Talk:James Broadwater

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[edit] Anti-Semite

I don't really think that it is accurate to put James Broadwater under "Category:Anti-Semitic people" because although he did say that his religious belief is that Jewish people would go to hell, he with presumably all other conservative Christians believes that all non-Christians will go to hell, not just Jews. Furthermore, he believes this to simply be true; it is not his opinion that Jews are inferior nor does he hold any other typically anti-semitic beliefs about Jews: "Maybe I should have refused to answer such a pointed question that was designed to cause conflict, but to say that everyone goes to Heaven would be lying, and it would be heartless, giving people a false hope. Jesus is the Jewish Messiah, and millions of Jews over the past 2,000 years have accepted Him as such. It is my prayer that many more will do the same. And, by the way, I seek to bless the Jews (please see Genesis 12:3), and for some time I have had a logo on my website which says, "I am a proud friend of Israel." And I always will be."[1]

Whether or not this belief among some Christians can be said to be anti-semitic is another issue entirely, and if we agree w/ that then the anti-semitic people category would be enormous and should include many far more notable examples than Broadwater, who's pretty much notable for being on the Ali G show. A google search for james broadwater gives almost exclusively articles discussing him in regards to the Ali G controversy and nothing else. Searching google news gives nothing with or withoutquotation marks.

Its pretty meaningless to single out people who hold fairly mainstream religious views (at least in the US) in a group with people who are indisputably and overtly anti-semitic (i.e. the mostly nazi and neo-nazi filled anti-semitic people category).--Head of the Caligula Appreciation Society 03:18, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

If he thinks that all non-christians are going to hell then hes more then a anti-semite hes anti-Islam anti-Bhudist hes alot of things but he is still and anti-semite if he belives that jews are going to hell.

[edit] Candidacy

Did he win or loose the primary in which he was running? AnonMoos 14:21, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

If he won the primary, he didn't win the general. He isn't in Mississippi's congressional delegation. --BDD 17:51, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Can we at least note which district he was running for, and who defeated him? Do we know if the race was close or not? If his humiliation at Cohen's hands was responsible for his defeat? Does anyone know any of these things? Kasreyn 01:22, 16 November 2006 (UTC)