The Fight for the Jewish Vote

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  • Posted By: true_patriot @ 10/12/2008 2:45:20 PM

    Has it dawned on these people that Obama may be able to make more progress in a peace process because he is African American? It would be harder for Palistinians to claim Obama has a "white" bias against them.

    How can any Democrat call Lieberman a star? He has turned his back on the Party to the point of be willing to run on a Republican ticket. Why would this be rewarded?

    People should care about Palin. If McCain/Palin are elected, it is very possible she could be President. If people are worried about the economy, imagine her in charge. Now, that's scarY.

    • Posted By: sjpersonal @ 10/13/2008 5:03:24 PM

      Lieberman is a republican in all but title and after this election he will be dealt with by the republican party. I am willing to bet that within a few years he will be out of the senate for good!

    • Posted By: love234america @ 10/12/2008 10:01:36 PM

      Obama has very little, if any African American blood. He's l/2 white, then almost all Arab, a a tiny bit of Africa blood. His names are Arabic because his father's names were Arabic because his ancestors also were. He will side with the enemies of Israel.

      • Posted By: sjpersonal @ 10/13/2008 5:02:14 PM

        You are a very very stupid person. Do you even bother to read your posts?

  • Posted By: Nins @ 10/12/2008 5:53:10 PM

    Thank you so much for this post. I wish that more Jewish voters knew that AIPAC has given Obama an A+ rating. So many Jews received the spam e-mails saying that Obama is a Muslim and an anti-Semite, and lots of them actually believed it, because it got into a deep central wound that Jews carry in their soul. The Jews have every right to carry this wound, and to nurse their souls back to health in a world that has seen the error of the horrible ways. But when you think that the authors of those e-mails were radical right wing Christians aligned with Jews for Jesus (who say that Israel's refusal to accept Christ as a savior is the reason Israel deserves to get bombed), you start to see just how horribly manipulated the Jews have been in this instance.

    I'm a Christian and a Republican, and I am appalled by how the GOP has been trying to foster hatred. It actually makes me want to throw up, because I can see in it the seeds of another holocaust. I'm voting for Obama, a man who is much more level headed than McCain, a man who has seen prejudice with his own eyes, felt it in his own skin, and managed to overcome his feelings of anger and hate. Now THAT is Christian.

    • Posted By: love234america @ 10/12/2008 9:59:12 PM

      I, too, am a Christian (Catholic) and Republican; my ancestors (father's side) were Jewish from Lidice, Czech Republic (Czech. before it split) and were killed by the Nazis. I visited Lidice two years ago. Obama did not answer Tom B.'s question during the last debate re if he would defend Israel if militarily attacked. (See my prev. post). I will be attending my brother in law's funeral tomorrow in San Antonio; he was in the infantry, fought at Normandy, saw his best friend die there before his eyes, fought in the Battle of the Bulge for the freedom of Europe, against evil; then he found in Korea and was very wounded and save by someone in a tank. He, along with millions of our men and women have placed their lives on the line (and so many have died) for our freedom. I could never vote for Obama because of what he believes (and don't believe for a minute the things he is saying now in order to get votes; I heard & saw him on the web about a year ago where he gave his socialist ideas for American if elected). His mentor was the late communist Frank Marshall Davis and Obama wrote glowing of Frank in his first book. Obama is no friend of the Jews but since he has so much Arab blood, that is to be expected I suppose. He has 3 Arabic names and his father's ancestors were Arab. I have two books I purchased at the museum at Lidice and my maiden name is in it as one of the children and one of the men killed by the Nazis there. How could I possibly vote for Obama? No way.

      • Posted By: sjpersonal @ 10/13/2008 5:00:56 PM

        Do you honest believe this nonsense that you wrote "Obama is no friend of Isreal because of his Arab blood" seriously, why are you STILL spreading this kind of hatred. Is this all that you and McCain have, it seems so hate and fear.

