Closet Jewish Senator Proud of Eating Ham Sandwich

Marc Fisher writes in the Washington Post about, "Sen. Allen's Diet of Pork Chops, Ham Sandwiches and Crow." We are witnessing the self-destruction of a Republican senator. Hooray. May they all hang by the noose in Allen's office.

...knowing that his mother was raised Jewish, Allen said otherwise. Not good.
But very much in character. "George Allen grew up in a football family, where the playing field is always level, and the past doesn't matter," Moline said. "So he is clueless about the symbolism of the Confederate flag and clueless about hanging a noose in his office and clueless about the power of the word 'macaca.' When you have parents who want to close off the past, that's what happens to you."

Maybe in that context, Allen's comment to the Richmond Times-Dispatch last week makes sense. His Jewish heritage is "just an interesting nuance to my background," Allen said, adding: "I still had a ham sandwich for lunch. And my mother made great pork chops."

Allen looks more and more Jewish every day.