Posted on 08/27/2006 9:20:23 AM PDT by justiceseeker93
Can quibble with a few of Rosen's points, but certainly the main thrust of his piece is right on target.
Sometimes I fear that good works cannot get people out of automatic, unthinking habits. The younger Jews support the President, I think.
It is also quite possible that the long-term safety of Israel's enemies is not very secure, either.
Yes, exit polls in 2004 showed greater support for Bush among younger Jews than older ones.
...automatic, unthinking habits.
That's why I called it an addiction.
"Democrat antagonism to Bolton -- much like the boycott of many Democrats of the Iraqi Prime Minister's recent address to Congress -- is little more than a cynical attempt to embarrass President Bush politically at the expense of the Jewish community."
It may be a "cynical attempt" by the democrats, but the Iraqi PM unfortunately didn't break with the time old tradition of scapegoating Israel as the external enemy to feed the disease which unites the poisoned masses in the Muslim world. Supporting this behavior is antithetical to the Bush WOT and the Sharansky roadmap to freedom.
As documented by several actions taken in his admistration hostile to European Jews who were in deep trouble due to Nazism in that era.
I was born in Michigan and came to Israel at age 14. I have had many talks with US Jews in the last years about Pres. Bush. - Many of them have the same mental problems alot of Israelis have with Netanyahu... what can I say?
The only good thing I CAN say is that more and more realize that Bush is better and voting for him and the republican party.
LOL The party of Jesse Jackson ... good one!
The writer needs to realize that Jews are individuals who do not necessarily think alike. Just because a person is Jewish doesn't mean that that person is programmed to support Israel.
There are some Jews who never supported the creation of Israel (including some religious ones who regularly demonstrate against Israel in front of the United Nations). There are other Jews to whom Israel is a matter of indifference. And there are others to whom their liberalism is more important than Israel, in their ranking of priorities.
Has he forgotten the fact that Hezbollah has killed hundreds of Americans in terrorist attacks?
From 11% GOP voters in 1992 to 25-30% in 2004 is pretty fast, historically speaking. The fact that it's not faster can be attributed to: 1) Voting habits/traditions can be very difficult to break. (Many Southern conservatives still vote Democrat, for example); 2) Liberal-Democrat Jews have plenty of political concerns other than Israel.
Excellent point. And the Americans they killed included Marines in Lebanon during the 1980s.
Yep, we have plenty of unfinished business with that particular terrorist outfit.
As do conservative-Republican Jews (of which I am one), of course. For me 2nd Amendment issues, lowering taxes, limiting gov't spending, border control, and a host of other issues take precedence over issues regarding Israel (even though I'm staunchly pro-Israel).
But getting an abortion is not a "Jewish" concern. Nor are the vast majority of other issues on their agenda.
Same thing can be said for the blacks who vote democrat
Same thing can be said for the white liberals who vote democrat
Same thing can be said for ANY of the dumbasses who vote for the democrats
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