        FYI, Keep it up as these tactics are going to backfire on you as America is seeing and understanding just what type of man McCain is and it definitely not a good thing and posters such as yourself confirm this every day!

  • Posted By: msieger @ 10/13/2008 12:50:11 PM

    I am a Jewish believer in Jesus. Most blogs and news services have quoted the same one paragraph of the six-page transcript of the message that David Brickner of Jews for Jesus delivered at Sarah Palin???s church, giving the false impression that he is saying that a bulldozer attack by a deranged Palestinian is God???s judgment on the Jewish people. Please read or listen to the entire message for yourself at www.jewsforjesus.org/blog/20080817 so that you can hear Brickner???s remarks in context. Please also take a look at Brickner???s comments concerning his message at Wasilla Bible Church, as well as interviews by Christianity Today and MSNBC with Brickner about this issue, at www.jewsforjesus.org. Among other things, Brickner says, "The comments attributed to me were taken out of context. The notion that the terrorist, bulldozer attack in Jerusalem this summer was God???s judgment on Israel for not believing in Jesus, is absolutely not what I believe. In retrospect, I can see how my rhetoric might be misunderstood and I truly regret that . . . . Let me be clear. I don???t believe that any one event whether a terrorist attack or a natural disaster is a specific fulfillment of or manifestation of a Biblical prediction of judgment. I don???t believe that the newspaper should be used to interpret the Bible. The Bible interprets the Bible. I love my Jewish people and the land of Israel. I stand with and support her against all efforts to harm her or her people in any way."

  • Posted By: melandmike @ 10/13/2008 11:15:39 AM

    HolyRoller, JoseMarti and similar posters: Do me, yourself and the GOP Party a favor: Put just half the effort that you put into bashing Obama and the Democrats into praising the real values of the Republican Party and it's ticket if you want to get McCain elected. All of this peurile and acrimonious name calling, smearing and outright antagonization is not helping our cause, makes the conservative base look childish, unintelligent, frightened and self serving. It turns off Independent voters and so basically serves the Dem's interests.

  • Posted By: JR1111 @ 10/13/2008 2:10:41 AM

    The previous comments look like they were written by some of Herr Rove's employees pretending to legitmately join in a conversation or comment forum but actually working for the Republicans. If I was a Jew I would be very scared about Palin's church's desire to see the "end of days" which to them necessarily includes the total destruction of Israel and great death. Think about it. Think about what kind of person she is, rationalizer, no restraints, no self-denial, self-obsessive, a concious and congenital liar. And think of the whackos (or worse) people leading some of her religous/political cult groups and the outrageous rationalizing they "preach" or promote. McCain has done our country a grave disservice. And since I'm talking about Palin I disagree with the Alaska legislative report that claims Palin had the legal authority to fire the Police Chief. In my opinion there are both, civil and criminal statutes and rules and regulations that forbade the Chief from firing the Trooper without just cause and especially as part of any criminal conspiracy on behalf of a personal vendetta by the trooper's ex-sister-in-law. Even 42 U.S.C. 1985 would apply. Palin's retribution against the Chief for his refusing to engage in a criminal or civil conspiracy and to break civil and criminal laws can not be deemed within her lawful powers as Governor. That is just plain nonsense and this issue should be reviewed. We let these crooked politicians get away with too much. They should be held to at least the same standard as regular folk.

  • Posted By: Judge Judy Fan @ 10/13/2008 1:07:36 AM

    "Beauty is skin deep but Dumb is forever" Judge Judith Scheinlin. This applies to you.
    How sad that you got the leftovers of the brain that belonged to Abby yes Abnormal. Well they didnt want to waste a good brain on a halfwit

  • Posted By: Judge Judy Fan @ 10/13/2008 1:05:11 AM

    Beauty is skin deep but in the words of the amazing Judge Judy " Dumb is forever"
    That is you HolyRoller. How sad that they wasted half a brain on you when they might have given a full one to someone who would actually use it

  • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 10/12/2008 5:09:48 PM

    From no less than The Nat'l BarackStar Corp.

