While I am not a Jew, I am married to a Jewish woman who votes Democrat. From what I know from having Jewish friends and family is that they vote Democrat because they see the GOP as being married to the Christian Right. But yes, many vote Democrat because they live in the City but across America Jews vote Democrat at higher rates than African Americans, Mexican Americans or Muslims.
I too have a significant Jewish experience. My conclusion about Jews is they are like any other people; there are some you would die for and some you want to spit at.
Other than that the pious Jew is to be respected as they carry values of justice, generosity and hospitality.
The secular Jew like Deutsche (although he misled by claiming to be practicing) is like the so-called Christian that goes to Church once or twice a year to be with ‘the herd’. They are mostly frauds.
As far as your wife’s family voting democrat because they fear the Christian right in the Republican party, tell ‘em I think Dobson is a moron and tell ‘em this also even though it is rude, they are morons too, and please tell ‘em I said so and I will take any of them on here in this forum.
Here’s why:
Jews don’t like to be around Christians or have it shoved in their face. That’s understandable. And that’s why they should vote for Fred Thompson, not because he isn’t Christian but because he is a federalist and federalism is what this country needs yesterday.
If Jewish morons continue to support the democrat party they will continue to become marginalized as a group because conservatives and swing voters are not going to allow Hillary Clinton to run this country. And if by fraud or whatever that person gets into the Oval Office, then you can bet the post-Hillary Clinton era is going to be deadly to anything democrat. People are going to remember her more than they ever remembered her philandering liar of a husband. She is meanness personified.
Ask your wife’s democrat family just why the Christian right is taken so seriously today? How did they get so much power? A large reason is Bill Clinton. If most Jews vote for his wife the Christian base, the republican base, the conservative base and Reagan democrats are going to bury democrats.
Tell them to read up on Fred Thompson, get the Federalist Papers and get reading, understand what federalism is, why we need to decentralize the federal government.
And tell ‘em to grow a pair and stop being so ‘sensitive’. For crissakes they live in America and have the right to tell obnoxious people calling themselves Christians to buzz off.