Saturday, June 21, 2008

Bloomberg on "Demagogues"

New York City's Independent (formerly Republican) Mayor Michael Bloomberg had some strong remarks about wingnut attempts to caricature Barack Obama. According to "The Trail" in this morning's WaPo, Bloomberg "told a Jewish audience in Florida that 'demagogues' were engaging in a 'whisper campaign' against Obama, and he urged Jews to 'reject' such wedge politics 'loudly, clearly and unequivocally.'" Bloomberg continued,

"As I'm sure many of you know, there are plenty of e-mails floating around the Internet targeting Jewish voters and saying that Senator Obama is secretly a Muslim, and a radical one at that... Let's call those rumors what they are -- lies."

Bravo, Mayor Bloomberg! Let's hear more truth-telling about this shameful tactic.

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