[NativeNewYorker]

I have to confirm the "forbidden fruit" aspect of that first vote for a GOP president.

Here in the Empire State, with our electoral votes always going to the Dim, I voted libertarian for many years, as a "protest".

But after 8 years of DIRT ex-POTUS, I thought the BEST f'ing "protest" would be a vote for W. It felt good, and I look forward to a lifetime of such votes going forward.

...I wonder how I'll feel after voting for Sharpton in the Dem primary...

[lilylangtree]

Realize this is in Florida. However, if this is the trend, then we may assume that when Hitlery runs again in New York the Hasidic Jewish community will refuse to be the swing vote again???

[George W. Bush]

A Jewish realignment to the GOP?

Often predicted, never realized.

I guess it could happen. The prominence of pro-Israel neo-cons probably helps. And the likelihood of a long-term GOP congressional dominance would mitigate toward the smart money (let's include Jews in this group just for fun) aligning itself with the GOP for practical political reasons.

For what it's worth, I think the GOP can get the Jewish vote away from the Dims much more easily than the Hispanic or black voting blocs.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

IT'S ABOUT TIME!

[lormand]

Here is one way to look at it domestically.

The further the Republican party moves to the left, the cozier Jewish voters get with the GOP.

[pabianice]

Considering that so many Floridians are too stupid to use a ballot corectly, can we draw any conclusions about for whom they really wanted to vote?

[SJackson]

If you'd like to be on or off this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

[Cacique]

ping

[shhrubbery!]

learned to vote Democratic at the knee of his Jewish father, a union machinist whose shining light was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Was that the same Roosevelt who turned away Jewish refugees, condemning them to near certain death in the ovens? The same Roosevelt who refused to bomb the train tracks to Auschwitz?

It wasn't Teddy, I know that.

[jmaroneps37]

Nothing's changed, nothing ever does, nothing ever will on that front. Jews vote rat period.

[.cnI redruM]

As FDR's memory dies, Jewish votes will come into play. As LBJ's memory dies, maybe African American votes will also become more closely contested.