Sen. Allen Claims Jewish Roots.

Washington Post ^ | 09/19/06 | Michael D. Shear

[Pikamax]

Republican Virginia Sen. George Allen said for the first time today that he is part Jewish, a day after responding angrily during a campaign debate to a question about whether his family has Jewish roots.

In a statement released by his campaign, Allen denounced the TV reporter who asked the question but said he is proud to have recently discovered that his grandfather, a Nazi resistance fighter in North Africa, was part of a well-known Jewish family.

"I was raised as a Christian and my mother was raised as a Christian," Allen said. "And I embrace and take great pride in every aspect of my diverse heritage, including my Lumbroso family line's Jewish heritage, which I learned about from a recent magazine article and my mother confirmed."

[Pikamax]

OMG! Breaking news!

*faints*

[edcoil]

In the who fuc... ing cares department.

Jews are still voting for Roosevelt - we owe them 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

[GQuagmire]

A page out the Kerry playbook?
Oy vey!

[edcoil]

In the who cares department.

[OldFriend]

What the hell is your point? Or shouldn't I ask?

[babble-on]

the only thing interesting is how badly Allen handles these episodes

[thoughtomator]

I didn't realize there were so many Jews in Virginia these days.

[stm]

What on earth are you talking about?

[edcoil]

No cussing, I corrected myself. Look, who cares about Allen these days. Focus on 06, not 08.

[TypeZoNegative]

*Sang to the tune of the Chanukah Song*

George Allen's part Jewish, Fidel Castro is part too. Put them together, that's one really left wing Jew!

Yes, the Castros are Jewish.

[freespirited]

the only thing interesting is how badly Allen handles these episodes

He couldn't have handled it too badly... unlike the reporter, who was booed, he was loudly applauded for his answer.

[rocksblues]

You are running for elected office, someone questions whether your great great grandfather was from Austria. Turns out your great great grandfather had 11 children and one of them married a jew who turned out a child named Adolph.

Wouldn't you try to set the record straight?

[JohnnyZ]

Look, who cares about Allen these days. Focus on 06, not 08.

Apparently you didn't notice that Allen is up for reelection in 2006.

[psychoknk]

I'll set the record straight. Hitler wasn't Jewish. That is an urban legend. From http://www.holocaust-history.org/questions/hitler-jewish.shtml:

One of Hitler's henchmen, Hans Frank, declared during the Nuremberg Trials in 1945-46, that Hitler's grandmother had worked in the town of Graz as a servant in the home of a Jewish family named Frankenberger. He further claimed that she was seduced by the head of the household and that Hitler's father was the result of that liaison.

A subsequent analysis of Frank's statement by Simon Wiesenthal disclosed that there was no evidence of any Jewish family named Frankenberger ever living in Graz. What is more, Jews had been driven out of Graz in the 15th century and had not been allowed to return until 1856, nearly twenty years after Hitler's grandfather had been born.

[muawiyah]

Virginia has been undergoing settlement by refugees since the middle to late 1500s. Right from the foundations there have been Spaniards and Jews in the Old Dominion.

It's not a problem.

[Northern Alliance]

Yes, the Castros are Jewish.

If you are serious, please post a reference.

Castro Decimated Jewish Community

[Godebert]

"Look, who cares about Allen these days. Focus on 06, not 08."

I'll make a wild guess that you're not a Virginian.

[Godebert]

"Virginia has been undergoing settlement by refugees since the middle to late 1500s. Right from the foundations there have been Spaniards and Jews in the Old Dominion. It's not a problem."

Allen is a Presbyterian......not a Jew.

[muawiyah]

Fidel's paternal Grandpa Castro was an immigrant from Galicia, in the North.

He's more likely a close cousin of Generalissimo Franco than of any degree of Jewish ancestry.

[rocksblues]

I'll set the record straight. Hitler wasn't Jewish.

Any info on why he decided to wipe them from the face of the earth?