Collins' gaffe clouds his political future

Political observers across New York are asking today whether Erie County Executive Chris Collins has irreparably damaged his prospects for statewide office after he compared Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to Adolf Hitler and an Antichrist during a Saturday speech in Buffalo.

[JTMan]

Political future? Are you kidding? Chris Collins, the next Governor of NY, yeah right. If your not from the city or your not a Jew forget it.

[Night Heat]

What is so cloudy about a jew calling a jew the antichrist? Since Christ is a fictional character in their opinion, then it was meaningless

[abcd]

Night Heat wrote:

What is so cloudy about a jew calling a jew the antichrist? Since Christ is a fictional character in their opinion, then it was meaningless

Huh??? Chris Collins is not a Jew. Where do you get your info from?

Jews don't consider Jesus to be fictional. They just don't accept that he was the Messiah. Jews believe Jesus himself would have been shocked to know that many people today view him as the Messiah. According to Judaism, Jesus was a Jewish man who was executed and later given divine status by the Christian church.

If you are not a Jew, or from any other group, who for thousands of years have been persecuted....you'll never be able to understand what it's like.

[Night Heat]

abcd wrote:

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Huh??? Chris Collins is not a Jew. Where do you get your info from?
Jews don't consider Jesus to be fictional. They just don't accept that he was the Messiah. Jews believe Jesus himself would have been shocked to know that many people today view him as the Messiah. According to Judaism, Jesus was a Jewish man who was executed and later given divine status by the Christian church.
If you are not a Jew, or from any other group, who for thousands of years have been persecuted....you'll never be able to understand what it's like.

Shut your pie hole Pork Chop!

[The Authority]

Collins' political future is much less clouded than that of Byron Brown's. Another homidice last night.

[abcd]

Night Heat wrote:

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Shut your pie hole Pork Chop!

Intelligent response (Life Coach)....a few facts throw you off your game? Again....Chris Collins is not Jewish. Therefore your claim that it was a Jew calling another Jew the "anti-christ" is FALSE!

[Chris Collins]

I wanted to be a jew but the legislature wouldn't pass it.

[Independent Thinker]

So he called Silver the "Anti Christ". Might not be far from the truth. It certainly does not offend me.

[TimmyT]

A repub said something stupid and racist....why is this news?

[abcd]

TimmyT wrote:

A repub said something stupid and racist....why is this news?

What's scary is that they see absolutely nothing wrong when someone says something like this.

Disagree with people all they want....but when they start throwing in racial or religious epithets or sexist comments a line is crossed.

[JTMan]

abcd wrote:

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What's scary is that they see absolutely nothing wrong when someone says something like this.
Disagree with people all they want....but when they start throwing in racial or religious epithets or sexist comments a line is crossed.

Please explain who "They" is.

[abcd]

If you don't find anything offensive about what Chris Collins said...or for that matter anybody who uses another person's race, color or religion...then obviously YOU are "they."