Arkansas State Senator Kim Hendren Makes National News With One Word

Arkansas State Sen. Kim Hendren reportedly referred to U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) as “that Jew” at a Pulaski County Arkansas GOP meeting last week. As a result, this one word comment has vaulted him onto national websites like Politico, CQ Politics, MSNBC, The Hill, the Republican Jewish Coalition and numerous more. And, the comment has and is still pachinkoing around the blogs. The Republican Jewish Coalition condemned his remark in strongest terms and noted that Sen. Hendren has since apologized for that comment. They also identified that they have a long record of denouncing such comments when made by fellow Republicans or Democrats.

Having been asked the who, what, where and when of this incident, the ARRA was not there so we would just parroting the best source on the topic, fellow blogger Jason Tolbert at the Tolbert Report. In summary, "At the meeting I was attempting to explain that unlike Sen. Schumer, I believe in traditional values, like we used to see on 'The Andy Griffith Show.' I made the mistake of referring to Sen. Schumer as ‘that Jew’ and I should not have put it that way as this took away from what I was trying to say,” Hendren said.

For the full story, visit The Tolbert Report: Sen. Kim Hendren: Without a Teleprompter!. There is no indication as to the effect this will have on Hendren's intent to attempt to run for the U.S. Senate against Senator Blanche Lincoln. If he does, he will first have to get though a Republican primary as there are other people interested in this race.

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