carpetbagger who knows nothing" about "our heritage". Moskal also charged that Emanuel had dual citizenship with Israel and had served in the Israeli Army. Moskal's comments were widely condemned as antisemitic. Other actions He took former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar to task at a Pulaski (Kazimierz Pułaski) Day event in 1996, demanding the ouster of then state Education Superintendent Joseph A. Spagnolo for failing to order Illinois schools to teach about Pulaski, a Revolutionary War hero who was born in Poland. When the late syndicated columnist Ann Landers used a racially derogatory term to describe Pope John Paul II in The New Yorker, Moskal quipped, "She should have shut up after she made the nice remark about the pope." References External links Home page of the Polish National Alliance (Pol:Związek Narodowy Polski) Home page of the Polish American Congress Polish language site, needs description. Polish language site, needs description. Polish language site, needs description. Polish language site, needs description. Polish language site, needs description. Polish language site, needs description. 1924 births 2005 deaths People from Chicago American people of Polish descent American activists Catholics from Illinois