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Originally Posted by Drolefille
Maggie Haberman at Politico today dug up a virulently racist essay written by Republican Jim Russell, who is challenging Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) -- and who has been endorsed by the state Republican Party and the state Conservative Party, according to his website.
Russell is a perennial candidate for Congress in New York's 18th district, which includes most of Westchester County, north of the city. He got 32 percent of the vote in 2008. In the 2001 essay (.pdf) "The Western Contribution to World History," Russell wrote in opposition of interracial relationships -- and integration of schools -- and praised the anti-Semitic theories of T.S. Eliot. It appeared in the publication Occidental Quarterly.
While Russell is a longshot, the essay is significant because he seems to have the support of the state Republican establishment -- though it's not clear whether the party previously knew about the essay.
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This guy needs to take a walk through my children's preschool...I would say that probably half of the children, including my own, are bi-racial and they are beautiful, intelligent children who could win anyone's heart.
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