[thoughtomator]

Good thing he managed to get Jewish grandparents in time for the New York and Florida primaries.

By the way... if his paternal grandmother was Jewish, then so was his father, by definition, at least at birth. If this is a genuine story, why is there no mention of his father being Jewish?

Call me cynical, but I smell a political ploy.

[Lady GOP]

Good thing he managed to get Jewish grandparents in time for the New York and Florida primaries.

Nah if anything hed be trying to downplay it. This may well cost him votes.

[Wild Irish Rogue]

" By the way... if his paternal grandmother was Jewish, then so was his father, by definition, at least at birth. If this is a genuine story, why is there no mention of his father being Jewish? "

I'm with you. How hard would it have been for Master John to say, " Father,if we're Irish,how come we don't celebrate St Patrick's Day and why does Grandmother speak Yiddish ? " Either Kerry is extremely thick or he tried to hide his background. This doesn't pass the smell test.