    Hussein Obama a "FRIEND" of Israel???.....

    Minha Husaini, the Obama campaign???s most recent Muslim outreach director, "participated in a meeting in mid September that was attended by several controversial Muslim activists," Jim Popkin, NBC News Senior Investigative Producer, reported late last evening.

    The Obama campaign now concedes that was a misjudgment, and that its top Muslim staffer would not have attended the meeting if she had known the full participant list beforehand. ???

    Any Jew OR supporter of Israel who votes for this piece of *** will have blood on their hands if he is elected.....and don't try to say..."We Didn"t Know"....YES you do....

    A mohammed in the White House??? GOD forbid...and He has

    NOBAMA!!!

    • Posted By: simonanunhappydem @ 10/12/2008 6:34:37 PM

      Whether someone is a friend of foe does not depend on his name...Obama may not be a friend of Israel as much as Clinton was, but Palin is definitely worse, if she could even show where Israel is on the map (which I highly doubt). She associated with Jews for Jesus, what can be worse and more ignorant than that? Any thinking Jew should vote for Obama and against Palin, in Florida and everywhere.

      • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 10/13/2008 12:24:46 AM

        You are nuts...Hussein wants to insure Iran is allowed to build their A-Bomb...and destroy Israel...he has a long and extensive record of dealings with Israels sworn enemies....Palin has NEVER done anything to give any impression, she would do anything...other than support the nation...

        Idiot or Kool-Aide Kid...whichever doesn't matter...you are WRONG

        Allah Akbar Ya'll

        NOBAMA!!!

  • Posted By: xargaw @ 10/12/2008 10:47:21 PM

    Palin is astoundingly ignorant. Most first year college students could have performed better in the Couric interview than she did. On the campaign trail, her insults and outright untruths are offensive to the intelligence of the electorate. Her radical fundamentalism and anti-American barbs about Obama repulse people of reason. This pick tells us a great deal about McCain and none of it is good.

  • Posted By: trazer222 @ 10/12/2008 10:21:43 PM

    There are concerns on both VP candidates. For example, 3. Biden???s Middle East record is a concern to Jewish voters.
    In 1992, Biden threatened Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin with withdrawing U.S. aid if Israel did not stop settlements.
    In 1998, Biden was one of four in the Senate who voted against the Iran Missile Proliferation Sanctions Act.
    In 2001 after 9-11 Biden stated, ???this would be a good time to send, no strings attached, a check for $200 million to Iran???
    In 2002, Biden received $30,000 from California home of Dr. Sadegh Namazi-khah, a well-known supporter of the Iranian mullahs.
    In 2004, Biden stated, ???What the world needed to address was Iran???s emotional needs??? and he met with Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi in Davos, Switzerland to discuss a non-agression pact.
    In 2007, Biden (voted against declaring the Iran???s Revolutionary Guards as terrorists. The Guards are responsible for killing Americans in Iraq. In 2007, Biden also stated, ???Iran is not a nuclear threat to the United States of America.???
    In 2008, , Biden said Israel should get used to a nuclearized Iran.

  • Posted By: trogers @ 10/10/2008 5:57:40 PM

    There has always been an uneasy alliance in the Democratic party between Jews and Blacks. At times there has been outright hostility; most of it caused by Black politicians like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. At times, like during the Clinton years, the two sides got along rather well. Along comes Obama with his funny name and some of the uneasiness returns. Despite his story, which is a Jewish story of education and achievement , caution and hesitation are the watchwords in the Jewish communty. After all, McCain has been a staunch ally of Isreal. He is best friends with Joe Lieberman. Now Palin appears and her radical right wing beliefs and behavior, along with her obvious lack of knowledge change alot of minds. Sen. McCain gained some evangelical votes with Palin, but he lost most of the moderates, and will probably lose the elction because of it.

