Bosma, anti-Semitic?! Whatever!
Let me start this blurb off by saying the Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives is as anti-Semitic as I am humble! Brian Bosma has come under some criticism in the blogosphere for comments he made during a recent meeting with some members of the Jewish Community.
Brian Howey of the Howey Political Report and Jim Shella of WISH-TV Channel 8 are both reporting the Speaker met with Jewish leaders today to quell controversy over statements that are being hinted as anti-Semitic. In an e-mail making its way through the blogosphere (Advance America and The Daily Pulse) Bosma was quoted in a meeting regarding the House Prayer suit that “How many Jews are there in Indiana? About 2%? There are at least 80% Christians in Indiana.” The actual number according to data cited by Channel 8 was 0.6%. The Speaker is quoted as saying he did not mean for the statement to come out that way and the latest news is that his apology was accepted.
Apparently what has not been reported yet by media brothers is that apparently the group the Speaker met with, the Indianapolis Jewish Relations Committee, has been traditionally hostile to the Speaker. And while the meeting starting out fine, it progressively got worse so by the time the controversial statements were made, things had apparently come to a bit of a boiling point.
What I am waiting to see how soon the cries of anti-Semitism start being hurled at the Speaker. It’s already begun. The blog headline at The Daily Pulse is “Jews – the 2% Solution.” A play on “The Final Solution,” if you know what I mean. Bosma is undoubtedly a cultural conservative. We disagree on abortion, gay marriage and gambling expansion. But if he is anything he is open-minded and not a racist or anti-Semite. However, somehow I don’t think any of that will matter when people start to play politics; which should start right about now.
