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To: SJackson
Only about 10% consistently vote Republican in presidential elections. As many as 36% of Jewish-Americans have, on occasion, voted Republican -- usually when Israel was the prevailing issue.

Boy, that's the kind of statistic that could make you awfully cynical.

I am, of course, mindful of the social concerns of many American Jews, which are at odds with the positions of the Republican Party on issues such as abortion

Or, to paraphrase the inimitable Ben Stein, you could say that 10% of the Hebrew population paid attention when they were told Thou shalt not kill, and the other 90% went back to worshipping the Golden Calf.

The truth of the matter is a lot worse than that, however. There are two dirty little secrets of American politics that no one likes to talk about. The first is the horrible animosity that blacks exhibit towards whites. The second is the pure, unadulterated hatred that Jews experience when confronted with Jesus Christ. So long as the Republican party is associated with Christianity, this dream of a Jewish swing to Republicanism is just a fantasy.

49 posted on 06/10/2002 1:39:06 PM PDT by SlickWillard
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To: SlickWillard
....The second is the pure, unadulterated hatred that Jews experience when confronted with Jesus Christ. So long as the Republican party is associated with Christianity, this dream of a Jewish swing to Republicanism is just a fantasy.

Funny, I don't see that at all. Guess you won't be looking for Jewish votes for Republicans. Oh, well. Lots of more sensible Republicans out there than you.

50 posted on 06/10/2002 1:54:57 PM PDT by SJackson
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To: SlickWillard
The second is the pure, unadulterated hatred that Jews experience when confronted with Jesus Christ

Wow, thats quite a broad paintbrush you use. So how do you explain all those Minnesota Swedes that would never vote Republican, either? Same problem ?

53 posted on 06/10/2002 2:54:36 PM PDT by Nonstatist
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