More Fun Times With George
The Post has a follow-up to their article on George Allen's pseudo-Jewishness.
At the table in Palos Verdes, Calif., Allen's mother, who is 83, said she told her son the truth: That she had been raised as a Jew in Tunisia before moving to the United States. She said that she and the senator's father, famed former Redskins coach George Allen, had wanted to protect their children from living with the fear that she had experienced during World War II. Her father, Felix Lumbroso, was imprisoned by the Nazis during the German occupation of Tunis."What they put my father through. I always was fearful," Etty Allen said in a telephone interview. "I didn't want my children to have to go through that fear all the time. When I told Georgie, I said, 'Now you don't love me anymore.' He said, 'Mom, I respect you more than ever.' "
I can't help but wonder exactly why Etty Allen was worried that "Georgie" wouldn't love her any more? I mean, a mother usually knows her child pretty well. And she was worried.
Let's also point out that it is quite clear that Allen flat-out lied about it when asked by a reporter. Good thing he wasn't under oath, huh? No double standard, right? Anybody recall George Allen's position on the Clinton/Lewinsky crap?
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Follow up: Never mind. I
Follow up: Never mind. I found the answer to my question above farther down in the linked WaPo story:
"In fact, Allen had just recently learned about their Jewish roots when he made those comments. Allen declined to comment, but his mother said she had sworn him to secrecy."
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Ross:
Ross:
In your haste to remind everyone you don't like Allen, you're overthinking this.
Etty Allen's own statement about the matter, the desire to hide a fact from her kids to protect them, explains why she'd be worried about admitting that fact to her son.
When was it that this supposed lie to a reporter occurred? Surely you don't mean in the clip of his appearance the other day?