In raw numbers, over 850% more Roman Catholics voted for Obama than Jewish people. They accounted for roughly 20% of the total vote for Obama. (Or maybe 10% and I just double counted — have to look.)
Anyway, way more than my piddly tribe.
I never see anyone bitch about them.
Are you kidding? Hang around the religion forum. Catholics have been called everything but patriotic Americans.
I'm Catholic, and I certainly have. I would also highlight the outrage when Notre Dame asked Obama to speak at their commencement last year.
And, I would point out that Obama hasn't adopted policies that could lead to the destruction of the Vatican - at least not yet. I'm not sure the same could be said about Tel Aviv.
And, while Obama hasn't been overtly hostile to Catholics (ignoring the issue of life, for the moment), he has certainly been at least combative with Israel, leaving some to describe the Israeli/Washington relationship as the worst it's ever been.
I think people, like me, are puzzled why the American Jewish community continues to be so supportive of Obama, when he doesn't seem to have any desire to reciprocate. Just saying.
In raw numbers, you are correct. I suspect is isn’t the raw numbers that people find unusual, because that would be expected given raw demographics, but instead, the percentage of Jewish voters.
I was raised as a Catholic, and while I hold no special animus against the church, I do find their socialist and liberal tendencies very disturbing.
Likewise, I can’t understand why the majority of Jewish voters would support someone like the POSOTUS (POS of the United States) who supports people dedicated to the eradication of their kind.
It is beyond me. But I will say, I don’t focus on them, but instead choose to focus on that 20% or so such as yourself who may help someday to swing the others. I have always been an optimist!