In the story "Too Jewish?" a reference to the 1996 Senate race between challenger Jill Docking and Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., misquoted from a Brownback ad. The ad actually said, "Jill Docking, she's not the kind of Docking she pretends to be," while briefly showing a small snapshot of her birth certificate, on which her name reads "Jill Sadowsky." Salon regrets the error.

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Anti-Semitism, from the sotto voce country-club variety to the raging, all-out Christian militia brand, will emerge as never before in the coming months. I look forward to watching and listening as Americans consider this thoroughly qualified vice-presidential candidate and dance around the issue. What a stroke of bravery on the part of Al Gore! What a litmus test of the national conscience.

-- Gita M. Smith

The shatter we just heard was Sen. Joseph Lieberman breaking through the glass ceiling that formerly excluded Jews, Blacks, Hispanics, Latinos, Asians and other minorities from seeking the second highest office in the land, or the highest.

If the team of Vice President Gore and Sen. Lieberman wins in November, that glass ceiling will forevermore be smashed, and anyone -- regardless of race, religion or ethnic origin -- will truly and matter-of-factly be considered on the "A" list of candidates for highest office.

Then, we will be practicing the real politics of inclusion.

-- Lois Erwin

Since 11 percent of the Senate is Jewish, while only 3 percent of the population is, this confirms that Americans are quite willing to ignore religious differences.

Every individual can find somebody that does not like them, but on the whole, Americans have proven themselves tolerant.

-- Michael Osinski

What I find more exciting about this development is the idea of a "half-Jewish" administration that supports a rapidly expanding demographic. With the rate of Jewish intermarriage increasing exponentially (currently 52 percent of American Jews are marrying non-Jews) there will be more "half-Jews" than full-Jews in just one generation. The Gore-Lieberman ticket seems to be a first step in creating mixed representation for a mixed population. Far from establishing a state of ambivalence, the Jew-goy ticket will advocate forcefully for a multicultural perspective, for inclusiveness.

-- Jessica Kraft

An old rich, white male is "breaking new ground"? Sheesh, the spinmeisters have been busy.

-- Michael Brad

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