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As bizarre as it seems to me, most Jews I know trust GOVERNMENT (as long as their guy is running it, but suggest the idea of Pat Buchanan being in charge and they freak-for example gun control, civil liberties, etc)

On the other hand, they DO NOT trust the religious right, fearing religious control of the government first and foremost.
As a result, Christian support of Israel is suspect in that an ulterior motive is suspected, although unspoken. In other words, WHY are the evil right-wing Christians wanting to help us?

I, on the other hand, distrust the power of government based on history 50 years ago ,or so, and believe that regardless of Christian "motives" for support of Israel, just because we dont see eye to eye on everything, we have similar goals with regard to the support and strength of Israel and its shrines.

the enemy of my enemy is my friend

some of my best friends are born again 8-)

Jews have no reason to trust "government". Sure, America has been the best country for the Jews in all time. God Bless America. But other countries in the past have not been so good, and some have been downright evil towards them. Overall, Jewish people IMHO should have a natural distrust of government, and a natural love of freedom.

I think the liberal bent of the Jews is pretty 'old school' thought. They older Jews tend to be liberal because of things in the past. The younger Jews, and the open minded Jews, I think are starting to realize that the Democrats aren't what their parents told them they were. And men like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton being Democrat big wigs doesn't help. In 15 years I predict that the Jewish vote will be more balanced between Democrats and Republicans. Jews voted 40% for Ike and 35% for Reagan's second term -- and elected 2 Republican Mayors to NYC (a minor miracle). And that new book "BIAS" about the bias in the media I think is written by a Jew. So all is not lost, in fact I think there is reason to believe things are getting better.

As for 'distrust' of the "religious right", I think that is also old school. And some of it may have to do with the fact that Jews and Christians have different ideas in mind when it comes to the fate of Israel, and some have vastly different ideas.