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U.S. Jews Revolt Against Obama
The San Francisco Sentinel ^ | August 16, 2010 | Steven Windmueller

Posted on 08/17/2010 4:27:07 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: HearMe

Because in the *Golden Age of Hollywood* they were not liberal.


61 posted on 08/17/2010 6:52:50 PM PDT by TaraP (He never offered our victories without fighting but he said help would always come in time)
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To: TaraP

Newsfash: Hollywood’s drift to the left came from university-trained executives, not the old-time moguls.

You might be interested in

http://www.forward.com/articles/9245/

Young Jewish Republicans Toss Off Their Family Ties
By Max Gross

...According to the survey, conducted by Steven M. Cohen for the Florence G. Heller/JCCA Research Center, 26% of respondents under the age of 35 identified themselves as Republican, compared to 11% of respondents over 65.

Similarly, a 2000 Jewish Exponent/Zogby exit poll of Jewish voters in Greater Philadelphia revealed that while almost 78% of Jews voted for Democrat Al Gore, 59% of Jews under the age of 30 voted for George W. Bush...


62 posted on 08/17/2010 6:52:56 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: TaraP

The milieu was different then.

Also the Jewish men who founded Hollywood were not artists but businessmen, some very patriotic immigrants.

If the boss is conservative, the artist in a studio system will try not to upset him.


63 posted on 08/17/2010 6:57:20 PM PDT by HearMe
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To: TaraP

Jews only live in Hollywood?


64 posted on 08/17/2010 6:59:27 PM PDT by Brytani (There Is No (D) in November! Go Allen!!! www.allenwestforcongress.com)
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To: LadyPilgrim

I’m laughing because if you ever said that in Boston, NYC or DC you’d be stoned. LOL


65 posted on 08/17/2010 7:02:44 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: chuckee

I wish Conservatives would saturate all of Hollywood, then we might see the people who look to celebrities in how to vote (WHY? I have no idea!) except we live in a Self Absorbed society where celebrity idol worship goes on, especially with the younger ones coming up.

THIS IS AN ENCOURAGING STORY
Catholic actor canned for refusing sex scenes to star in ‘Vigilante Priest’ series...

Hollywood, Calif., Aug 17, 2010 / 03:09 am (CNA).- The Catholic actor Neal McDonough, who lost a lead role for his refusal to do heated love scenes, will produce and star in a new series about a policeman turned priest.

McDonough, who has played roles on shows such as “Desperate Housewives,” “Boomtown” and “Band of Brothers,” lost his role on the new ABC series “Scoundrels” three days into filming. While ABC described the action as a “casting change,” news reports linked it to the actor’s refusal to do sex scenes


66 posted on 08/17/2010 7:03:24 PM PDT by TaraP (He never offered our victories without fighting but he said help would always come in time)
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To: jjotto

Thanks I will take a look!


67 posted on 08/17/2010 7:07:26 PM PDT by TaraP (He never offered our victories without fighting but he said help would always come in time)
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To: HearMe; papabrody
HearMe...The Democrats say thank you for your post.

They couldn’t have done a better job proving Republicans are religious bigots and idiots.

papabrody...It's okay. Don't worry your little head about us Jews. We just refuse to drink the Kool-Aid.

I think you both are all in a flutter because of the liberals around here. But I don't happen to be one of them.

In my area there are some conservative Jews but they are few and far between.

I was involved with a ministry to the Jews and at the many get togethers we had, it was evident what we were dealing with.
And we saw no change in their voting habits or attitudes in over 35 years.
They loved every liberal that was ever running. Of course we wanted to win them to Christ so we never argued politics with them.
But their hearts were very tuned to everything that was against what conservative was.
Going by what I have experienced, what I said, is still true.

So, HearMe, if you think Republicans are bigoted and idiots maybe you need to move yourself right on over to the dem sites.

