[lbo-talk] Dads say the damnedest things

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Thu Nov 13 23:04:37 PST 2008


http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/arab-american-group-decries-emanuels-fathers-smear/

The Caucus - A New York Times Blog

November 13, 2008, 3:47 pm

Emanuel Apologizes for Father's `Arab' Comments

By Sarah Wheaton

Representative Rahm Emanuel, President-elect Barack Obama's chief of

staff, called the president of an Arab-American group today to

apologize for comments his father made to an Israeli newspaper.

In the remarks, Benjamin Emanuel discussed the potential impact of his

son's new position on U.S.-Israeli relations.

"Obviously he'll influence the president to be pro-Israel. Why wouldn't

he? What is he, an Arab? He's not going to be mopping floors at the

White House," the elder Mr. Emanuel told the Israeli daily Ma'ariv,

according to English-language reports in The Jerusalem Post and The

Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

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