    • Posted By: gbernieg @ 10/11/2008 6:38:34 PM

      If there is one thing the Jewish people should understand and that is Murder.I read and understand all the things that you are stating but there has to be one thing that is most important in electing a president.To me it is partial birth abortion,if you do not know what it is I will try to explain. When the babys head is taken out of the mother and a sharp instriment is stuck into the head of the baby and broke open so the brains are then vacuumed out,that is murder.and I do not need to tell you who supports this.I want you to know that God will know and cry as the jewish do not care about God anymore.

      Bernard Goldberg

      • Posted By: jfd001 @ 10/12/2008 10:13:10 PM

        Abortion is indeed a terrible thing. But what about all the just-born babies and children who live in cars in abandoned lots? What about kids shivering in unheated flats, eating their only meal of the day "hosted" by the public schools? Sick Americans who can't afford to see a doctor, old people who must choose between medicine and food? Our little town has a "no freeze shelter" bursting at the seams on cold nights. Life doesn't end at birth. If you are going to insist every baby be born, you need to be prepared to see that every human is cared for.

      • Posted By: jfd001 @ 10/12/2008 10:08:48 PM

        Abortion is indeed a terrible thing. But what about all the just-born babies and children who live in cars in abandoned lots? What about kids shivering in unheated flats, eating their only meal of the day "hosted" by the public schools? Sick Americans who can't afford to see a doctor, old people who must choose between medicine and food? Our little town has a "no freeze shelter" bursting at the seams on cold nights. Life doesn't end at birth, nor does our responsibility to care for fellow humans.

    • Posted By: love234america @ 10/12/2008 10:12:18 PM

      Hey, a few years ago I read where the Prime Minister of Israel said that his people would open their arms to all the Evangelist visiting Israel. After all, he knew that these were Christians who would and did defend and support Israel and also put pressure on our government to also support and defend Israel. So, to the Jewish people, you should not criticise these people. By the way, I'm Catholic.

  • Posted By: love234america @ 10/10/2008 7:07:48 PM

    By the way, the Democrats were the ones who supported the policies of the failed Fannie Mae and now the man who was the president and CEO of Fannie Mae is Obama's main financial adviser. The executives of Fannie Mae got millions for bonus payments. Why are they not in jail like the Enron executive who went to prison??

    • Posted By: Pupster @ 10/10/2008 9:54:57 PM

      Who are you referring to as Obama's main "financial advisor"? To our knowledge, Obama doesn't have any past Fannie or Freddie people in his inner circle.

      Unlike McCain who has 19 Fannie and Freddie lobbyists in the top rungs of his campaign, including Charlie Black, his senior advisor, and Rick Davis, his campaign manager, who was being paid by Freddie as late as August 2008.

      • Posted By: love234america @ 10/12/2008 10:07:41 PM

        Obama's chief financial advise was the president & CEO of Fannie Mae. Very true, get educated.

    • Posted By: Democrat-Hillary @ 10/10/2008 7:59:46 PM

      McCain have been a de-regulator all his life and did not learned his lesson from the Keating five, where he had more involvement that we may think and causing the S&L crisis. And dont forget his campaign manager getting 35K a month from Freddie and Fannie...............

      • Posted By: Vypurr @ 10/10/2008 9:09:47 PM

        Both McCain and John Glenn were cleared of Keating 20 years ago by a Senate committee.... and cleared by Democrats, no less!

        • Posted By: Pupster @ 10/10/2008 9:55:58 PM

          John McCain admits in his own memoir of his culpability and shows regret for it. Don't you believe John McCain?

        • Posted By: jiml1956 @ 10/10/2008 9:45:49 PM

          Oh, is John Glen running for president?

    • Posted By: SAGG @ 10/10/2008 7:43:07 PM

      At least you're not trying to use Ayers or the "Hussein" middle name thingy, I'll give you that--but you're still quite wrong in your charges. I have seen no hard evidence anywhere.

