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March 21, 2003/Adar2 17 5763, Vol. 55, No. 30
Letters to the EditorMarch 21, 2003
Moran reveals Democratic double standardEditor:I've been patiently waiting for the outrage within the ranks of the Democratic Party hierarchy over the virulently anti-Jewish remarks made recently by Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.). When Rep. Trent Lott was removed from his leadership position over his egregious comments at Sen. Strom Thurmond's 100th birthday celebration, his fellow republicans joined in chastising him. Many of his republican Senate colleagues called for his outright removal. Only Minority Whip Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), whose political capital is contingent upon keeping her liberal constituency appeased, has spoken of Moran's comments as "offensive" and removed him as regional whip of the Mid-Atlantic region. On the heels of that comment and action, however, she backpedaled, defending Moran as having "properly apologized." Yet, when the offending words were uttered by Lott, Polosi was quoted as saying, "I don't know if any apology is adequate." Gary Bauer, former domestic policy advisor to President Ronald Reagan, has written Polosi, asking her to "publicly disavow the anti-Semitic slander of Rep. Jim Moran." It seems he may have a long wait. Since the democrats are secure with their Jewish voter base, their offensive double standards and muted efforts to appease our sensitivities are the best we can expect. Carol Turoff Phoenix Holocaust should be off-limits to PETAEditor:It's about time someone stood up to the likes of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. PETA is a highly committed group of men and women who have an obsessive love for animals of all shapes and sizes. The great thing about America is the right to free speech. But God help civilization if we ever forget the Holocaust and its millions of victims and the memory of history's greatest crime against humanity in Germany. It is believed 13 men, under the approval of Hitler, laid out the plans that would choke the life of six million Jews. Some of these thugs had earned doctorates, thus forever eliminating the myth that education of itself breeds elevated society. The Holocaust should not in any way be a part of PETA - and the anti-meat crowd's illustration. Jack Salley Mesa
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