Posted on 09/03/2004 7:53:23 AM PDT by SJackson
Uh, no. Is this a trick question?
You are correct. Only a marginal number will ever vote republican.
Now there's an overstatement if I ever heard one.
In 1992, Clinton got 80% of the Jewish vote; in 1996 he got 78%. Gore, in 2000, got 79%.
Bush will be extremely lucky if he gets 20%.
I don't think people are paying attention to how serious the President and his staff are about upholding the first amendment. He's right to encourage evangelicals to vote for him, and they should. But I see nothing but positive indications about his commitment to religious freedom. I hope undecided Jewish people will take a second look. Remember, GW is not PJB.
Ping!
In a word, "no". New York Jews would vote for the Adolph Hitler/Adolph Eichman ticket if they ran as democrats. They are some of the most self destructive people in the country. Gun control has been shown to lead to genocide, but did they learn from the Holocaust? Nope; they vote overwhelmingly for Schemer and Hitlery. Of course the majority of New Yorker voters are nuts anyway and probably should petition to become a province of France.
I tend to disagree. I suspect that the Jewish vote will go majority GOP this time around.
In a word, no.
I have been so disgusted with Jewish support for Democrats by my Jewish friends, acquaintances and family members that I am trying to find my foreskin so I can have it reattached.
In fairness, this belongs in the same category as the statement that the majority of blacks are conservative. While I hope both are true, it makes more sense to wait until after it happens, then to comment on why. The record has been so utterly consistent for so long that predictions to the contrary should be looked at out of the corner of every person's eye.
To combat the seeming hysteria from some of the comments on this thread:
I am a New York jewish lifelong Democrat who HAS seen the light and am now going to enthusiastically vote for George W Bush. I embrace his strength in this time of war and I respect his domestic vision.
I am sickened and disgusted by what the Democratic party has morphed into - the party of FDR and Truman in foreign affairs has become the party of Michael Moore, Howard Dean and Hollyweird.
Moreover, I have managed to convince a number of my "liberal" Jewish friends to make the switch too. True, it is not a tidal wave just yet... old liberal Democratic habits die hard. Especially in New York.
But the tide IS turning in favor of Republicans among Jewish voters. And even a small 5% shift in states like Florida or Pennsylvania could make a HUGE electoral difference.
So dont go saying how the Jewish vote will never change and crapola like that. We are much more like Zell Miller... our former party has left us, and we are POd and we have found a new party to embrace. And you will see that trend do nothing but grow in the months and years ahead.
Well good for you personally and the few like minded who think that way too, but the majority just go "baaa" and vote democrat like they always have. Schumer and Clinton won by an overwhelming majority in NYC and environs as I remember.
In my opinion... To vote for John Kerry is to encourage the coming of Armageddon.
This topic frequently brings hysteria to the forefront. The idea of new Republican votes is disturbing to some folk, many of whom prefer the views of the National Jewish Democratic Council, linked above and discussed on several threads.
As a New Yorker, it would have been fair of you to point out that while Gore got 80% of the Jewish vote in your state, Hillary got only 53%-55%, actually below here statewide totals. There's room there for 30%.
As I noted in a previous response on this thread, I want you to be right. Yet, if the party "left" you, it did so around thirty years ago. So I will wait until Exodus II before marveling at the beauty of the train.
I work along side two Jewish liberals. They are every bit as literate as they are deluded. After discussing issues with them for the last couple of months, I will welcome a few percent but don't expect much of a ground swell.
Anyway, welcome to the Enlightenment.
From my viewpoint, Bush is a typical big government statist Republican, and the English language doesn't have a word vile enough to describe Kerry.
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