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Republicans more pro-Israel than Democrats
US NEWS ^ | 08/04/2006 | Michael Barone

Posted on 08/05/2006 8:54:04 AM PDT by SirLinksalot

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1 posted on 08/05/2006 8:54:06 AM PDT by SirLinksalot
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To: SirLinksalot

Democrates are in favor of cut and run for everyone.


2 posted on 08/05/2006 8:55:49 AM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: Drango

Democrates are in favor of cut and run for everyone.
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Of course. Get out the French-made white flags for these guys. They are only interested in power at home and the money to spend to buy it. National defense? World Islamofacism? The world fight for freedom?

Forget about it...with these socialist cowards.


3 posted on 08/05/2006 9:03:09 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: SirLinksalot

Article omits the observation that democrat support has fallen as socialism has declined in Israel. At one time, I believe, "May Day" was a national holiday in Israel. No criticism of Israel is intended. Go IDF!


4 posted on 08/05/2006 9:04:23 AM PDT by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: SirLinksalot
Israel did not give up land for peace, it gave up rocket launching areas for peace. What it got for that sacrifice was a new war.

That says a lot about the Islamofascists (as if more needed to be said), but it also says a lot about the naive Westerners who pushed for it.

5 posted on 08/05/2006 9:16:23 AM PDT by keithtoo (Israeli defense strategy "Cogito Ergo Boom!")
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To: SirLinksalot

Now there's a shocker, not! Perhaps Barone can tell us why, despite this amazing fact he's discovered, the RATs continue to "own" the voting block.


6 posted on 08/05/2006 9:20:53 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Tom Gallagher, the anti-Crist [FL 2006 Governor race])
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To: SirLinksalot

That's only because we are also more prone to be more pro-America than the democrats.They are pro-everyone else.


7 posted on 08/05/2006 9:22:13 AM PDT by puppypusher
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To: SirLinksalot
This result - that Republicans statistically are more likely to be pro-Israel than Democrats - is hardly surprising. There were several other polls in recent years yielding essentially the same results.

Not mentioned by the author is one salient fact. Blacks, who overwhelmingly identitify as and support Democrats, are almost four times more likely than whites to harbor antisemitic views, according to an Anti-Defamation League poll conducted several years ago. If Barone had broken down the responses in his poll by race, it is certain that this dramatic difference would be reflected in higher anti-Israel sentiment in the American black population. That difference, in turn, contributes significantly to the observed difference between members of the two parties seen here.

8 posted on 08/05/2006 9:24:46 AM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: SirLinksalot

Bump


9 posted on 08/05/2006 9:25:39 AM PDT by BunnySlippers
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To: justiceseeker93

Is that why Jesse and Sharpton eagerly campaigned against Lieberman?


10 posted on 08/05/2006 9:28:38 AM PDT by proudpapa (of three.)
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To: ncountylee
Article omits the observation that democrat support has fallen as socialism has declined in Israel.

Actually, Barone does make that point.

In the 1940s and 1950s, Democrats were much more supportive of Israel than Republicans were. Israel, after all, was a conspicuously socialist republic, whose creation initially was supported by the Soviet Union.

11 posted on 08/05/2006 9:31:05 AM PDT by M. Thatcher
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Republicans more pro-Israel than Democrats

Not surprising.

Democrats will back tyranny over freedom every time.

12 posted on 08/05/2006 9:31:38 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow, real poverty)
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"Republicans more pro-Israel than Democrats "

Well, DUH!


13 posted on 08/05/2006 9:31:38 AM PDT by Jameison
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To: NonValueAdded
Perhaps Barone can tell us why, despite this amazing fact he's discovered, the RATs continue to "own" the voting block.

I think he does:

support for Israel is highly correlated with having strong religious and moral beliefs, while opposition to or strong criticism of Israel is correlated with moral relativism. If you don't think one moral values system is necessarily better than any other, then you're not likely to care much about Israel.

14 posted on 08/05/2006 9:33:37 AM PDT by M. Thatcher
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I think it can be demonstrated that most DemocRATS are actually PRO-Hezbolla/Iran/Syria/alQaeda/et.al., and anti-America/Israel.

This is just the latest in a long line of proofs:

Click to access the hot links to items below here: http://www.rushlimbaugh.com

Head Hezbo Nasrallah Sounds Just Like the Democrats

Sidney Blumenthal Leaks, Tips Off Iran, Syria, Hezbos

Insane Charlie Rangel: We're Just As Bad as Castro


15 posted on 08/05/2006 9:41:08 AM PDT by Matchett-PI ( "History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid." -- Dwight Eisenhower)
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Good analysis by Barone.

What amazes me is how much largely Jewish Manhattan has gone so soft over the WOT (and Israel by extension) in such a short time since 9-11-01.

Do these folks not see the reality coming for them based strictly on what they are?


16 posted on 08/05/2006 9:41:20 AM PDT by wardaddy (I have undergone Harpie detox, it was very tough but well worth it)
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Do these folks not see

Sadly, no, they don't.

Agree, superb Barone analysis, as usual.

17 posted on 08/05/2006 9:43:52 AM PDT by M. Thatcher
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To: wardaddy

BUMP YOUR COMMENT.


18 posted on 08/05/2006 9:47:22 AM PDT by SirLinksalot
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And American Jews will continue to overwhelmingly vote for and finance the Jew-hating democrats like sheep being lead to the slaughter. McKinney. Moran. Dingel. Sharpton. etc, etc.

And has anyone besides me picked up a fierce anti-semitism in the anti-Lieberman campaign?


19 posted on 08/05/2006 9:50:49 AM PDT by FormerACLUmember (No program, no ideas, no clue: The democrats!)
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Today we see the forces of democracy struggling in Iraq against terrorists and insurgents who may be no more than young males bent on mayhem

A good many of them are Mercenaries paid for by Iraq and Saudi Princes.

we see the Arab nations at least temporarily more troubled by Hezbollah and Hamas than by Israel

Because they know that Hezbollah and Hamas have no great love for them either and after Israel is gone the terrorist attention will focus on them if not sooner.

20 posted on 08/05/2006 9:51:20 AM PDT by Pontiac (All are worthy of freedom, none are incapable.)
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