‘I am a Jew, I am a Republican and I am poor’

Jewishworldreview ^ | 3-26-08 | Michael Feldberg

[SJackson]

The little known story of a Revolutionary-era manifesto linking American Jews with the ideals of democratic government, individual liberty and toleration

POLLSTERS report that Americans are tired of political campaigns rife with smear tactics and attack ads. They long for candidates to focus on issues rather than personalities, to debate substance rather than mount character assassinations.

This preference for polite campaigning is relatively new to American politics and reflects a desire for civility in public life unknown in previous eras. In the early Republic, for example, the first two political parties, Federalists and Jeffersonian Republicans routinely and falsely charged one another with corruption, sexual scandal and even treason. In Philadelphia in 1800, the Federalists introduced anti-Semitism into the political fray.

A vivid example is the vicious attack launched against Benjamin Nones. Born in France in 1757, Nones immigrated to Philadelphia around 1772. When the Revolutionary War broke out, Nones chose to fight for his adopted nation. In 1777, Nones saw heavy action as part of General Pulaski's legion. He earned the rank of major with a citation for bravery.

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[NoLibZone]

A Jewish Republican?

That is news!

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[Braak]

There’s more than a few of us..and some of us prefer the company of this board to our deluded co-religionists.

[RJS1950]

Prefer polite campaigning? I and most everyone I know prefers a candidate who will stand up to lies and attacks by hitting back hard and repeatedly. I respect someone who stands up against bullies rather than the usual GOP response of we will not dignify that or stoop to their level. All that gets you is more disrespect. The party of traitors knows that politics is a contact event and the GOP continues to regularly lose when they play nice.

[conservativeharleyguy]

..."A Jewish Republican? That is news!..."

My daughter's boyfriend is a young, Jewish Republican,...in Boulder!!!

Now that's news.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Oy ve.

[onedoug]

The Republican Jewish Coalition

A fine organization. I've attended some of their events and subscribe to their newsletter. My main radio hero, Dennis Prager, is on their board.

[chickpundit]

Neat story ... I hadn’t heard that before. Thanks for posting.

[Pharmboy]

Well, they weren’t really Republicans, as in GOP, the party of Jefferson was the Democratic-Republicans. The split between the Federalists and the D-Rs back then cannot be so easily transposed to today’s parties.

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[SJackson]

Republican in the then current context, not todays Republicans.

[Zionist Conspirator]

Well . . . I'm sorry but I can't get too excited. First, the connection between Judaism and modern democracy is a figment of the modern liberal Jewish imagination (Judaism is Theocratic, not democratic). Second, the Jeffersonian Republicans were the "bad guys." Not only were they sympathetic to the French Revolution, but (ironically) their philosophy of government was the exact opposite of the "leftist" position today . . . "strict constructionism." That is, the federal government can do only what the Constitution says it can do and no more (it has no discretionary powers). This in fact paved the way for John C. Calhoun's "compact theory" and the Confederacy.

Ironically, the conservative northeastern Federalists appear to be the ancestors of today's Eastern Seaboard liberals, just as the "leftist" Jeffersonians are the ancestors of the "states' rights" gang. So everything's all mixed up.

I can understand any Jew of any time supporting whomever will allow him to observe the Torah. However, I cannot understand the idea that it is a Jewish obligation to protect "religious minorities." Does this include Moabites and `Amaleqites?

[Uri’el-2012]

Republican in the then current context, not todays Republicans.

Amen.

The Jeffersonian Republican party is the forerunner of the current-day Democrat party.

[Nachum]

Jewish Republican here.

[eddiespaghetti]

There’s more than a few of us..and some of us prefer the company of this board to our deluded co-religionists.

Some of us even prefer the company of this board to that of certain family-members (who vary in their degree of delusion).

[sofaman]

Nuh, uh! Some of us are Caucasian African American Orthodox Jews!

take that!

;-)

[TexasRepublic]

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[Eleutheria5]

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