[LouD]

NEWS FLASH: These little rats are not 'new'. It's the same old vicious anti-Semitic sewage packaged in the same old 'class struggle' rhetoric of the various totalitarian psychoses of the 20th Century.

Point taken. What I'm interested in seeing is how the left's anti-semitic turn will impact mainstream Jews in this country, who generally leaned left.

This is a potential wedge issue for us, if played right. The Jewish equivalent of the anti-Castro Cuban Republicans could emerge from this.

[Bryan]

This issue is deeply dividing the Left. I've lurked on Democratic Underground and Smirking Chimp, and posted on other "non-partisan" sites. Two-thirds of the Left supports the Palestinian Authority, one-third supports Israel, and they're fighting like cats and dogs. The level of acrimony on some of their threads is quite entertaining.

Some of the old-timers over there are lamenting the large influx of new members, many of whom have Arabic screen names and draft posts that indicate English is not their native language. I predict that at least part of the pro-Israel Left will end up looking for a new home, and we should be prepared to welcome them with courtesy and respect. This is a great opporunity to break up the Left's cobbled-together coalition.

[headsonpikes]

"This is a potential wedge issue for us..."

If by 'us', you mean Republicans, I suppose that is true.

If by 'us', you mean 'freedomites', then I don't think we really have to worry; the tide of history, for the first time in two centuries, is running in our direction.

Those who are attached to 20th Century socialism, whether of the Russian, German, or American variety, are fated for the dustbin.

These hapless patsies on campus are an irrelevancy; they read each others pamphlets and imagine they are part of a movement. HaHaHa!

They may be what Lenin called 'idiots'; but I don't think they are particularly 'useful' to anyone.

[rmlew]

This is a potential wedge issue for us, if played right. The Jewish equivalent of the anti-Castro Cuban Republicans could emerge from this.

I'm not sure the wedge would be effective. There are only 6 million Jews in the US so we are not talking large numbers. Jews are concentrated in NY, CA, and FL so their is some electoral benefit. The real benefit would be to dry up monetary support for the Democrats. Jews disproportionately contribute and volunteer for capmaigns.
Unfortunately, leftism is ingrained in American Jewish life, to the point that many leaders of the Anti-Zionists are Jewish. Let me close this by noting that I am a right-wing Jew. (Although not observant, as I am not at services right now).

[LarryLied]

The Jewish equivalent of the anti-Castro Cuban Republicans could emerge from this.

I doubt it. Cubans who fled supported freedom. Israel is a socialist state and Jews have always voted far left in America. Tonight I watched Clinton on C-Span giving a speech to the National Jewish Democrat Council. Nothing has changed. From school choice to prayer in schools to abortion, there is a host of issues the majority of Jews will never accept.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

This is a potential wedge issue for us, if played right. The Jewish equivalent of the anti-Castro Cuban Republicans could emerge from this.

Totally agreed!