Democratic congressman fires staffer for 'Jewish money' list

"....As a point of comparison, the campaign also provided in-district and out-of-district fundraising totals from McMahon and Grimm's G.O.P primary opponent, Michael Allegretti. However, they did not provide an out-of-district campaign filing from Grimm, but only a file of Jewish donors to him. "Nelson said that the list was compiled by the campaign's finance director, Debra Solomon and that she did not know exactly how the finance team knew who was Jewish and who was not. "She herself is Jewish so she knows a lot of people in that community," Nelson said. "Nelson stressed that the point of compiling the list was not to show that Grimm had a lot of Jewish support, but that he had little support in the district...." Then why not discuss Grimm's out-of-district suppport, instead of focusing on a handful of Jews?

What do you except from a Democrat? Morality? Virtue? Support for the Children of Abraham? I wouldn't bet the milk money on it if I were you.

I don't know what the big problem is about where campaign money comes from. Both, Bill Clinton and Barry Soetoro (aka Barack Obama) received illegal campaign money from foreign governments and groups tied to terrorism. So explain. There is no problem here.

When California's Prop 8 passed (anti-Gay marriage), the supporters who donated had their names published by their opponents. There were boycotts organized against their business', hate mail, property destruction, etc. Whole Foods was targeted, but a reverse buy-cott countered it and the company's sales skyrocketed. For those that try to compare this Jewish money list with a Islamic money/contributor list fail to mention that Jews don't strap bombs on and blow up innocent women and children. And don't even try to say that Israel blows up women and children, because if the terrorists wouldn't hide behind them or use them as protective shields, storing and firing rockets from schools, hospitals, mosques, and civilian homes, there wouldn't be civilian casualties.

comments from the same posters usually posturing on Haaretz as Antizionists or Propalestinian. The problem is McMahon has enjoyed money from jewish donors too. And there are non-jewish donors too for both-sides. This is of course an uninteresting detail for the antisemitic vermin posturing on these talk-back pages and for the electoral team around MacMahin. Last ones count on intimidation and on the votes of the antisemites in this campaign. Apparently are Jewish Americans no full Americans and are not allowed to make political donations or be politically active on any side like other Americans. In fact they should be deprived of any political rights according to these most-human pro-active posters. I notice their names as evergreens on the talk-back page each time it comes to slander Israel. Well we have here the reason of their incredibly intensive activity day-for-day activity.

Nixon had one. His Nazi underlings gave him the idea. Nixon may have been destroyed more by the bad associates that surrounded him than by himself. The end might be harassment of people on this list; a very paranoid thing. It's bad when either party does it, Democrats or Republicans.

The politicians are in hock to special interests, including Jews.

So now it is anti-semitic to mention the fact that jewish hawkish money is being given to republicans. What next?

i though money was just money. antisemitism is alive and well in america. thanks obama for creating the atmosphere where everyone feels free to show it.

looking at the racial groupings of those who are supporting the opposition allows you to fine tune your message to attract them to your cause is legitimate? As we know in the United States the politician with the most money wins, can't see the problem unless of cause the Jew has something to hide.

Appreciate the contributions that Jewish money has produced. The usual democrats can no longer expect a faithful Israel or Jewish money to finance future Islamic US presidents.

American Democracy Zionist style, Vote for one party and give money to the other ! What a sham? and still the American national security is threatened by Muslims?

Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin and virtually every nationally known Republican is arguing for laws against being Muslim or belief in Islam for the Fall elections, preaching Islamophobia. Why shouldn't the RJC join in

the Jews got and look only what they are doing withy their money.

Please do not start a Jewish campaign against Obama. That will draw the wrath of African Americans. Not good for anybody.

Arabs and Jews in Jerusalem using a Municipal Master Plan is quite fine, and in fact desired (see Planning Support of the System of Spatial Segregation of Residences in Jerusalem in Jerusalem Master Plan 2000). Even classifying certain projects as "Jewish" or "Arab" is okay for the Jerusalem Municipality. Yet, making a donor list and classifying such a list as "Jewish" in America is bigoted and racist??? Sounds like someone wants their cake and to eat it too.

The utter hypocrisy is breathtaking. It is mostly Jews like David Horowitz and Danial Pipes with sites like Frontpage and CAMERA - just to name a few - where the religion of individual contributors somehow is relevant. They publish lists of candidates and organizations who receive money from "Islamic sources" and somehow no one is offended by such activities? Jewish-Americans get outraged to learn a candidate received money from an Islamic individual or organization and in some cases demand money be returned - which unfortunately in many cases candidates do return "Islamic money" because of Jewish pressure and fear of losing "Jewish money" . In short, for Jews to get upset over learning a list of "Jewish money" exists is tantamount to saying: " I didn't know there is gambling in Las Vegas". Keep it real! The

because the donaters then have a say in the countries affairs, problem is, is that evil people can then control a government with too much favoritism to benefit them, i say ban all donations and set a specific amount of money equally across different parties for advertisment, simple. america is corrupt to the hilt, plain for everyone to see.

when we say that jews control america, and yet the very same zionists will say it's just another theory, sure, keep telling and believing your lies, smart people don't.

