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'The Great Schlep' may seal the Presidency deal for Barack Obama (to Florida to Convince Family)
The Times ^ | October 11, 2008 | Tom Baldwin

Posted on 10/12/2008 10:16:56 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Children and grandchildren are making trips to their Jewish families in Florida to persuade them to vote for the Democrats

Jonathan Packman has spent the past few days enjoying poolside views of the Atlantic at his elderly Jewish grandparents' condominium, eating quantities of their Mandel Bread – while trying to ensure that “pop pop” and “mom mom” vote for Barack Obama.

“I think my grandmother is moving towards Obama,” he says. “My grandfather is still undecided. He is old-fashioned and is having a hard time getting his mind wrapped around voting for a black man.”

Mr Packman has travelled from the ultra-liberal city of Berkeley, California, hoping that he can use his influence as a grandson to flip Florida – and the White House – back into Democratic hands.

It is called “The Great Schlep”, an effort organised by the pro-Obama Jewish Council for Education and Research, which should lead to hundreds of grandchildren descending on the Fort Lauderdale area for the Columbus Day weekend to combine an annual family visit with some ruthless political activism.

The reason is that elderly Floridean Jews, most of whom have migrated south for some retirement sunshine, are potentially the key swing voters in this crucial swing state.

They make up about 5 per cent of the state population but in Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach County – where the shenanigans over hanging chads and uncounted ballots eight years ago gave the world President Bush – they number as many as one in four voters.

Although the latest polls in Florida suggest that Mr Obama is narrowly ahead, he has a problem with this usually reliably Democratic demographic. One survey suggests that he is supported by 57 per cent of Jews – compared with the 77 per cent for John Kerry four years ago.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: antichrist; jewish; obama
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To: trumandogz
Obama will end up with 65% of the Jewish vote.

No more than 60% max.

...Hillary would have received 85-90% of the Jewish vote.

Of course this is only hypothetical, but my guess would be more like 70%. Her Royal Thighness has her own baggage with Jewish voters: antisemitic remarks on more than one occasion in the past, plus kissing Mrs. Arafat after the the latter's Israel-bashing speech.

61 posted on 10/13/2008 12:50:27 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: nutmeg

So cute...and sooo naive.


62 posted on 10/13/2008 12:51:26 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Poisoning the customers is bad for business." --Quark, *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine*)
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To: Alouette
The shlepers will have their minds changed by the shlepees. These old Jews are a tough lot. They are not going to be swayed by their mashugena grand children.
63 posted on 10/13/2008 12:54:54 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell
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I hate to break it to the author, but if Obama's elected, it won't be because of the Jewish vote. Even in Florida, where the Jewish population approaches 4%.

64 posted on 10/13/2008 1:01:15 PM PDT by SJackson (as a black man, you know, Barack can get shot going to the gas station, Michelle O)
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To: nickcarraway

Get real.


65 posted on 10/13/2008 1:17:53 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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To: justiceseeker93

Thank you, justiceseeker93; the article itself is worrisome.


66 posted on 10/13/2008 1:21:41 PM PDT by LucyT
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To: trumandogz
Children and grandchildren are making trips to their Jewish families in Florida to persuade them to vote for the Democrats

The good news is that these "children and grandchildren" think this is necessary. Apparently no one had to go convince the geezers to vote for Clinton/Gore/Kerry.

ML/NJ

67 posted on 10/13/2008 1:22:20 PM PDT by ml/nj
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To: justiceseeker93
Thought I was responding to you with my post but I guess I screwed up.

ML/NJ

68 posted on 10/13/2008 1:23:44 PM PDT by ml/nj
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To: antceecee

RE: “Sad to have to manipulate your elderly grandparents or parents to achieve an electoral victory. WHO the HECK does that kind of thing??? It’s SICK!”

Yes, it is terrible; but then, to these “schleppers” to FL, and in the words of their hero, Karl Marx, “The end justifies the means.”


69 posted on 10/13/2008 1:25:43 PM PDT by CaliforniaCon
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To: ml/nj
The good news is these "children and grandchildren" think this is necessary.

Great point. Plus, the MSM thinks it's necessary to make a big to-do about it.

70 posted on 10/13/2008 1:26:32 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: nickcarraway
Sarah Silverman - You're Gonna Die Soon
Maybe we need to send all of our aging Democratic Bubbies and Zadies in Florida this version of the hateful Sara Silverman. Pay attention to the last 8 seconds of Bubbie in a coffin. Pretty sick. We need to send this our for Obama.

71 posted on 10/13/2008 1:26:38 PM PDT by ncfool ("Obama been lying. "Get it? Sounds Like "Osama bin Laden"?)
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To: justiceseeker93

bttt


72 posted on 10/13/2008 1:27:27 PM PDT by 1035rep
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8tSpPzs69k


73 posted on 10/13/2008 1:27:54 PM PDT by ncfool ("Obama been lying. "Get it? Sounds Like "Osama bin Laden"?)
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To: ncfool

That was disgusting.


74 posted on 10/13/2008 1:34:30 PM PDT by Alouette (Vicious Babushka)
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To: Prophet in the wilderness

The Whole Foods character, Jonathan somebody from Berkeley, is the one in FL trying to convince elderly relatives to vote Obama.

What’s the deal with your posts?


75 posted on 10/13/2008 1:36:43 PM PDT by CaliforniaCon
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To: Prophet in the wilderness

as I read your comment about Cali being in play (counter the past several election cycles there), it occurred to me, IIRC, that the CA ballot this year has the gay marriage referendum on it. That may carry a large number of voters over to the GOP.

Gay marriage referendums have gone down in huge numbers in every state where they’ve been on the ballot and bolstered the GOP candidates. Still, I’m not counting on McCain/Palin carrying the Golden State.


76 posted on 10/13/2008 1:37:27 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: Crystal Cove

RE: “Why would he help in California? He’s just been in Florida trying to convince his grandparents to vote for Barack Obama, at the urging of Sarah Silverman, no less. Besides, I thought everyone here thought people who eat natural/organic foods are tree hugging hippies.”

The Jonathan character from Berkeley/Whole Foods is NOT for McCain. Something bad is wrong with those two posters thoughts — “rom” and the other guy.

I won’t shop at Whole Foods - would rather eat dirt — bunch of disgusting far lefties at the helm in clientele — avoid them like the plague.


77 posted on 10/13/2008 1:42:30 PM PDT by CaliforniaCon
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To: justiceseeker93; AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ..

Thanks justiceseeker93.


78 posted on 10/13/2008 1:56:54 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______Profile finally updated Saturday, October 11, 2008 !!!)
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To: ncfool

If that idiotic video indicates the degree of respect she shows to the elderly, why should the elderly Jews in FL take her advice to vote for “Osama” Obama? Wow, she is even more of nutjob than I had previously thought. Yet the sicko MSM thinks she’s politically astute.


79 posted on 10/13/2008 2:10:52 PM PDT by justiceseeker93
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To: justiceseeker93

She will die alone and neglected, if she doesn’t OD first.


80 posted on 10/13/2008 2:38:55 PM PDT by Alouette (Vicious Babushka)
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