[ExTexasRedhead]

The bloom is off the Socialist Rose!

[TXBlair]

Yet they will continue to vote Democrat. I don’t feel sorry for them.

[bondjamesbond]

At the end of the day, they will continue to pull the lever next to the (D).

That it would ever be different is a persistant fantasy of the GOP. We should give it up. Do the right thing with regards to our steadfast ally, Israel, because it is the right thing to do. Just don’t expect any thanks.

[Sarah Barracuda]

The majority of Jews voted for him, now they see what he is. My two aunt and uncle voted for Obama, in fact, after the election, my aunt called here gloating “Obama won” and she was screaming. My Mom told her to “go to hell” they are self hating Jews, any Jew that voted for this guy thinking he was gonna be Pro Israel is an idiot. Everyone knew that he stood for the muslim world, he said so in his damn book. Now they regret it, too little too late, we are all suffering due to their stupidity

[ripley]

“A Very Revealing Poll of Jewish Democrats”

How revealing can it be when the results are the same?;

Jewish Democrats will always vote Liberal Democrat no matter what.

IMHO

[pallis]

They got what they voted for.

[matginzac]

They only have THEMSELVES to blame for the mess Israel and the rest of us are in...

[Carley]

Morris should do a poll of jewish voters on the topic of health care.

[eekitsagreek]

All of my Jewish friends voted for Obama and I have yet to see any buyer’s remorse from them. I don’t know what it will take for them to change their minds.

[109ACS]

It would be interesting to know the percentage of Jewish voters who helped put that other National Socialist in power.

[uncbob]

Muslims outnumber Jews in the USA

They ought to look at what is happening in Europe if they want a glimpse of the future

My buddy is a conservative ( political ) Jew and stays up nights worrying about his kids future

[Redleg Duke]

And they will all line up to vote Democrat in November of 2010 on the way to the queue for showers.

[uncbob]

Beyond this, 92% of all Jewish Democrats approve of the job Obama is doing overall. Yet, here is how Morris concludes the sum total of this survey.

Since Obama only got 77% of the Jewish vote --I wonder why such a high %

[nathanbedford]

Just as Sarah Palin is the physical embodiment of the values held dear by conservative evangelicals, so Barack Obama is the figure of perfection for secular Jews.

To abandon Obama, secular Jews must abandon the belief structure which marks their culture. Perhaps more than any other ethnic group, American secular Jews have provided the intellectual framework which defines modern liberalism and the Democratic Party. Barack Obama personifies the very culmination of policies which Jews have advocated for generations.

There are many historic influences which have flowed together to create the American Jewish experience including pogroms in Russia, discrimination in America, diaspora, ghetto experience, a biblical injunction to leave the world better, a long tradition of socialism, and last but by no means least, an intellectual honesty, some might say a tendentiousness, in the rabbinical tradition which encourages disputation. In truth, one must acknowledge that there is also a degree of anti-evangelical bigotry which shapes the Jewish reaction to people like Sarah Palin. That same collection of influences makes it inevitable that such people would regard Barack Obama the very embodiment of their values.

[pfflier]

Yet they voted for him even when told he would do exactly what he is doing. I always wondered why 13 million willingly participated in their own deaths in WWII. I’m getting the picture.

[pfflier]

Yet they voted for him even when told he would do exactly what he is doing. I always wondered why 13 million willingly participated in their own deaths in WWII. I’m getting the picture.

[nvskibum]

In my opinion, many American Jews have intractable problems with conservatism for these reasons:

(1)They fear forced religious assimilation or proselytization by the government, which is perceived to be a problem for Jews gong back for centuries (Spanish inquisition, diaspora, etc). Thus, perhaps irrationally, they fear any attempt by religious conservatives to "impose" what they perceive to be religion-based social views through the political system (such as anti-abortion views). I don't know for sure, but would suspect that Jews actually have fewer abortions per capita than some other groups. To liberal Jews, it is the principle--no religion-based governmental mandates--that counts more than the underlying substance.

(2)Many American Jews of Eastern European descent are only a few generations removed from family members that were active socialists or communists (in the period 1900-1940), and were raised from birth on ideals of "social justice" drawn from those movements. In some ways, the lofty ideals of socialism became a substitute religion for those who did not formally practice their Jewish faith. Many of these Jews overlook the terrible practical results of socialism and communism for Jews and the general populace the Soviet Union and elsewhere because they did not experience that in the US, so reality has not tempered their ideals. <3> Jews have been active members or supporters of the civil rights movement since its inception, believing that when racial discrimination is eliminated by the government, society also will not tolerate religious discrimination. They may be very wrong about this connection, unfortunately.

Until Jews become willing to reassess these three deeply-seated beliefs, I believe that conservatives will have tough going in the American Jewish community.

[Antoninus]

The problem is, they’ll still vote for him and every other Democrat. They’ve been programmed.