Saturday, October 25, 2008
Jews for Obama
A friend of mine who supports Barack Obama and who separately dislikes the Israeli right, bent my ear about all the support Obama was getting from American Jews who were fed up with the Bush administration. Actually, according to the polls Jews are supporting Obama at the same rate that they supported John Kerry, about 75%. I am unpersuaded that voting for Obama is the most self-interested thing that Jews might do on November 4, but he is a Democrat and has certainly said the right things recently. The question, of course, is whether Jews are the rubes. More on that here, and here. Not to mention here.
4 Comments:
By 
, at
Sat Oct 25, 08:50:00 PM:
Obama will sacrifice Israel to Islam. Jews who vote for him are signing their co-religionists death warrants.
By 
clint, at
Sat Oct 25, 09:21:00 PM:
Are they being rubes?
Only if you think that all Jews should be single-issue voters for Israel.
Which is similar to thinking that all women should be single-issue voters for abortion; all black men single-issue voters for affirmative action; all gay men single-issue voters for same-sex marriage; and so on...
That way lies madness, or the current Democratic Party, if that's not redundant.
Of course, those voters who are voting for Obama because they believe he will be a stronger supporter of Israel than McCain... well, they are rubes.
By Punditarian, at
Sat Oct 25, 11:12:00 PM:
It is naive to think that only Israelis or Jews will suffer because of a President Obama's longstanding ties to supporters of jihadi terrorism against Jews in Israel (e.g. Rashid Al Khalidi and Bill Ayers). Obama's sacrifice of Israeli sovereignty to the forces of jihad will excite, inflame, encourage, embolden, and empower jihadists all over the world. The price will be paid in the blood of innocent Filipinos, Thais, Indians, Iraqis, Europeans, and Americans.
By Dawnfire82, at
Sun Oct 26, 12:11:00 PM:
Israeli sovereignty is not his to sacrifice.
And whatever other sick things Ayers has done, no one has ever called him a jihadi against Jews in Israel.
Whatever emboldenment terrorists will feel at his election would be because they perceive him to be weak.
