So much for disclaimers
Let me try again:
First, I also know a lot of families got their names changed at Ellis Island. My great grandfather had his name changed to "Mike Thomas" when his name was considered not only unpronounceable but unspellable in English! That doesn't make anyone a fraud! No!
However, according to CNN, it didn't happen at Ellis Island, it happened while they were still living in Vienna, and they chose to do it themselves to hide from their Jewish heritage, or something like that. So they were already "Kerry" coming to America. That ALSO doesn't make anyone a fraud.
My point is, he seems to be, now don't trash me, I'm not sure but said *SEEMS* to be, kind of running as
a Kennedy-eque, evoke the memory of Kennedy, Irish Catholic famliy guy from Massachusetts, and in truth, he's not. There is nothing wrong with changing your name, I just think *HE* should have been the one to be very open and up front with this if he wasn't ashamed or 'pretending' to be Irish Catholic, as I said, which kind of appeals to the Kennedy loving types. So yes, I think he's denying his true heritage and putting on a 'character' that isn't true so yes I think that makes him a fake. If tabloids and CNN had to dig this out, it only makes it look like he was hiding something. Is it that HE'S not proud of his true heritage? Or does he think he can bilk a simple minded and impressionable electorate better with the "Irish Catholic Kennedy-esque" thing?
I DON'T think there's anything wrong with being a Jew, or Austrian, but I do think there's something wrong with passing yourself off as an Irish Catholic guy for possible political appeal when it's not the truth. I hope I have explained this clearly so that everyone understands what I'm getting at instead of grabbing for the totally lame and shallow and oh so handy cries of 'racism.'
Shit, I've got more mixed in me than most stray dogs. That's NOT the issue!!!