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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Silverman is just typical of the general decadence of society that the left constantly advances.
If the Jewish people vote for Obama then they are risking their own protection. We can’t protect such people from themselves. All we can do is pray G-d protects His people and helps us to keep the country from going completely under Marxist control or Sharia Law.
“When did they switch from R to D? Clinton? Bush? That’d be interesting to know.”
Try Roosevelt. Quite a few of them are old enough to remember FDR. Or maybe even Wilson.
Ok,,, I admit... I was mistaken... I did not know about this person... discount my post then... I apologize for my post... I was wrong about this person...
OK,, OK,,, I admit,, I was wrong.... I should have done more research of this Jonathan person before I made my post.
I know now... I was wrong... I posted before thinking.
Are you kidding? No white people in Florida are gonna vote for that half-negro ............... FRegards
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