[jaime1959]

> It would be easy enough to blow off these overpaid, anti-semitic fools in their ivory towers, except for the fact that they're indoctrinating our children. <

And for the fact that there's a large kernel of truth in what they say.

Leaving aside the argument of whether or not our wholesale support of Israel is or is not in our best interest, is there any doubt that American Jews have influence in American politics in great disproportion to their numbers? I'm not saying that's good or bad; it simply seems indisputable to me.

[patriot_wes]

"Leaving aside the argument of whether or not our wholesale support of Israel is or is not in our best interest, is there any doubt that American Jews have influence in American politics in great disproportion to their numbers? I'm not saying that's good or bad; it simply seems indisputable to me."

The same could be said for the NEA, the Trial Lawyers Assoc. etc.

[bvw]

A large "kernel".

That's true in English and Hebrew too. They spurt off every slander against Israel that they dig up and dress it up as a scholarly white paper. It's a sack of "kernels"!

[adam_az]

"Leaving aside the argument of whether or not our wholesale support of Israel is or is not in our best interest, is there any doubt that American Jews have influence in American politics in great disproportion to their numbers? I'm not saying that's good or bad; it simply seems indisputable to me."

Yup, better start banning us from certain careers and having anti-Jew quotas. Can's let us get uppity, now, can ya!

[rmlew]

Jews certainly have disporportionately large influences. However, we are hardly unified.
Do you have any idea of how many anti-Israel leftists are Jewish?

AIPAC has a different set of positions than the Zionist Organization of America. Many take "moderate" positions, generally supporting land-for-suicide.