Posted on 10/12/2008 10:16:56 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Children and grandchildren are making trips to their Jewish families in Florida to persuade them to vote for the Democrats
Jonathan Packman has spent the past few days enjoying poolside views of the Atlantic at his elderly Jewish grandparents' condominium, eating quantities of their Mandel Bread – while trying to ensure that “pop pop” and “mom mom” vote for Barack Obama.
“I think my grandmother is moving towards Obama,” he says. “My grandfather is still undecided. He is old-fashioned and is having a hard time getting his mind wrapped around voting for a black man.”
Mr Packman has travelled from the ultra-liberal city of Berkeley, California, hoping that he can use his influence as a grandson to flip Florida – and the White House – back into Democratic hands.
It is called “The Great Schlep”, an effort organised by the pro-Obama Jewish Council for Education and Research, which should lead to hundreds of grandchildren descending on the Fort Lauderdale area for the Columbus Day weekend to combine an annual family visit with some ruthless political activism.
The reason is that elderly Floridean Jews, most of whom have migrated south for some retirement sunshine, are potentially the key swing voters in this crucial swing state.
They make up about 5 per cent of the state population but in Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach County – where the shenanigans over hanging chads and uncounted ballots eight years ago gave the world President Bush – they number as many as one in four voters.
Although the latest polls in Florida suggest that Mr Obama is narrowly ahead, he has a problem with this usually reliably Democratic demographic. One survey suggests that he is supported by 57 per cent of Jews – compared with the 77 per cent for John Kerry four years ago.
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No more than 60% max.
...Hillary would have received 85-90% of the Jewish vote.
Of course this is only hypothetical, but my guess would be more like 70%. Her Royal Thighness has her own baggage with Jewish voters: antisemitic remarks on more than one occasion in the past, plus kissing Mrs. Arafat after the the latter's Israel-bashing speech.
So cute...and sooo naive.
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I hate to break it to the author, but if Obama's elected, it won't be because of the Jewish vote. Even in Florida, where the Jewish population approaches 4%.
Get real.
Thank you, justiceseeker93; the article itself is worrisome.
The good news is that these "children and grandchildren" think this is necessary. Apparently no one had to go convince the geezers to vote for Clinton/Gore/Kerry.
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RE: “Sad to have to manipulate your elderly grandparents or parents to achieve an electoral victory. WHO the HECK does that kind of thing??? It’s SICK!”
Yes, it is terrible; but then, to these “schleppers” to FL, and in the words of their hero, Karl Marx, “The end justifies the means.”
Great point. Plus, the MSM thinks it's necessary to make a big to-do about it.
bttt
That was disgusting.
The Whole Foods character, Jonathan somebody from Berkeley, is the one in FL trying to convince elderly relatives to vote Obama.
What’s the deal with your posts?
as I read your comment about Cali being in play (counter the past several election cycles there), it occurred to me, IIRC, that the CA ballot this year has the gay marriage referendum on it. That may carry a large number of voters over to the GOP.
Gay marriage referendums have gone down in huge numbers in every state where they’ve been on the ballot and bolstered the GOP candidates. Still, I’m not counting on McCain/Palin carrying the Golden State.
RE: “Why would he help in California? He’s just been in Florida trying to convince his grandparents to vote for Barack Obama, at the urging of Sarah Silverman, no less. Besides, I thought everyone here thought people who eat natural/organic foods are tree hugging hippies.”
The Jonathan character from Berkeley/Whole Foods is NOT for McCain. Something bad is wrong with those two posters thoughts — “rom” and the other guy.
I won’t shop at Whole Foods - would rather eat dirt — bunch of disgusting far lefties at the helm in clientele — avoid them like the plague.
Thanks justiceseeker93.
If that idiotic video indicates the degree of respect she shows to the elderly, why should the elderly Jews in FL take her advice to vote for “Osama” Obama? Wow, she is even more of nutjob than I had previously thought. Yet the sicko MSM thinks she’s politically astute.
She will die alone and neglected, if she doesn’t OD first.
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