Monday, October 26, 2009
NY Republican apologizes for Silver joke
New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver isn't commenting on a Republican who said the orthodox Jewish lawmaker might be an anti-Christ.
Erie County Executive Chris Collins, who's considering a run for governor, says he made the "poor joke" at a Republican dinner in Buffalo. He soon after issued an apology to Silver, the powerful Democrat from Manhattan, and called him directly. The New York Daily News first reported the remark.
Collins was reportedly joking about the astrologer Nostradamus' prediction the world would be visited by three anti-Christs. Collins said many believe the first were Napoleon and Adolf Hitler, and he was pretty sure the third is Silver.
Collins says Monday he was referring to Albany's notorious three-men-in-a-room negotiations among governors and legislative leaders.
http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=11386179
Erie County Executive Chris Collins, who's considering a run for governor, says he made the "poor joke" at a Republican dinner in Buffalo. He soon after issued an apology to Silver, the powerful Democrat from Manhattan, and called him directly. The New York Daily News first reported the remark.
Collins was reportedly joking about the astrologer Nostradamus' prediction the world would be visited by three anti-Christs. Collins said many believe the first were Napoleon and Adolf Hitler, and he was pretty sure the third is Silver.
Collins says Monday he was referring to Albany's notorious three-men-in-a-room negotiations among governors and legislative leaders.
http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=11386179
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