that the local GOP is shite:
INDIANAPOLIS — A Jewish political group on Thursday called on Marion County Republicans to prevent a man from running for Indianapolis mayor, saying he made anti-Jewish remarks.
The National Jewish Democratic Council said Bob Parker, an Indianapolis businessman who has been expected to run for mayor as a Republican, made “problematic” comments about the American Jewish community to The Indianapolis Star.
Later Thursday, the Marion County Republican Party released a statement saying that because a potential mayoral candidate “apparently made a recent statement that was deemed offensive,” it is “reviewing the appropriateness of slating for the office of mayor in Indianapolis in 2007.”
In a news release Thursday, the NJDC said it objected to the following remarks, which the Star’s Web site attributed to Parker and posted Thursday:
“I personally see Israel going into Iran and Syria in the next couple of months. I’m sure you realize — well, most people don’t — millionaire Democrats outnumber millionaire Republicans four to one. It’s mainly because of the Jewish faction inside the Democratic Party. Most Jewish people are Democrats and they bring that wealth. My opinion is, if Israel would go into Iran, Democrats would follow that cause. I really do believe that.”
In a separate article posted on its Web site Thursday afternoon, the Star said Parker made the comments during a recent interview with one of its political columnists.
NJDC Executive Director Ira Forman said Parker’s comments “are unbecoming of someone seeking to lead a major U.S. city.”
“Traditionally, comments that Jews control the country or major institutions have been used to perpetrate hurtful stereotypes,” Forman said in the NJDC’s release. “Mr. Parker should know better. And the Indiana GOP needs to do a better job vetting their candidates.”
Attempts by 6News to reach Parker for comment Thursday weren’t immediately successful.
Hopefully he went out in his garage and gassed himself. I don’t normally jump on board with national Jewish groups, and it’s an unfortunate truth that most Jews are Democrats (the fools — what have the Democrats ever done for Israel since Harry Truman recognized Israel in 1948?), but the Marion County GOP needs to do much better than this…in point of fact, it ought to strongly consider running a Jew.
I’m up for the challenge if the GOP has the balls to run me. I figure a guy with no governmental experience is probably exactly what this city needs.
Hat tip: Indy Undercover.