President Bush waves to reporters as he arrives at the White House on Thursday in Washington. The Republican Party's draft reiterates Bush's commitment that under any final-status agreement, Palestinian refugees will not be resettled in Israel. (AP)
Posted on 08/26/2004 9:25:45 PM PDT by Cinnamon Girl
President Bush waves to reporters as he arrives at the White House on Thursday in Washington. The Republican Party's draft reiterates Bush's commitment that under any final-status agreement, Palestinian refugees will not be resettled in Israel. (AP)
WASHINGTON - The Republican Party's draft platform on Israel reiterates President George Bush's commitment that under any final-status agreement with the Palestinians, Palestinian refugees will not be resettled in Israel and Israel will not be compelled to return to the 1949 armistice lines.
The draft was published Thursday in advance of the party's convention, which opens in New York on Monday. The platform, about half of which is devoted to foreign policy, also calls on the Palestinian Authority and the Arab states to democratize and fight corruption and terror.
"The Republican Party," the draft states, "shares President Bush's commitment to the security of America's democratic ally Israel. We remain committed to ensuring that Israel maintains a qualitative edge in defense technology over any potential adversaries."
"We believe that terror attacks against Israelis are part of the same evil as the September 11 attacks against America," it continues. "We recognize Israel's right to defend itself in the face of homicide bombings and other attacks against the people of Israel."
Most of the Republican platform on Israel differs little from the Democratic platform. The Democrats, for instance, also adopted the commitments made by Bush in his April 14 letter to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon regarding the non-return of refugees and allowing Israel to keep the major West Bank settlement blocs.
However, the Republican platform also includes a condemnation of the UN's "unacceptable discrimination against Israel" and says that the party, if elected, will work to change this. It also calls for halting government funding of the International Red Cross as long as that organization continues to exclude Israel's Magen David Adom.
It gets tiresome, doesn't it?
The main thing is, Jewish voters in the US must be informed of this. You can bet the media will make sure not to highlight it, it's up to us, the grass roots to do so.
The Israel Swing Factor[T]he greatest political strength of American Jewry lies in the fact that it is a uniquely swayable bloc . The issue of support for Israel has proven capable of spurring a sizable portion of Jews to switch parties - in large enough numbers to tip the scales in national or statewide elections. Moreover, the "Israel swing vote" is especially open to political courtship because, unlike the interests of other minority groups, support for Israel has long been compatible with traditional Republican and Democratic agendas. By contrast, most other issues (abortion, affirmative action, etc.) cannot be embraced by Republicans or Democrats without alienating certain support bases. A pro-Israel stance runs no such risk. On the other hand, being distinctively unsupportive of Israel can significantly hurt a candidate's chances.
by Jeffrey S. Helmreich
15 January 2001
| Year | Candidate | % of Jewish Vote |
| 1916 | ||
| Hughes (R) | 45 | |
| Wilson (D) | 55 | |
| 1920 | ||
| Harding (R) | 43 | |
| Cox (D) | 19 | |
| Debs (Soc) | 38 | |
| 1924 | ||
| Coolidge (R) | 27 | |
| Davis (D) | 51 | |
| La Folette (Progressive) | 22 | |
| 1928 | ||
| Hoover (R) | 28 | |
| Smith (D) | 72 | |
| 1932 | ||
| Hoover (R) | 18 | |
| Roosevelt (D) | 82 | |
| 1936 | ||
| Landon (R) | 15 | |
| Roosevelt (D) | 85 | |
| 1940 | ||
| Wilkie (R) | 10 | |
| Roosevelt (D) | 90 | |
| 1944 | ||
| Dewey (R) | 10 | |
| Roosevelt (D) | 90 | |
| 1948 | ||
| Dewey (R) | 10 | |
| Truman (D) | 75 | |
| Wallace (Progressive) | 15 | |
| 1952 | ||
| Eisenhower (R) | 36 | |
| Stevenson (D) | 64 | |
| 1956 | ||
| Eisenhower (R) | 40 | |
| Stevenson (D) | 60 | |
| 1960 | ||
| Nixon (R) | 18 | |
| Kennedy (D) | 82 | |
| 1964 | ||
| Goldwater (R) | 10 | |
| Johnson (D) | 90 | |
| 1968 | ||
| Nixon (R) | 17 | |
| Humphrey (D) | 81 | |
| Wallace (I) | 2 | |
| 1972 | ||
| Nixon (R) | 35 | |
| McGovern (D) | 65 | |
| 1976 | ||
| Ford (R) | 27 | |
| Carter (D) | 71 | |
| McCarthy (I) | 2 | |
| 1980 | ||
| Reagan (R) | 39 | |
| Carter (D) | 45 | |
| Anderson (I) | 14 | |
| 1984 | ||
| Reagan (R) | 31 | |
| Mondale (D) | 67 | |
| 1988 | ||
| Bush (R) | 35 | |
| Dukakis (D) | 64 | |
| 1992 | ||
| Bush (R) | 11 | |
| Clinton (D) | 80 | |
| Perot (I) | 9 | |
| 1996 | ||
| Dole (R) | 16 | |
| Clinton (D) | 78 | |
| Perot (I) | 3 | |
| 2000 | ||
| Bush (R) | 19 | |
| Gore (D) | 79 | |
| Nader (G) | 1 |
>>Won't they vote mostly by area?
I read somewhere that Orthodox Jews (e.g., real Jews) will vote predominately for Bush; secular Jews (e.g., phony Jews) will vote predominately for Kerry.
WooHoo!
I think 40% of the Jewish vote always goes to the most electable socialist candidate.
1920 Harding (R) 43 Cox (D) 19 Debs (Socialist) 38
Well it was mostly Christians that elected Carter. Whatever.
Thanks for your post. I was going to pull this data down, and now I don't have to. Looks like many were unhappy that I crapped in their sandbox. Thruth is, I would love nothing more than to see more Jews (and Catholics too, for that matter) switch to conservative politics. IMO, many don't understand how far the Democrat party has drifted from their core religious values. Oh well. Time will tell.
"terror attacks against Israelis are part of the same evil as the September 11 attacks against America," it continues. "We recognize Israel's right to defend itself in the face of homicide bombings and other attacks against the people of Israel."
____The attacks against Israel are
part of the same evil...terror....but the Arab-Israeli conflict precedes the
current attacks by 55 years...and Al Qaeda is a new phenomenon.
Each require different treatment, which is why Bush seeks to broker a peace in the Middle East while he wages war on Al Qaeda.
Pn;y when the Palestinian terrorists reach beyond the Middle
East ("global reach") do we take direct action, as Ashcroft recently did in shutting down their US fund-raising front.
These are important distinctions...central to Bush's foreign policy.
So its another lie from the dims. All this time, they've been putting out theattitude and sometimes the actual words, that Israelies and Jews vote republican.
Looks like 38 per cent in 1920, compared with 43 for the Republican. I think Debs was in prison at the time. Wilson had won in 1912 due to the Republican vote being split (Taft and TR), and Debs was perceived as having pulled votes away from Wilson. Soooo, Wilson had him imprisoned under the Sedition Act (if memory serves). Here's a nice photo gallery of Debs, including a 1920 campaign postcard:
http://www.eugenevdebs.com/pages/photo.html
http://www.eugenevdebs.com/media/EVDebs_president.jpg
Bush is a good politician, but I think that on this issue, as on many others, he doesn't care how many votes he gets. He cares about what is right. That's the biggest difference between W and Kerry. W has core values that he will not compromise. All of Kerry's values are subject to nuance and interpretation, depending on which way the wind is blowing.
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