So what is the difference in pointing out that Jews contributed to Mike Grimm's campaign.

This made me laugh. A guy gets fired for telling the truth about Jewish donors because he seperated them as a Jewish list. The criticism comes from a Jewish Counciil, Republican Jewish Execuitve, and other Jewish Groups who ALL obviously only deal with Jews as well. Yeah, that makes sense. So there are a bunch of Jews with money in NY and FL. Tell us something we don't know.

Many Zionists have no problem talking about Arab donors. It's not prejudiced if Arabs are target. When Dukakis took money from Arab Christians, he had to return the money. Everyone knows why. When Hillary Clinton had donations from outside sources, we know why. Look, Jewish sources that are both pro-AIPAC and pro Jstreet go to candidates outside of their district. One needs to balance AIPAC with Jstreet. Jstreet is American, AIPAC is Israel. That's the difference. It's a political game, and you buy the politicians you can. That's the way it goes.

THE NAME OF GROUP IS REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED BY YOUR RELIGION PERHAPS YOU SHOULD LEAVE OUT THE DESCRIPTOR.

This article repeatedly suggests that it is racist and inappropriate to mention the fact that Jews have purchased the allegiance of American politicians, or that they maintain Jewish political groups. The journalist then includes the names of several Jewish political groups to include the “Republican Jewish Coalition” and the “National Jewish Democratic Council”. Furthermore, firing a woman for saying “There is a lot of Jewish money” in U.S. politics is like shooting someone for saying that the sky is blue. Then the article condemns a U.S. Congressman for “segregating people out by their religion”. Is this not the very essence of the Zionist expansionist movement and the motivation behind Jewish money in U.S. politics to begin with? If this is news I have some big news for you … the world is not flat!

i'm confused. this is a pretty typical tactic, trying to figure out where your and your opponents are getting money from. lists like this are routinely made for ethnic, religious, and political groups. in fact there was a list of hispanics for obama a couple years back that was passed around the media, because it showed that hispanics favored obama to mccain by an enormous margin. so again i ask what's wrong here. because they're jews? i didn't hear anyone outraged over the implication that most hispanics gave money to obama, but when it's jews... oh, that's unacceptable...?

If Jews are behaving accordingly age-old stereotypes, there is nothing wrong in exposing this fact . But not only the jews are "vulnerable "to these "accusations" The astonishing fact is that non -jews show their fear of being "anti jewish " and their fear of being accused of so called "anti semitism "even more . A sick , sick world in which the word "anti semitism is constantly abused and exploited by jewish pressure groups

...but if we "assume" that the money in question was being donated because the donors "assumed" that the candidate they donated it to would be more in tune with their interests than his opponent (whatever those interests might be)--then it can be "assumed" that they SHOULD have been singled out as "assuming donors" and NOT "Jewish donors"--which would be unwarranted--I'm "assuming". (Then there's Bill Kristol's newly-formed group, which is arguably helping to put this whole "unhelpful" subject in the spotlight.)

The Point Ms. Nelson was making is that a Lot of Jews Who Do not Even Live or Vote in the District of Mr. McMahon are Financing his Republican Rival Campaign. Though Legal, it is not moral. The system has to change, because Jewish Money (or in many cases Evangelical $) that has been used in the past to pump up the campaigns of many candidates, among them that of Mr. Hank Johnson against Ms. Cynthia McKenney in Georgia. Moneys Have forthcome from both NY and FLorida among other places. Articles in the main Atlanta Newspaper attested to that. Mr. McMahon will Lose - Because the Non-Jewish voters - Mostly Italians and Polish Catholics, who will have come to his rescue are now disillusioned with his dismissal of Ms. Nelson.

"shocked; shocked" is the only response that comes to mind.

Geez, I was thinking about sending a contribution to Anthony Wiener for his work on health care and for 9-11 responders. I hadn't planned on disclosing race or religion since I doubt it matters to him.

that McMahon insinuated that support by Jews was a negative, a reason not to vote for the opponent. It would be just as offensive to say, this guy gets all his money from the Italians or Muslims, so don't vote for them.

And segregating by ethnicity is racism.

a list of all those from a lobby group that happens to be exclusively composed of Jews who gave money. That is an important difference, but one that will be lost in the rush to denounce the list.

