Jewish father, Benjamin Kanne, died when he was 4, but he has kept in touch with his father´s family since his 20s, when he rediscovered his Jewish roots. He is close to a first cousin, Barry Kanne, who heads a pager company in Georgia.

Hmmmmm .... now who else was it that suddenly recalled Jewish ties? Doesn't her name begin with H?

How convenient!

96 posted on 09/20/2003 6:18:16 PM PDT by kayak (I support Billybob - www.ArmorforCongress.com)
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To: kayak
Lets see here....Jewish, Baptist, Catholic, Military!
Wow! A man for all the people!
What a bunch of rot!
98 posted on 09/20/2003 6:21:17 PM PDT by bamafour
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To: kayak
Deja vu all over again.

This campaign is going to get easy to predict, what with who the "advisors" are.

102 posted on 09/20/2003 6:26:58 PM PDT by A Citizen Reporter (Impeach the ninth circuit)
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To: kayak
If I wasn't so cynical, it would be easier to accept some of this junque we're seeing coming out of the Clark campaign.

Within the last 72 hrs he's be For the War, Against the War, Not knowing Where he is on the War. First he was Going to Debate, then he Wasn't, now he IS.

Now this litiny of religious and moral backgrounds. Sort of a smorgasboard of faith. Very strange.

Thank you for linking this to us.
104 posted on 09/20/2003 6:30:57 PM PDT by Iowa Granny
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