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[Erie County Exec.] Collins apologizes for calling [NY Assembly Speaker] Silver the 'anti-Christ'
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Oct 26, 2009 03:01pm |
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| Author | Robert J. McCarthy |
| Media | Newspaper - Buffalo News |
| News Date | Monday, October 26, 2009 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | County Executive Chris Collins has apologized to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver after comparing him to Adolf Hitler and the "anti-Christ" during remarks at Saturday evening's Erie County Republican dinner at the Adam's Mark Hotel.
In a story first reported by the New York Daily News, the county executive -- who is exploring a run for governor next year -- referred to French seer Nostradamus' predictions that the world would experience three "anti-Christs" before the apocalypse. He then said it's generally accepted the first was Napoleon, the second Hitler, and was "pretty sure" the third is Silver -- an orthodox Jew.
Collins said it in the context of Silver as part of Albany's "three men in a room" budget process, in which the two legislative leaders and the governor make most budgetary decisions.
The remarks are already sending shock waves through the state's political establishment, and Collins has reacted, calling his choice of words "a poor joke." |
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