Tuesday, January 16, 2007

It's Bad Behavior Friday™! -- Tuesday edition

A Virginia lawmaker stunned colleagues when, in debate over whether the state of Virginia should apologize to African Americans for slavery, Delegate Frank D. Hargrove said "Our black citizens should get over it," adding, "are we going to force the Jews to apologize for killing Christ?" When a Jewish colleague, David L. Englin, rose to protest, Hargrove:
told Englin he didn't care about Englin's religion. "I think your skin was a little too thin," Hargrove said as lawmakers gasped and groaned.
He is 79 years old, has been a legislator since 1982, and in the last election in 2005, ran unopposed.

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