(Vote for the Combat Clothes, NOT the Hook Nose!) Today's Virginia Democratic Primary Gets Nasty

Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star ^ | 6.8.06 | Edie Gross

[meandog]

The flier put out by Jim Webb's campaign for U.S. Senate described his opponent as a corporate lobbyist who made money by sending American jobs overseas.

But what caught Dan Smolen's attention was the cartoon that accompanied the text: That of a man with a hook nose and money spilling from his pockets.

It was a caricature of Harris Miller, Webb's opponent in Tuesday's Democratic primary who happens to be Jewish.

The image made Smolen, who is Jewish and Stafford County's Democratic chairman, uncomfortable.

"I don't think whoever did the cartoon caricature meant this as an ethnic slur," he said, "but the effect of it was very troubling."

[meandog]

Webb campaign highlights fact that Miller is a Jew...(whisper campaign goes: Vote for the new boy, not the Jew boy)

[Vaquero]

I am not Jewish, but OY!

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Does anybody have access to the "national socialist party of Hitler" Jewish cartoons?

[Redbob]

So, describing a hook-nosed person as "hook-nosed" is somehow a racial slur???

SOMEbody needs to get a little bit thicker skin!

[TNdandelion]

Caricatures are never flattering. I could find a caricature of Elvis Presley with a hook nose, too.

It does sound like it's getting nasty, though.

[Redbob]

Or a rhinoplasty...

[Brilliant]

I saw Webb's response to this on TV. Says it's not anti-Semitic in his opinion. So it looks like he stands by it.

[dubyawhoiluv]

I am voting for a dem today(UGH) to ensure the traitor Webb is not elected and then of course will vote for my guy Allen in Nov.

[weegee]

Does he smoke cigars and have cash sticking out of his pockets?

[Onelifetogive]

"I don't think whoever did the cartoon caricature meant this as an ethnic slur," he said...

Uhhhh?? Then WHAT exactly was meant by it?

[steve-b]

Oh, for Ghu's sake, here's what the man actually looks like:

(Full Article link to verify identification.)

This accusation that an accurate (both physically and politically) caricature represents "an anti-Semitic stereotype" is dirty pool even by 'Rat standards.

[EQAndyBuzz]

"Oh, for Ghu's sake, here's what the man actually looks like: "

Looks like the cantor at my temple.

[meandog]

I saw Webb's response to this on TV. Says it's not anti-Semitic in his opinion. So it looks like he stands by it.

I'm surprised that Webb didn't feature Miller with a yarmulke...he's definitely not derided his minions from publishing Miller's faith.

[Lx]

The problem with people getting offended is that the caricature looks almost exactly like the guy.

The reporters are writing this story like they made this guy look like the Jews in posters the Nazi's used. (where the drawings really were offensive. )

[Gopher Broke]

Vote for the weaker candidate, Miller, today, NOT the traitor, Jim Webb.

Then tomorrow, we begin the George Allen campaign FULL SPEED AHEAD.

[Hegewisch Dupa]

you Bob Hope-a-phobe you

[SengirV]

WTF?!?!??! It looks like him. If the dems want to cry, complain about cartoons of W looking like a monkey. But wait, they are hypocrites.

[2nd Bn, 11th Mar]

I used to like Webb, but now I hope he loses.

Semper Fi,