Jew-baiting is the active persecution or harassment of Jews [because they are Jews].
Sen. George Allen (R-VA) apparently had one Jewish grandparent. The Nazis would have classified him as Mishlinge 2:
Nazi laws and regulations initially defined "Mischlinge"/"half-castes" as children having two, or one, "volljüdischen"/"completely Jewish" grandparent(s). "Mischlinge"/"half-castes" with two "volljüdischen"/"completely Jewish" grandparents were later always referred to as "Mischlinge 1. Grades"/"half-castes grade 1" or "Halbjuden"/"half Jewish". "Mischlinge"/"half-castes" with one "volljüdischen"/"completely Jewish" grandparent were later referred to as "Mischlinge 2. Grades"/"half-castes grade 2" or "Vierteljuden"/"quarter Jewish". "Jüdische Mischlinge"/"Jewish half-castes" were also referred to as "mischblütig"/"of mixed blood". The terms "Mischlinge 1. and 2. Grades"/"half-castes grades 1 and 2" were used relatively late in the laws and regulations. In accordance with Section 2, Paragraph 2 of the "Verordnung (VO) zum Reichsbürgergesetz"/ "Reich Citizenship Act" of 14.11.1935 "jüdische Mischlinge"/"Jewish half-castes" were defined as decendants of one or two of the "Rasse"/"race" of "volljüdischen"/"completely Jewish" grandparent(s), provided they were defined as Jews by Section 5 Paragraph 2 of the same regulation. Following this regulation only "jüdische Mischlinge"/"Jewish half-castes" with two "volljüdischen"/"completely Jewish" grandparent(s) were defined as Jews. These were later referred to as "Geltungsjude"/"Jews by definition". The conditions under which such a "jüdischer Mischling"/"Jewish half-caste" was defined as a Jew were: (a) He/she was a member of the Jewish religious community at the time of the enactment of the "Reichsbürgergesetzes"/"Reich Citizenship Act" of 15.05.1935, or joined later. (b) He/she was married to a "Jew" at the time of the enactment of the "Reichsbürgergesetz" /"Reich Citizenship Act" of 15.05.1935, or was later so married. (c) He/she was a child of at least one Jewish parent at the time of the enactment of the "Blutschutzgesetz"/"Blood Protection Act" of 15.09.1935. (d) He/she was a child of an extra-marital relationship with a "Jew" and born after 31.07.1936. The regulations (c) and (d) applied explicitly to Section 5, Paragraph 1 of the first regulation of the "Reichsbürgergesetzes"/"Reich Citizenship Act" of 15.05.1935. Following this individuals were defined as Jews when they had three of he "Rasse"/"race" of "volljüdischen" /"completely Jewish" grandparents. Grandparents were defined "volljüdisch"/"completely Jewish" when they had been members of the Jewish religious community (Section 2, Paragraph 2, Clause 2). In accordance with Section 2, Paragraph 1 of the "Berufsbeamtengesetz"/the Act applying to civil servants with tenure of 7.04.1933 a "Mischlinge 2. Grades"/"half-castes grade 2" was defined as "nicht-arisch"/"non-Aryan" i.e. a Jew. It was sufficient that one parent or one grandparent was "nicht-arisch"/"non-Aryan". In the German Reich of 1939 there were circa 64,000 "Mischlinge 1. Grades"/"half-castes grade 1" and circa 43,000 "Mischlinge 2. Grades"/"half-castes grade 2".
I didn't want to get into the George Allen controversy (Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been?) - I dreaded it. But people's reactions - on both the Left and the Right - were so strong, and so conflicting, that I finally broke down and watched
THE VIDEO.
Now that I've seen it, I have two things to say. The first is that no one should form an opinion, much less offer a comment, without seeing and hearing exactly what happened.
Secondly, if that's not Jew-baiting, I don't know what you'd call it. It's obvious to me (and to my kishkes) that the "journalist" meant to harass Sen. Allen on the basis of his ties to a Jewish blood line.
Moreover, her explanation in the aftermath is laughably disingenuous:
Fox defended her questions. She said she wanted to determine if there was a political reason Allen was not forthcoming about a Jewish ancestor. "I don't know why it would be so upsetting to him,'' she said in a telephone interview Tuesday. "I was shocked at how he took offense to the question.''Yeah, right, she was shocked. She knows as well as I do that far-Left Democrats are calling Joe Lieberman, Jew Lieberman. What really shocked her was that the audience didn't buy the innocence she was trying so hard to project.
Watch the video. You'll see that what was shocking - and immediately repulsive - to the audience - was her question.
Finally, let me just make the understatment that this stinks to high heaven doesn't bode well....
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