Posted on 06/03/2009 1:43:42 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator
They do. As a matter of fact, the second American Jewish liberals learn that Israel is in the Bible with the Ten Commandments and the Six Days of Creation, they'll probably launch a campaign to do away with it.
“If the Jews don’t support Israel, why should we?”
1. Ex-pats in Israel (or Israeli/American Jews such as myself) are overwhelmingly Republican.
2. Why should the Jews of Israel be punished because purported Jews in the USA don’t care about them? That would be like punishing Germany because most Lutherans voted for Obama. Makes not sense, in other words.
Or, perhaps you are a bigot who lumps all Jewish people together.
“Jews fear Jesus Christ more than a terrorist. That is why they cannot vote for the GOP because the Christian Coalition is part of its membership.”
Utter, unadulterated, nonsense.
Even though I am a backsliden Southern Baptist, I don't take a religious point-of-view in my support of Israel. They are a small democracy in a hostile part of the world and they deserve our support for many reasons, and the religious connections only give us more reasons to support her.
Baloney.
And I'm a Theonomic positivist, which means that I regard G-d as the only real reason to support Israel, to oppose homosexuality, to not commit murder, or to get up in the morning.
Expand, baloney.
Which means when the Rahmulan davens and bentches, he is lying.
Also whenever his lips are moving! ;)
One thing's for sure--he's no right wing Israeli nationalist, however much the media sold him as such.
This is a well-written satire by Jonathan Braun, although I would somewhat disagree with the statement that “Obama’s support in the Jewish community seems rock solid” at this point. From anecdotal reports, there appears to be a significant amount of “buyer’s remorse,” but I haven’t seen any recent credible polling data on this.
Thanks for your input on this, js. You always seem to know what’s really going on.
Jackie Mason likes to make the observation that when you’re in the neighborhoods of NYC, the Italian guys that hang out with each other always look and act tough, they always intimidate everyone else - especially the generally meek and small Jews.
However, the history of this last century shows that this changes 180 degrees when you put a uniform on both sets of people.
Lets not also forget that a lot of the early mobsters were Jews.
1. The baloney is the supposition that “Jews are afraid of Christians.”
First assuming, this is a theological point, I concede that a JINO (who is religiously defined as “not Christian”) may be threatened by Christian proselytizing attempts, in that said JINO has no religion of his own, and yet (if he or she is actually Jewish under the Law), he very soul (by its Jewish nature) cries out for the Divine — making him or her a complete sucker for whatever false religion comes along. This causes much mental stress.
A religious Jew of any seriousness (a “real” Jew, IMHO), in contrast, is not threatened, and, indeed, understands and is flattered by the effort. Mind you, it does not make it less annoying.
2. If the “fear” referred to is a physical fear of some kind of WWII redux, well, I think most Jews have reached the point that we will go down swinging, or at least the Jews of my acquantance will.
3. I do agree that most JINOs will stand with Barry. My experience with American Jews was when they came on visit to Israel (generally drunk high school girls from New Jersey who were an easy lay). Some are serious about Israel, but most view it as an interesting construct.
I won't bother, there was a time I invited authors of articles I posted to comment here, but I don't any more. Though he's welcome to back up his assertations.
So, this is a political forum, think "conservatives" are winning any votes here? Or do you think we're simply reinforcing the stereotype that the right considers a bunch of disloyal dumass'.
I say disloyal because the underlying theme is that Jewish liberals, despite feeling that their policies are best for America, as do Christian liberals, should somehow vote for the GOP on the theory that opinions of what's best for America aside, they will vote for what's best for Israel.
They're afraid of Christians.
Myself, I shake when speaking to a Christian.
But BHO is a Christian, what am I to think.
Do you know Jews that are afraid of Christians? Does it ever enter the conversation?
IMO, complete stupidity, and a barrier getting Jews to identify with the right. The right, who tells them they're disloyal, and terrified of Christians. Per the thread.
Younger Jews do trend more Republican than the older generation. Bush won a third of Jews under 40 in 2004 according to an American Jewish Committee poll done before the election:
http://www.shalomctr.org/node/689
snip The Democratic stand-bearer did better among older age groups. Bush gained fully a third of the support of Jews under 40, while Kerry polled 59%; Jews ages 40 to 59 showed 25% support for Bush and 64% for Kerry; those 60 and older went 19% for Bush and 74% for Kerry. A separate poll of Russian Jews in New York showed majority support for Bush, Harris said. snip
What makes you think it's satire?
Well, your quarrel here is not with a FReeper but with the author of the article. He can be contacted at the source site.
The problem with most liberal “US Jews” is that they would sell Israel out in a NY minute just to mainstream their secular souls.
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