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Republicans back Bush's platform on Israel: READ MY LIPS, 'NO NEW SO-CALLED PALESTINIANS!'
Ha'aretz ^ | Last Update: 27/08/2004 05:51 | By Nathan Guttman, Haaretz Correspondent

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.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Israel
KEYWORDS: allyisrael; gwb2004; rncconvention; rncplatform
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To: rdb3

It gets tiresome, doesn't it?


61 posted on 08/27/2004 9:28:01 AM PDT by Cinnamon Girl
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To: spyone

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.


62 posted on 08/27/2004 9:45:48 AM PDT by GOP_1900AD (Stomping on "PC," destroying the Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Right makes right!)
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To: rdb3; Cinnamon Girl
:')
63 posted on 08/27/2004 9:53:44 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
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To: spyone; Mad_Tom_Rackham; onyx eyes
The Israel Swing Factor
by Jeffrey S. Helmreich
15 January 2001
[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.

Jewish Vote In Presidential Elections



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


Source: L. Sandy Maisel and Ira Forman, Eds. Jews in American Politics. (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2001), p. 153.
64 posted on 08/27/2004 9:56:17 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran

>>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.


65 posted on 08/27/2004 10:25:44 AM PDT by PhilipFreneau
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To: Cinnamon Girl

WooHoo!


66 posted on 08/27/2004 10:28:26 AM PDT by Netizen (Abortion is not a choice -- it's murder. The only 'choice' is which method of birth control to use.)
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To: Cinnamon Girl
The single most important overseas votes are our military and dual-citizenship Israelis.

I think Rove crafted this one to appeal to the Israeli vote in our '04 election.
67 posted on 08/27/2004 5:44:22 PM PDT by George W. Bush
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To: SunkenCiv
The key to the Jewish vote in the last century:
1920    
  Harding (R) 43
  Cox (D) 19
  Debs (Socialist) 38
I think 40% of the Jewish vote always goes to the most electable socialist candidate.
68 posted on 08/27/2004 5:48:59 PM PDT by George W. Bush
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To: George W. Bush

Well it was mostly Christians that elected Carter. Whatever.


69 posted on 08/27/2004 5:56:28 PM PDT by Cinnamon Girl
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To: SunkenCiv

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.


70 posted on 08/27/2004 7:05:28 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham
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To: EGPWS

"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.


71 posted on 08/27/2004 8:50:37 PM PDT by Bushbacker
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To: SunkenCiv

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.


72 posted on 08/27/2004 10:20:34 PM PDT by onyx eyes
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To: George W. Bush

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


73 posted on 08/27/2004 10:49:25 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
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To: ncfool

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.


74 posted on 08/29/2004 8:12:29 PM PDT by maro
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