[Ancesthntr]

If I had tried to persuade my grandparents (of blessed memory) to vote for any Republican, I’d have been told (in a very nice way) to f- off. I know, because I DID try. I have to believe that it works the other way, and that Jewish grandparents today are as ornery as 20+ years ago.

[justiceseeker93]

You're probably right that it works the other way more often than not. Polling data has consistently showed that among Jews - in contrast to other groups - younger voters are more likely to support Republicans than more elderly ones. The elderly have generally been more addicted to the 'Rats, based in large part on their irrational love for Franklin D. Roosevelt.

The author of this article is udoubtedly giving this "Great Schlep" initiative much more attention than it deserves. The innuendo that elderly Jews who support McCain are racists, which is a major theme of the "Great Schlep" campaign, is just plain inane. These elderly Jews have very substantive reasons to reject the antisemitic, anti-Israel, pro-Islamist Obama!