Whether it is money coming from Jews or any other group, the public should be informed. This out of district donating begs several questions. most importantly, what do they hope to gain. The media should be all over this subject and not have to rely on individual politicos to uncover the truth.

What's the problem ? Jews are the first to speak about who's a Jew and who is not. Another article in today's Haaretz goes "Obama nominates Jacob Lew, an Orthodox Jew". Why is it 'cocher' to qualify an actor, politician, artist etc as a Jew and not people giving money to a political campaign ?? We're not allowed to know why people from other states contribute to this or that campaign. Well, if you read Walt & Mearsheimer on 'The American Foreign Politics and the Israeli Lobby' you might get an answer to why we're not supposed to know the 'color' of the money. If you're 'anti-isreali' or simply not singing the Hatikva every morning, you can be sure that your policical opponent will receive tons of money in the next campaign.

Sadly this reminds me of lists the Nazi's kept of Jews who supported Hitler prior to the Holocaust. 25,000 certificates were given to Jews declaring them pure Germans while the rest suffered unimaginable atroicities. Yesterday's victim the ...land of Israel too is on a list, here too there are lists of Jews, who will live and who will die. The spin of history where Democrats sent back Europe's Jewish refugees fleeing Nazism also comes to mind as Democrats once again show their true alliances. Yes the blind and the deaf as today's Holocaust of Israel's thrid generation Holocaust survivors face the same alliances which has haunted us for centuries.

geesh

I'm Jewish and I need some Jewish money, or Christian money, or Islamic money or any religiously affiliated gelt . Just give me some money, please. -- And maybe some cheese too. But, unsalted if you wouldn't mind. I'm trying to loose a little weight. Thanks for the Jewish money and the cheese.

Remember when you published (at least twice) the statement that US Democrats get 40% of their money from Jews (and in just 3 states: New York, Florida, and California).

After all,wasn't he chasing Jews and counting their money , in his childhood's WW2 Hungary ?

there is no end to the punishment they demand. Draw and quarter people, they say. And yet, when they utter anti-Arab remarks, we are supposed to take that lightly. Ban all such insensitivity, not just anti-sensitivity to Jews.

hispanic, black, white, asian, christian, muslim... they may be listed, but not jews.

I don't understand. Everyone compiles lists of donors and analyzes them based on location, age, gender, economic class, religion, race, etc. etc. Maybe the list shouldn't have been made public but it's really disingenuous to deny there is all sorts of money including Jewish money flying everywhere for political purpose. Haven't you heard of Haim Saban and Sheldon Adelstein? Saban even says that he gives money to Democrats including those at Brookings to buy influence for Israel. It's no secret.

The curiosity is not wrong, to be concerned about who is supporting a political rival and their affiliation with other "voting blocks" is natural and normal. Not everything is motivated by bigotry...you people (shouting prejudice) are really getting worse than other ethnic groups ...it starts to sound like "crying wolf" when there isn't one.

Absolutely. It is not appropriate to segregate contributors by religion, unless of course, they were Muslims, and since you are unlikely to be doing it for Christian contributors, so let us establish a rule here: Only lists of Muslim contributors are allowed. Anyway, what's the use?

All donations and special interest connection need 2b completely transparent to ensure equal justice under the law. It is American!

"The point was to show that Grimm’s campaign money doesn’t come from his district - but not surprisingly, the “Jewish money” became the main point of discussion." Natasha Mozgovaya What's wrong with 'Jewish money.?' Is it something to hide? Was it so awful that people have to be fired for disclosing the source? All's fair in love and war I guess....if you have the gelt. Salaam/Shalom

The uber left can be as antisaemitic as the uber right...I hope the idiots that brownose the "democrats" goodytwoshoes learn this lesson...Remember the mullah wright and his friend louis farrakahn are financed by gadahfi,among other friends of the left

I'll say. Why dd all these people from outside staten island contribute so much to Grimm's camapaign. What are they expecting from Congressman Grimm that they can't get from McMahon?

The only true way to evaluate the support would be as often done in previous analysis of contributions. Look at all of the contributors and break it down based on race, religion,gender, ....etc. But as always what is the truth in today's manipulated statistical world?

What a great news from New York. Finally, American Jews are going to punish Obama and Democrats. This year and 2012 there should be no Jewish money for Obama and Democrats. The American Jewish community has an historic opportunity to punish Obama and his party for the betrayal of Israel and the American Jews. The blind support the American Jews gave to the Democrats backfired in the years 2009-2010. The American Jews are facing a pro-Islamic US President and the Jewish Democrats who did absolutely nothing to curtail Obama's Islamic appetites. A time has come to prove that the Jews for Jesus, the Jews for Obama and the traitors from the J street do not represent us. Time for the payback.

So where's the list? If he said "Hebrew" would it sound better?