McGee's 'Jew Cops' and Al Gore's Thugs

The post earlier this week on the confusion as whether Milwaukee Alderman Michael McGee said Jew cops (he did not) or Jude cops (he did) brought back memories of a moment at the Democratic Party Convention in Chicago in 1996.

Al Gore was speaking and making reference to the National Rifle Association.  A year earlier in a letter to the NRA membership, Wayne LaPierre, their executive vice-president referred to law enforcement as "jack-booted thugs."

The Vice-President was quoting LaPierre and his words were transcribed on the screen for the hearing impaired.

It came out as "jack-Buddhist thugs."

A nicely turned phrase.