Posted on 09/24/2008 3:28:57 PM PDT by Cinnamon Girl
In an interview with CNN's Larry King airing tonight, Bill Clinton offered a slightly unusual reason for postponing his campaigning for Obama: The Jewish high holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, which he's not known to observe.
"When [the Clinton Global Initiative] is over, and after the Jewish holidays, which follow close on it, I intend to go to Florida, to Ohio, to northeast Pennsylvania, and to Nevada at a minimum," he said. "I may do events in Arkansas depending on what the Democratic Party does down there. And I've agreed to do some fundraising for them in California and New York."
"Are you kind of feeling Jewish that you're waiting until after the Jewish holidays?" King asked, according to a CNN transcript.
"No. But I think it would be -- if we're trying to win in Florida, it may be that," Clinton began, before discussing his real Florida target: "You know, they think that because of who I am and where my politic[al] base has traditionally been, they may want me to go sort of hustle up what Lawton Chiles used to call the 'cracker vote' there."
"But Senator Obama also has a big stake in doing well in the Jewish community in Florida, where Hillary did very well and where I did very well. And I just think respecting the holidays is a good thing to do," he said.
If Clinton is Jewish, then I’m Mongolian.
Regrettably, the GOP candidate for president is attending a CGI function tomorrow, as he mentioned in his "return to Washington" speech today.
It’s no secret the Clintons want 0bama to lose so Hillary will be in place in 2012.
bttt
Cracker vote ping!
lol
this gets me nervous. The Jewish vote may be pivotal in Florida, and they do love their Clintons.
Obama isn’t a Clinton.
There has been a tremendous targeting of the Jewish vote with a disinformation campaign on Palin.
Also, did you see this garbage?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089702/posts
They clearly know they are tanking with the Jewish vote. I don’t recall this much attention before in any election. Still, McCain needs to keep working on it and send Joe to do the retirement community rec rooms.
send Joe...
after the holidays. And Shana Tova to you.
Recorrection: He's the first black, Jewish, female, Indian, Catholic, Moslem, wetback President who can also steer the cracker vote to Obama.
stay out?
ha, Bubba’s ACTIVELY torpedoing the 0bamination.
Ahh, you are so right, sir. Thank you for the recorrection! :o)
“You know, they think that because of who I am and where my politic[al] base has traditionally been, they may want me to go sort of hustle up what Lawton Chiles used to call the ‘cracker vote’ there.”
Sounds like a niggardly adapted plan, IMO.
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