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http://www.observer.com/2010/politic...g-jewish-money

McMahon Campaign Hits Grimm For Taking "Jewish Money"

By David Freedlander
July 29, 2010 | 4:52 p.m

Mike Grimm, a G.O.P challenger for Mike McMahon's Congressional seat, took in over $200,000 in his last filing.

But in an effort to show that Grimm lacks support among voters in the district, which covers Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn, the McMahon campaign compiled a list of Jewish donors to Grimm and provided it to The Politicker.

The file, labeled "Grimm Jewish Money Q2," for the second quarter fundraising period, shows a list of over 80 names, a half-dozen of which in fact do hail from Staten Island, and a handful of others that list Brooklyn as home.

"Where is Grimm's money coming from," said Jennifer Nelson, McMahon's campaign spokeman. "There is a lot of Jewish money, a lot of money from people in Florida and Manhattan, retirees."

As a point of comparison, the campaign also provided in-district and out-of-district fundraising totals from McMahon and Grimm's G.O.P primary opponent, Michael Allegretti. However, they did not provide an out-of-district campaign filing from Grimm, but only a file of Jewish donors to him.

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Jewish money? Really it has the star of David on it? I wonder if they are next going to make a list of Obama's "black money" donors.

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Poor Jennifer Nelson she probably heard other staffers perhaps even the Congressman himself disparage Republican Jewish Donors, then was shocked to find out that those beliefs were meant to be kept just "between themselves" and not for public consumption. She was speaking for the Campaign. Is this another New York Congressman that makes you so proud?