Nikki Tinker, After Toe-Tapping Around Race, Moves On To Religion

17 Responses to “Nikki Tinker, After Toe-Tapping Around Race, Moves On To Religion”

1. Congressman Cohen To Come Back On Tinker : Post Politics: Political News and Views in Tennessee writes
   August 6th, 2008 10:49 am

   [...] From a campaign media advisory: Congressman Steve Cohen will hold a press conference at his home at 349 Kenilworth at 11:30 AM to discuss the latest attack ad by Nikki Tinker’s congressional campaign. [...]

2. kendall writes
   August 6th, 2008 10:13 pm

   I have never been a big fan of Steve Cohen and therefore was leaning heavily toward voting for Nikki Tinker. In fact I had just written down her name on my vote for list that I will take with me when I vote tommorrow when this commercial came on my T.V. I have now crossed out her name and replaced it with Steve Cohen. I am a Christian and long term Church member and this commercial was offensive to me, and should be to all reasonable Christians. While I disagree with Cohen on a lot of issues, I believe he will represent the City of Memphis and District 9 better than Nikki Tinker. I don’t know how many votes she expected to win with that add but she lost mine for sure.

3. Waiting For Junior: Will Harold Ford Condemn The Tactics In His Old District? : Post Politics: Political News and Views in Tennessee writes
   August 6th, 2008 11:01 pm

   [...] and answers her own questions on where Nikki Tinker’s money to create of those racially and religiously inflammatory ads — but only partially. Yes, Tinker gets her money from Armenians. [...]

4. Concerned Citizen writes
   August 7th, 2008 6:25 am

   Nikki Tinker’s disgusting displays have no place in a campaign. To accuse a JEWISH person of being sympathetic to the KKK is so utterly absurd where does one begin?

5. barbara writes
   August 7th, 2008 7:43 am

   Tinker, playing the race and religion card. She’s a bigot.

6. Mickey writes
   August 7th, 2008 8:20 am

   She should have asked Cohen if he would pass a resolution for the Jews apologize to the Christians for the murder of our Lord Jesus Christ.

7. Rev. George Brooks writes
   August 7th, 2008 8:22 am

   In the Memphis Congressional race, despite who wins and loses, “The Beat Goes On,” in our verbal war against Steve Cohen and all Jews, who are anti-Jesus. And if he wins, our cameramen will be “on the case 24-7″ in both Memphis and Washington to discover what he doing “sexually-speaking.” And to expose him to Memphis voters, for a recall or demand for him to step down. “THE BEAT GOES ON,” Mr/Miss Cohen. - - - Rev. George Brooks of Murfreesboro, TN.

8. The Cardinal Sin: Tinker Removes Her Flirtation With Antisemitism : Post Politics: Political News and Views in Tennessee writes
   August 7th, 2008 9:10 am

   [...] with a burning cross would appear to be all in good fun, suggesting that same Congressman, a Jew, is an interloper in the Black community is [...]

9. Pupster writes
   August 7th, 2008 10:03 am

   Nikki Tinker sounds like a racist and religious extremist. What does that say about the people who support her?

10. Phil writes
    August 7th, 2008 1:36 pm

    Wow, it seems to me that “reverend” brookes and Mickey would get along…perhaps they share that obvious sense of inferiority that cause such inane attacke. Oh, and Jesus WAS Jewish you morons.

11. Ernestine writes
    August 7th, 2008 3:29 pm

    I choose to believe that Nikki Tinker wants the
    voters, espically the evangelicals, to know that Steve Cohen is so far left that he voted not to have prayer in the schools. The public needs to know this. It is a important issue.

    Cohen’s RELIGION has nothing to do with it. With the name Cohen, most would already assume he is Jewish anyway. It is my opinion the accusation does not make sense.

    I voted Republican. This is petty to me.

12. Joe writes
    August 7th, 2008 3:44 pm

    Ernestine: Children can pray in school.

13. Mickey writes
    August 7th, 2008 3:48 pm

    We know Jesus was Jewish. The facts remain.

14. steve brown writes
    August 10th, 2008 7:37 am

    Please explain this to me, why can’t anyone pray anywhere they are? does one need to have everyone else stop what they are doing so he or she can have a prayer session? isn’t that what the church or temple is for?

15. Rev. George Brooks writes
    August 13th, 2008 9:59 pm

    Phil, everyone should know that Jesus was a Jew. But many don’t know that Jews do NOT like Jesus, and in fact hate him. They, including Rep. Steve Cohen, do not believe in the virgin birth, the resurrection, nor the second coming. Because they do not believe that he was or is the messiah. They actually laugh at Christians behind their backs, and think of Chiristians as being crazy. And if you were to ever become close to some of them, as I was while living in California and New York for many years, you all would know their true thinking regarding Jesus. And they played a role in Jesus being crucified. So this is why I am pushing for public debates on this, but they certainly don’t want this. Even with their cries of anti-semitism and even racism from me,Cohen nor any Jew has answered any of the questions that I have put to them. Neither have they answered Nikki Tinker’s charges aimed at them. They simply dodge answering by crying out for sympathy with the words anti-semitism.

16. Jan writes
    August 14th, 2008 12:37 am

    You do not receive answers from Cohen and others because your statements are not worthy of answer. But it’s late at night and I can’t sleep, so I’ll be the one to step in.

    When David had been anointed king, and Saul was seeking to kill him, David had an opportunity to kill Saul in a very compromised position (that is, while he was relieving himself in the cave where David was hiding. David’s companions urged him to kill Saul, but David said that he would not kill the Lord’s anointed.

    My father, who was there, if only briefly, as a soldier, wanted in his last days to be sure that Christians remember that people acting in the name of Jesus did, not many years ago, do their best to rid the world of Jews. I see one of my roles as a Christian to be one who apologizes for all the hurt committed in the name of Jesus, including that which my father saw.

    Even a cursory reading of the New Testament makes it clear that Jesus never condemned those who met, and certainly never ridiculed them. Would that those who claim the title Rev. could say the same.

    But, sadly, they do not, and I spend more time than I should have to apologizing for those who say they are speaking in Christ’s name, but seem never to have heard of, among many other scriptures, the Golden Rule, or Matthew 25. It’s so much easier to condemn those who are not like us or to enforce rules that apply to them and not us than it is to feed the hungry, shelter the homeless, visit the sick. More’s the pity.

17. Jan writes
    August 14th, 2008 9:40 am

    The connection I neglected to make, though I would hope it would be obvious, is that the Lord anointed the Jews long before anointing any of us. And if Saul did not lose his anointing when David was anointed, neither did the Jews lose theirs.