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We’re now accepting nominees for the 2008 Hutton Gibson Award for ickiest comments by a public figure’s father:

WASHINGTON (JTA) – An Arab-American group wants Barack Obama and Rahm Emanuel to repudiate remarks made by Emanuel’s father.

President-elect Obama last week named Emanuel, an Illinois congressman whose father is Israeli, as his White House chief of staff. In an interview with the Israeli daily Ma’ariv, Benjamin Emanuel said, “Obviously, he’ll influence the president to be pro-Israel. Why wouldn’t he? What is he, an Arab? He’s not going to be mopping floors at the White House.”

 The ADC … wrote a letter to Emanuel asking him to repudiate his father’s comments, saying it “views this characterization of an Arab as an unacceptable smear.”