  • Posted By: todgully @ 10/10/2008 7:55:24 PM

    In the second debate, Obama said: "Israel is our major ally in the middle east"

    Palin, McCain: Ban books, Hate propaganda, Facism, sounds familiar with Hitler Doctrine

    • Posted By: Vypurr @ 10/10/2008 9:04:11 PM

      If you knew anything about what you were talking about you'd know that Obama flipped his position on Israel.... In one day!

      Book banning, it never happened, Moron. Hate, fascism, Hitler? What are you, 12 years old? F**king idiot.

      • Posted By: love234america @ 10/12/2008 10:06:22 PM

        So why did not Obama answer the question of Tom B.'s in the last debate: If elected, would he defend Israel if they were military attacked or go to the U.N. Obama answered off subject and never answer Tom B.'s question. McCain did by saying yes, he would defend Israel and not go to the U.N. as Russia & China have veto power. Why did Obama not answer the question? Is it because he was afraid he'd lose the Muslim & socialist votes?

      • Posted By: todgully @ 10/11/2008 4:30:02 AM

        You are too idiot to understand... go and get some education

        • Posted By: birdalone @ 10/11/2008 9:30:14 AM

          Vypurr is correct. Obama has been pandering on Israel - his official campaign website has been a happy home for those who believe the "zionist-Israel-AIPAC conspiracy" controls US foreign policy.
          And, there was no book banning in Wasilla. There WAS banning of The New Yorker in Brooklyn stores over the July 21 cover - Obama supporters forced stores to stop selling The New Yorker. THAT is Obamafascism.

  • Posted By: Nowforthetruth @ 10/12/2008 9:39:50 PM

    This is a link to a CSPAN video clip of the Congressional hearings at the time of McCains attempt at S.190. to fix fannie and freddie

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs

    "Video Unearthed Democrats in their own words Covering up the Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Scam that caused our Economic Crisis"

  • Posted By: janeyre @ 10/12/2008 9:31:11 PM

    Oh and one other fact, Krohn. You are waiting for a Black Presidential Candidate to make it on his own merit... White men have been given the Presidency... For many years, Colin Powell, was nothing but a lackey for Bush, just like Condi Rice... Powell, lost his credibility, when he lied for Bush and Cheney... You are delusional...

  • Posted By: janeyre @ 10/12/2008 9:28:28 PM

    So Mrs Ehrenreich is upset about being taxed, because of her wealth, by Obama... The Middle Class has been carrying people like her and her husband, now Obama is going to give the Middle Class a break.
    Regarding Krohn @The AA Candidate... Sarah Palin is the AA VP choice. Obama got his education the hard way, unlike McCain and Bush... His Grandfather and Father, couldn't get him into the Academy and Ivey League College, his intellect and Scholarships did... Oh and one last thing... GOP Pollster, Frank Luntz, it isn't the economy, it is Sarah Palin who is bringing McCain down... You need a different line of work. You don't know your business...

  • Posted By: love234america @ 10/12/2008 9:27:03 PM

    Did the American Jewish voters notice that Obama did not answer Tom B.'s question that if elected, would he militarily support Israel if that country were attacked, or would he go to the U.N.
    Obama answered off subject; he never answer the question. McCain said, yes, he would militarily support Israel and not go to the U.N. as Russia & China have veto power.

    OBAMA IS NO FRIEND OF ISRAEL OR OF THE JEWS.

  • Posted By: drjalee52 @ 10/12/2008 9:25:03 PM

    The Jewish vote has generally been an intelligent vote. I don't see Palin communicating well with this population. She dose not understand the issues and McCain's age could become an issue.

  • Posted By: pat4597 @ 10/12/2008 8:55:38 PM

    Todd and Jamie Ehrenreich are only going to vote for McCain so they won't be taxed a little more. That is very sad!

  • Posted By: pat4597 @ 10/12/2008 8:54:56 PM

    Todd and Jamie Ehrenreich are only going to vote for McCain so they won't be taxed a little more. That is very sad!

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