[Susannah]

"While it was acceptable for liberal Democrats Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton to practice Christianity, Jewish liberals hunker down, awaiting the Bush/Ashcroft conversion police."

Although American Jews vote overwhelmingly Democrat, Jimmy Carter lost a significant percentage of Jewish votes when he ran against Reagan...probably because of his antisemitic statements in 1980.

I still have trouble believing that FDR got 90% of the Jewish vote in 1940, at a time when people were coming from Europe and knew what Hitler was doing.

[ColdSteelTalon]

probably because of his antisemitic statements in 1980.

Jimmy Carter made anti-semitic statements in 1980? I did not know that.

[Lurking Libertarian]

I still have trouble believing that FDR got 90% of the Jewish vote in 1940, at a time when people were coming from Europe and knew what Hitler was doing.

The Republican Party in 1940 was opposed to Roosevelt's attempts to aid the Allies, and was opposed to admitting Jewish refugees from Europe into the US. So it's not surprising that 90% of Jews voted Democratic then. What's surprising is that so many still do now.