Posted on 11/01/2004 5:27:37 PM PST by wagglebee
On November 3, when President George W. Bush awakens to read the final election results, I believe he may say to himself: "Thanks to the Jewish community, I won. They will never have cause to regret their confidence in me."
In other words, for all the president has done to combat international terrorism, I believe he deserves the support of Jewish voters.
As a volunteer for the Bush campaign, I have been addressing Jewish audiences in the political battleground states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida and Michigan. Jews comprise about 2 percent of the U.S. voting population. However, in His wisdom, God placed disproportionately large numbers of us in the battleground states where this year's presidential election will be won or lost.
My first stop was Boca Raton, Florida, where I spoke to 150 senior citizens. It was immediately clear that the vast majority of Jewish seniors have a historic tie with the Democratic Party and president Franklin D. Roosevelt, as well as with traditionally liberal issues. They want to maintain their support of abortion, inexpensive prescription drugs, etc., by continuing to cast an existential vote for FDR.
Simply talking about voting for the president for supporting Israel and for repeatedly vetoing unfair U.N. Security Council resolutions would not be enough for such audiences. So I tell them that I have never voted for a Republican candidate for president, but I am doing so in this election. I explain that my decision, made two years ago, was strengthened when I heard Lee Hamilton, vice chairman of the 9/11 Commission, commenting on its final report, say, "They want to kill us."
Hamilton's reference was to the Islamic fanatics who dream of re-establishing the Caliphate with a single Islamic ruler exercising authority over all Muslim states. That would include states like Spain, ruled by Muslim Moors before 1492, and stretching from Cordova across north Africa to the Near East and on to Indonesia. They would allow Christians and Jews to exercise their religion so long as they recognized the supremacy of Islam. They would kill polytheists such as the Hindus if they did not convert to Islam.
I tell my mostly Jewish audiences, "We are in a war of civilizations." I also talk about the Bush Doctrine: "We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them." I tell them that the Democratic Party and its candidate, Kerry, are the ideological heirs of George McGovern and his far-left agenda.
FOR MANY Kerry supporters, Israel is anathema. Kerry, in his "global test" of acceptability for American actions seeks to solicit the favor of the rest of the world, including the European Union and developing nations, before taking action on the world's stage. Kerry is capable of abandoning Israel; Bush is not. Bush is the most supportive president of Israel, followed by Ronald Reagan and then by Bill Clinton.
I point to the first speech on foreign affairs that Kerry delivered after he won the Democratic nomination. In that statement before the Council on Foreign Relations, he announced that he would appoint James Baker and Jimmy Carter as his envoys to the Middle East negotiations. Both of these men over the years have demonstrated their hostility to Israel.
When Kerry was criticized by supporters of Israel for his suggestion of Baker and Carter as his envoys, he said that their names had been inserted in the speech by his staff without his knowledge. How gullible does he think we are?
Kerry says that he will attract to our side the nations of the world that were with us in 1991 to fight the war in Iraq. Does he really believe that he can induce them to join in this effort? What would he say to persuade them? Perhaps he will repeat his current refrain, "the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time," adding, "but join me." Yet he might be successful if he threw Israel to the wolves, namely those who want to render it defenseless before the Muslim world in exchange for oil and other benefits.
When American civilian Eugene Armstrong was beheaded by four Islamic fanatics, one summed up the jihadis' true feelings and the nature of the war when referring to President Bush, stating, "Oh you Christian dog, Bush, stop your arrogance."
John Kerry voted for Gulf War II but now regrets that decision since he has become the candidate of the radical left-wing of the Democratic Party. He still cannot explain why in 1991 with 44 other Democratic senators he voted against the war in Iraq when it met all of his "global" conditions, in that after Iraq had invaded and occupied Kuwait and threatened to invade Saudi Arabia, the Security Council passed a resolution authorizing war, and a grand coalition of nations joined the U.S. to actually wage that war.
While I don't agree with George W. Bush on domestic issues, I am voting for him because of his determination to root out international terrorism. For me, that trumps all other issues.
In our system of government, 41 Democratic U.S. senators have the power to block, through the threat of filibuster, any legislation, Cabinet appointment or nominee to the Supreme Court to which they object.
My advice to all is to vote for Bush for president in order to safeguard the U.S. and its allies from Islamic terrorists. Then vote for Democrats in the Congress to protect and promote the liberal domestic policy agenda that they, and I, support.
The left is as anti-Semitic as the jihadists. IMHO
Good article and I appreciate the effort but read the last two lines. I'm not sure the congressional candidates would be real thrilled to be thrown under the bus in order to make sure of a Bush win, when Bush could win without them losing also.
Well said!
If Osama bin Kerry wins, it will be HaShem's punishment for GWB's spearheading the effort for a 'palestinian' state.
President Bush is going to get between 25% to 35 % of the Jewish vote, approaching the support that Ronald Reagan received.
The ghosts of past discriminations and the horrors of the Holocaust are difficult to erase. And historically there have ben few places Jews could depend on for protection. Many of my fellow teachers in NYC are held by a fear of a Christian America even though the intellectually know the fear is groundless.Heck, they feel uncomfortable if I arrive at school Ash Wednesday wearing ashes on my forehead. Never having been Jewish I cannot fully understand their felings, but they do exist and I think will result in 75-85% of the Jewish vote going to Kerry. His party represents a secular view and that is comforting.
Here's their chance to step up.
President Bush will significantly raise his margins among JewishAmerican and AfricanAmerican voters, quite an accomplishment given the unpatrioctic vicious partisanship of the Democrat Party.
Nope, I think from 1 in 4 up to 1 in 3 going for President Bush.
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I am VERY STRONG supporter of Israel, but if the American Jews cannot figure out that their national interest is infinitely more important than their left wing liberal causes such as abortion, gays, etc, maybe they deserve what they get.
If American Jews don't want to support Israel (and that is what they are saying with a vote for Kerry), then no more American lives should be sacrificed for this cause, and no more American tax dollars should be spent for this either.
Former Mayor Koch surely. Yeah, thats the one- name of George Walker Bush.
even though Koch says elect Bush pres..and dem senators... you have to understand that this audience traditionally votes ALL democratic.. so he really isnt hurting repub senators... but he is DEFINETLY helping Bush.
Thank god for Ed Koch
I've just never understood the political side of Jews. for the most part Jews are above average intelligence. They are more entrepenurial than average and against taxes more than average. Why would smart, independent people who are not welfare entitlement people be so dog tied to democratic principals? It just makes no sense. someone explain it to me.. please!
(a) It's a good first step.
(b) We all agree that the war on terror is the most important issue facing the US, and the world, today. I really don't care if someone disagrees with President Bush on all other issues, as long as he votes for President Bush's reelection as President.
President Bush has many Jewish American supporters. He is increasing his support among Jewish and African Americans from the 2000 election because of his actions. It could be the margin in this election.
Another vote for Secretary of State Baker, *uck the Jews, they don't vote for us anyway
Wonder why?
BTW, when it comes to support for Israel, or support for the Islamists, do American interests enter the equation at all, or only who Jews vote for?
Here all the time I thought we were Americans, goes to show how much I know. Some people place other concerns over Americanism. No wonder we have so many America haters.
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