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To: IbJensen
This falling away would explain why Jews vote for leftists and ignore what is happening in Israel.

Wrong, the 100% Democrat vote comes from the little old retired Jew's, in Florida.

2 posted on 08/09/2009 6:05:13 AM PDT by org.whodat (Vote: Chuck De Vore in 2012.)
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To: org.whodat

Historically, Jews have voted Democrat since FDR.


3 posted on 08/09/2009 6:09:01 AM PDT by Abby4116
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To: org.whodat

I can assure you that pretty much all Jews here in LA are 100% liberal.

Then they go home to a fairly conservative lifestyle.

The LORD did say that His people are stiff necked :)


6 posted on 08/09/2009 6:59:19 AM PDT by rom (Israel got Saul before they got David. Where's our David?)
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To: org.whodat

As an Israeli, I note that, until recently, even US liberals were pro-defense, which, includes (at the most cynical level), the use of Israel as a military beach head in the middle east, which stabilized the middle east.

In short, miltary aid to Israel was cheaper (and better) than mulitiple carrier fleets in the region.

Even apparent anti-semites like Kennedy realized this.

From the right, in contrast, there was the John Birch variety of Jew hatred (now Ron Paul) and the White Shoe Country Club Jew hatred of James Baker (not active hatred, but just didn’t want a bunch of uncouth hook noses on the links; as bad as Baptists and Catholics, you know) (this group has largely died of old age, except for the US Senate).

In short, only recently has the mainstream Republican Party been more friendly to Israel than the Democrat party, so for an idealistic (meaning, “unrealistic and sucker”) urban Jewish voter, the Democrat party was a natural home.

That is no longer the case.

Unfortunately, by now, most US Jews are secular and have little or no connection to Israel, so it’s too late to matter, from a voting perspective.


15 posted on 08/09/2009 10:07:02 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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