Friday,
February 15, 2008
Polak Radio Host Curtis Sliwa Apologizes for Claiming 1 in 5 Italian Staten
Islanders
The
ANNOTICO Report
Former
McDonald
Sliwa later gave into political pressure and apologized. The
article said Sliwa was going to wash his mouth out
with soap, which I believe was an "analogy",
but I will promise to brush my teeth for calling Sliwa one
of Archie Bunkers
For
those who don
Radio Host Curtis Sliwa Apologizes
For
NY1-NY,
February 15, 2008
Radio host Curtis Sliwa washed his mouth out with soap Tuesday following
backlash over a controversial comment he made about Italian Americans and
During a newspaper interview, he said that one out of five borough residents
were mobbed up.
The "
"Clearly, the statement was made out of context, so if people were
offended, if Italian Americans think I
I think the comment came off the top of his tongue too quickly in my
opinion, but I think him apologizing for it speaks a lot to his
character," said Staten Island Assemblyman Vincent Ignizio. ....
http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=3&aid=78430
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