One Vote

One vote stopped a resolution by San Francisco Supervisors to condemn radio host Michael Savage for alleged "hateful" comments he made on his radio show regarding illegal immigrants (see my post here for the background).

That one vote came from Supervisor Ed Jew.

In response, Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval (who called for the resolution against Savage) may as well have come out and called Jew a "Chinaman" or a "chink."

Sandoval responded with a personal challenge to Jew:

If this commentary was directed at the Chinese-American or the Asian community, you would not be resorting to this rigid formalism on your part," he said.

Ahem. Yeah. Right. Actually, it would appear that, instead, Jew may have an inkling of a concept regarding the founding issues at stake, issuing from our Constitution and Bill of Rights:

For the record, I do not agree with comments allegedly made by Mr. Savage, but the First Amendment gives him the right to make those comments," Jew said.

What a novel concept; someone in a position of authority in San Francisco actually having at least 1) a teaspoon of common sense and 2) perhaps an entire set of balls as customarily issued from The Factory.

My hat is off to Supervisor Jew because, in truth, this has little to do with Michael Savage and everything to do with our basic, intrinsic freedoms.

BZ