Sorry, CG, but you may as well get used to it.
The same thing happens all the time (without fail, I might add) when the discussion concerns black people.
I don't know if people just can't help themselves sometimes.
I wonder if it's possible to have a thread about President Bush on Israel that doesn't include several posts about how most Jews will vote. How about wait and see?
No, I reckon it's not possible and I am just as sick of
hearing how Jews will vote as I am about the "Catholic"
vote.
Fabulous post, dear FRiend.
What percentage of Jewish voters would you expect to vote for GW? Fifty percent? Believe me, I would love to see solidarity between conservatives and Jews, but IMO we are talking about a MAJOR socioeconiomic divide, not to mention the difference of opinion regarding the preferable "socioeconomic system of choice" that three years of sensible US-Israel policy is not going to change overnight. IMO, if GW received 35% of the Jewish vote I would be astonished.
Why? It's a perfectly logical point to discuss in a thread like this. As for "wait and see," that's silly if you're suggesting that Bush will actually do well with the Jewish vote, despite the fact that there's zero evidence for such an expectation. The polls may be skewed but they're certainly not skewed that much. The Jewish vote will go to Kerry in a landslide. It makes no sense, but there it is.
I think it's comparable to the phenomenon of so many older people who vote Democrat just because they were raised to believe Democrats are "for the working man" and Republicans are "for the rich." You could ask a lot of older people their positions on a dozen elements and they'd be staunchly conservative, yet they'll still tell you they're voting Democrat. Same thing here.
Maybe it'll change at some point.
MM
Sorry, CG, but you may as well get used to it.
The same thing happens all the time (without fail, I might add) when the discussion concerns black people.
I don't know if people just can't help themselves sometimes.
