Posted on 06/11/2014 2:30:40 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Give the GOPE time and they will make this anti-Semitic. I didn’t know Cantor was Jewish until this article, nor did I care. He was a big government Republican and he got his butt kicked, no bigotry here except on the left.
He was our best asset in relations with Israel, and was a role model for young Jewish conservatives. As Jewbacca said, maybe he had to go. But we’re also losing some serious political value that will be hard to replace.
LOL - it's not just you... it's funny weird - and real.
Hey, love the screen name! You are a funny guy.
As for Brat, a lot of people are hoping he is genuine and if he is that he will not be corrupted by DC.
We’ll see...
I think people are going to find out he is a libertarian-leaning seriously small government conservative. Most economists are.
Which is fine in the House, where they control the budget.
Not so keen on them in the executive branch.
It will be interesting to see what he does if he wins in the general election.
He seems to be quite clear now in his six principles.
Stupid freepers, what can I say. Will Debbie spin that to say conservatives just found out he was a Jew and dumped him, of course she will. Some morons will believe it.
Neither party will cut off aid to the PLO, sorry PA. Neither party will move the Embassy to Jerusalem. Neither party will defend the right of Jews to live in Judea and Sameria. IMO, the GOP is less tolerant of Jewhaters, and I think they’re more pro Israel, but when it comes to actions, it really is marginal. If GWB believed the campaign promise he made, and which the GOP put in the platform, the land being ours already, the project shovel ready, the American Embassy would have been in Jerusalem in 2002 or 2003. Losing issue politically.
This Jewish Republican is thrilled to see Eric Cantor gone.
What do you expect from Politico? They are known to be a pro-'Rat operation.
The fact is that Cantor lost not because of his Jewishness, as some wretched sicko Jewish 'Rats (e.g., Wasserman-Schultz and Schumer) may claim, but because of his smugness and what were perceived as his pro-amnesty ideas. He became more of a Washingtonian than a Virginia congressman representing a conservative district, and he paid the price.
BTW, a similar article appeared in the WaPo on the day following the primary last week, giving the religious breakdown of Congress by party with the aim of showing that the 'Rat have more diversity. So this piece is part of a "feeding frenzy."
Funny how it’s the liberals playing up the Jewish angle. Never about the content of someone’s character to them; only about ethnicity and/or religious profession.
http://www.rollcall.com/news/dave_brat_hires_communications_aide_in_virginia-233913-1.html?pos=opolh
‘Dave Brat, the economics professor who defeated House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a stunning upset last week, has hired a communications director.
Brian Gottstein will now handle all media inquires for Brat’s campaign in the 7th District, which is not expected to be competitive in November.
Gottstein served as communications director for Ken Cuccinelli when the Republican was attorney general of Virginia.
Gottstein also co-authored Cuccinelli’s book, “The Last Line Of Defense: The New Fight for American Liberty.” ‘
The media will do anything to attack Brat, however small or dishonest.
LOL!!!
You are painting with much too broad of a brush. Most Jewish Americans here on FR are certainly NOT "rabidly 'open borders' immigration radicals."
Never mind how open borders would work in Israel. (BTW, it would be a disaster, as you implied).
The big question is how "open borders" is working in the United States. If I may say so as a Jewish American FReeper, it is a disaster here as well, and the situation is rapidly getting worse. These open borders illegal immigrants tend to be much more anti-Semitic and anti-Israel than the current American population, yet contribute disproportionally to crime and poverty, thus running up already insane government budget deficits and debt at federal, state, and local levels. They also compete for jobs with American citizens and lower wages.
No, we cannot tolerate open borders much longer. We can admit a limited number of immigrants, but they should be vetted carefully on a case-by-case basis so that they are likely to have the skills to support themselves. Illegal aliens have violated are laws, and should be politely escorted back to their country of origin.
BTW, I don't know if Eric Cantor is an "open borders" type but his fuzziness on the immigration issue was NOT what voters in the district wanted to hear, and justifiably so.
Rand Paul's immigration speech...The Republican Party must embrace more legal immigration.[Posted on 03/19/2013 7:04:07 AM PDT by Perdogg]
Unfortunately, like many of the major debates in Washington, immigration has become a stalemate-where both sides are imprisoned by their own rhetoric or attachment to sacred cows that prevent the possibility of a balanced solution.
Immigration Reform will not occur until Conservative Republicans, like myself, become part of the solution. I am here today to begin that conversation.
Let's start that conversation by acknowledging we aren't going to deport 12 million illegal immigrants.
If you wish to work, if you wish to live and work in America, then we will find a place for you...
This is where prudence, compassion and thrift all point us toward the same goal: bringing these workers out of the shadows and into being taxpaying members of society.
Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers.12 million more people assimilating into society. 12 million more people being productive contributors.
Rand Paul calls on conservatives to embrace immigration reformLatinos, should be a natural constituency for the party, Paul argued, but "Republicans have pushed them away with harsh rhetoric over immigration." ...he would create a bipartisan panel to determine how many visas should be granted for workers already in the United States and those who might follow... [and the buried lead] "Imagine 12 million people who are already here coming out of the shadows to become new taxpayers...[Posted on 04/21/2013 1:52:42 PM PDT by SoConPubbie]
[but he's not in favor of amnesty, snicker, definition of is is]
I wonder what Cantor has to say about this?
“You are painting with much too broad of a brush. Most Jewish Americans here on FR are certainly NOT “rabidly ‘open borders’ immigration radicals.”
And they are in the minority of Americans of the Jewish faith.
Look at the percentages that support the Demonrats, the numbers don’t lie. They vote for Demonrats in percentages only surpassed by blacks as a group!
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/US-Israel/jewvote.html
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