I don't know what it is about you AK but you always nail things right on the head.
And yes, the Jews I know get very pissed when Christian evangelicals tell them how they should vote and how they should view the State of Israel.
From what I can tell, the Fudies scared American Jews away from the GOP.
Fudies=”Fundies”
“From what I can tell, the Fudies scared American Jews away from the GOP.”
They have a very close partnership in this area (Texas) and this “Fundie” group broadcasts around the world on satelite.
http://www.godslearningchannel.com/
Rabbi Chaim Richman from the Temple Institute comes to Midland every year for a visit and tapes programs for broadcast classes on the air.
They even have fundraisers for the Temple Institute.
No one "tells" anyone how to vote. That is a straw dog argument if I ever heard one.
In American politics, people (regardless of their faith) try to persuade others to vote based on logic and statistics and other factors.
No one is forcing anyone to do anything.
I explain to my Jewish friends all the time that a growing percentage of Democrats (especially the militant black liberation/ youth vote) are increasingly anti-faith and anti Israel, and that conservatives are the ones who truly support Jews and the Jewish tradition.
Does that mean I am forcing Jews to vote this way or that?
Certainly not.
Why must you use such disparaging remarks?
If it wasn’t for the “fundies,” the Republicans would never win anywhere.
Better to alienate tens of millions of conservatives to appease a few million Jewish liberals?
Jews have never been historically conservative in this country. In fact, they’ve been to the far-left of the political spectrum for the most part.
I do some media production work for a very lovely Jewish woman and her group even though they are very liberal. They have far more fear and disdain for “creeping fundamentalism” in the US than any current threat to the state of Israel.