Ed Koch calls Dennis Prager a bigot and a shmuck

[Cocoa]

"literally". :rofl:

http://www.forward.com/articles/koch-calls-for-pundits-ouster-from-shoah-council/

Former New York City Mayor Edward Koch has called for Dennis Prager to resign or be removed from United States Holocaust Memorial Council, in response to the pundit’s recent insistence that a Muslim congressman should not be sworn in using a Quran.

Prager, a conservative radio talkshow host and syndicated columnist, authored a November 28 online column that lambasted Minnesota Rep.-elect Keith Ellison, who is Muslim, for planning to use a Quran at his private swearing-in ceremony.

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In his interview with the Forward, Koch pointed out that the first observant Jew elected to the British Parliament, Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, vigorously fought against a required Christian oath of office, and succeeded in having the law changed in 1858.

“The encyclopedia says he used the Hebrew term for God when he took his oath — I guess that’s Yahweh or Adonai,” Koch said, chuckling. “In any event, that’s democracy, and Prager is a shmuck, if I may put it literally.”

[valerief]

1. What a hoot!

:bounce:

[Richardo]

2. OK, yiddish mavens...what's the "literal" meaning of schmuck?

Inquiring goyim want to know...

[Cocoa]

4. penis

among many Yiddish words for penis. Like how the Eskimos have a hundred words for snow. :-)

[Richardo]

5. .

:thumbsup: + :rofl:

Thanks, Cocoa.

And WTG, Mayor Koch :patriot:

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. Imagine my embarrasment when we named

our first parrot that way... hey dad never taught me Ydish.

[Cha]

12. And we have a lot of words

for "schmuck", too, come to think of it. :)

[Ken Burch]

6. Schmuck means "penis", schmuck!

(btw, I'm a goyische schlemiel).

[Bonhomme Richard]

3. Koch is an Ass himself. n/t

[Ken Burch]

7. Koch is the go-to-guy for bigotry and schmuckery.

Ask any non-white voters in NYC.

[rpannier]

8. ed "president of dems for scrub" koch

Ed's a shmuck too.

[Warren DeMontague]

10. Yeah, but he's still right. nt

[Ken Burch]

17. He also bragged about helping throw NY state to Reagan twice

And campaigned for D'Amato 'til the bitter end.
He also campaigned for Rudy against David Dinkins with Dinkins was seeking reelection.
Why hasn't Koch just joined the GOP and been done with it?

I mean fine, Koch got THIS one right, but he's been the enemy of all voters of color in NYC for years(which means Koch is the enemy of the MAJORITY OF NYC's population).

And Koch is also the mayor who defended the NYPD for murdering Eleanor Bumpers, a 66 year old disabled African American grandmother who was killed for refusing to become homeless in order to allow her apartment to be torn down to build condos for white Yuppies.

[JackBeck]

18. He might as well join the GOP.

They'd welcome a closeted homosexual with open arms.

[scarface2004]

9. no ... he's a putz!

not a mensch.

[Printer70]

11. Proud to be an American

Its things like this which make me proud to be an American. In other countries, its possible that Jews and Muslims would be at loggerheads on this issue. But the majority of Jews and Jewish organizations have panned Prager for these remarks. They went to bat for a Muslim. And I just hope that response is returned if the tables are turned.

[onenote]

13. ed has gotten more things wrong than right lately, but he nailed this one

Good for him.

[JackBeck]

14. Pot...meet kettle...

Koch is another hypocritical, closeted homosexual. And don't forget how he welcomed the RNC to NYC during the convention. He's just trying to get some street cred back.

[lovuian]

15. Koch is interesting and he makes a interesting point

Bush and Ashford used their own Scottish Rite Bibles which are not the Bibles
that Christians use.

[fujiyama]

16. Ed's a dick himself

but hey he's right on this one...I'll give him that.

[RiverStone]

19. Has he apologized for endorsing BushCo yet?

Hell no. He cares not what anyone thinks.

Glad he had a moment of clarity and dissed Prager.

Now if he could only get some common sense. Still happy you endorsed BushCo ya arrogant idiot!?