Is the Democratic Party anti-Semitic?

The Sun Sentinel ^ | June 18, 2009 | Jack Furnari

[Jacvin]

Grandstanding against obvious and violent hate is easy – too easy. The mainstream media and politicians make a living off violent hate. Campaign contributions are raised, donations given and newspapers sold through this grandstanding against hate.

On June 11, Democratic Congressman Ron Klein sponsored a resolution, unanimously passed by the House, condemning the sicko racist James von Brunn, 88, who gunned down a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in our nation’s capital.

That’s all well and good, and something all reasonable people agree with.

But it’s easy – too easy.

Let’s be truthful here. Passing a resolution that 99.9 percent of the country agrees with, isn’t quite the same as facing off against the AK-47-wielding thugs of the Mad Mullahs in Iran with just a rock in your hand. Campaign contributions will be raised, donations given and newspapers sold.

A harder task for Klein, and all politicians, and one for which there will be no easy political reward, is publicizing and condemning the growing anti-Semitism within the Democratic Party.

[kabar]

Only one of the 44 Jewish members of Congress is a Republican. Jews are the second most loyal Dem constituency after blacks. If the Dem party is anti-semitic, they have done a great job in fooling the vast majority of Jews.

[Jacvin]

I guess they have.

[Jagman]

If they are, there's certainly no downside from American Jews, who pledge allegiance to the dems with the same mindless devotion as do blacks.

[BGHater]

Semitic does not only imply Jews, but Arabs as well.

Arabs vote for Dems more than Repubs. I doubt the Dems are anti-semitic.

[americanophile]

It seems to be that most American Jews are antisemitic.

[kabar]

The entire premise of this article is nonsense.

[stuartcr]

Probably not the ones that are Jewish.

[ExTexasRedhead]

Hell, yes!

[Jacvin]

Why is that?

[Onelifetogive]

Is the Democratic Party anti-Semitic?

Pope, Catholic? Bears, Defecate, Woods?

[Wahoo82]

It seems to me there are a lot of Jews in the Obama government, mixed up in Acorn, etc. I think most are anti-American not antisemitic.

I still do not understand why they chose to abandon Israel?

[Always Right]

anti-Israel may be more accurate.

[americanophile]

I don't either. I was being sarcastic of course, but it does seem like many, perhaps most American Jews are secular or leftist - and they don't give a rats ass about Israel or being Jewish unless there's a direct and tangible benefit. I know many Jews who are not religious at all, but suddenly find the faith to leave work on a Jewish holiday, or support policies that directly and negatively affect Israel only to become devoutly Jewish again if there's some allegation of antisemitism against someone who isn't Jewish. It's not unique for people to ‘find religion’ when it suits them or to bristle when someone who isn't one of their community takes a shot, plenty of gentiles do it too, but was is unique I think is that Jews do it in light of such a unique cultural identity - the bond they have because of their shared history of oppression and tiny global population. Their ‘antisemitism’ as I've sarcastically called it, in light of that fact, is remarkable to me. It just goes to show the power of liberalism I guess.

[x]

Arabs vote for Dems more than Repubs. I doubt the Dems are anti-semitic.

McCain won the Christian Arab-American vote. Bush got more Arab votes than Gore, apparently including Muslim Arabs.

[Ann Archy]

DUH!! Non-Religious Jews are the only Jews that are still Democrats.

[BGHater]

You win. Arabs love the GOP.

[muawiyah]

Hope you are not trying to justify Democrat anti-semitism. Everybody can see it, hear it, feel it, taste it ~ you don’t have to be a Jew to know about it, and the Democrats seem to be wallowing in it. Even the Washington Post, a major Democrat house organ, has become a place where anti-semitism gets worked into every political position they take a stand on.

[muawiyah]

Historically anti-semitism refers ONLY to "hatred of Jews and the product of Jewish thinking". Arabs speak a Semitic language ~ which isn't at all the same thing.

The correct use of the term continues to concern Jews and Jewishness and nothing else.

[Jacvin]

It may be obvious to Freepers, but it isn’t understood well by the public, so it bears repeating.