And papabrody, I'm glad to know the scales dropped from your eyes. You are needed in the conservative ranks. :-)

68 posted on 08/17/2010 7:11:40 PM PDT by LadyPilgrim ((Lifted up was He to die; It is finished was His cry; Hallelujah what a Savior!!!!!! ))
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To: ladyjane

Yes! You’re probably right. But FR is also one of those places it seems. :-)


69 posted on 08/17/2010 7:17:59 PM PDT by LadyPilgrim ((Lifted up was He to die; It is finished was His cry; Hallelujah what a Savior!!!!!! ))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You mean the same jews who voted for the guy by a 2-1 margin?


70 posted on 08/17/2010 7:21:40 PM PDT by catfish1957 (Hey algore...You'll have to pry the steering wheel of my 317 HP V8 truck from my cold dead hands)
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To: LadyPilgrim

AIPAC is not a political action committee- it doesn’t fund candidates. It is the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and was created before there was any such thing as a PAC. Something is happening in the Jewish community. In June at the New England AIPAC dinner, Barney Frank was booed by the crowd of 1400. It was so loud, it came through the sound system into another room where my son was.

I am obsessed with the fact that Jews are more liberal than the rest of America. It kills me. Almost all the sign holders in my town for Scott Brown were Jewish as were all the delegates at the Republican State convention in MA.

I asked my rabbi why religiously conservative Jews were more likely to be politically conservative than religiously liberal Jews. He thought that it is because the conservatives take our founding documents more seriously, whether it’s the Torah or the constitution. Conservatives are less willing to alter founding ideals for our own short-term needs. Liberals want to throw it all out- Torah and constitution. I thought that was an interesting notion.


71 posted on 08/17/2010 7:25:59 PM PDT by tkas (Conservative mom)
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To: huldah1776

...it says “the god of this world”...

2 Cor. 4:3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing,

4. in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

5. For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants for Jesus’ sake.


72 posted on 08/17/2010 7:33:01 PM PDT by LadyPilgrim ((Lifted up was He to die; It is finished was His cry; Hallelujah what a Savior!!!!!! ))
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To: tkas

Thanks for that response.
Yes, it is a anomaly when you realize that liberals hate the Jewish state and her people. And do everything they can to minimalize it’s being.
Christians are the only group that accepts the state of Israel and her people with open arms.


73 posted on 08/17/2010 7:40:28 PM PDT by LadyPilgrim ((Lifted up was He to die; It is finished was His cry; Hallelujah what a Savior!!!!!! ))
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To: LadyPilgrim; papabrody
you need to move yourself right on over to the dem sites

No Thanks.

I think I'll stay to comment on the RARE anti Semitic and idiotic statements from the occasional ignorant like you.

74 posted on 08/17/2010 8:03:50 PM PDT by HearMe
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To: tkas

For the life of me, I do not understand why so many Jews, at least in most polls, are so liberal.

I was born into a Jewish family and while I’m now a Christian the lessons learned being raised in a semi-Orthodox family still are with me.

I spoke with my Grandfather a great deal about his beliefs, his faith, his love of Israel and the freedom he came to in America. He taught me his families history and how they came to the US with virtually nothing but a will to succeed; and they did. He wanted to be a Rabbi but after his father passed away when he was 13, as the oldest boy it fell on his shoulders to support his 7 brothers and sisters and his mother. Though he did not get to follow his dream, two of his brothers became Rabbi’s.

The Democrats of today would not have the support of my Grandparents. Between their social policies and their now openly anti-Israel stance there is no chance of that happening. My cousins, all at least 10 years older than I have either became Independents or Republicans. One of my cousins worked for the DNC for many years, decades in fact - he did not vote for Obama, either did his daughters or his Grandson who voted for his first time in 08.

Most of my family had left the DNC before Obama’s election but those few who remained have turned on him and the DNC. The lefts openly hostile stance towards Israel was the last draw.

Change does not come quick but I do believe we will start seeing many more Republican Jews and God willing, many more Conservative Jews.

Your Rabbi is right and I’m glad you shared that story with us. I’ve never thought about a relationship with the Torah and the Constitution in that way, yet it makes so much sense. I believe one reason my family members have been able to break the long-line of votes for Democrats is because so many of them have held fast to their Jewish roots and remained pious Jews.


75 posted on 08/17/2010 8:06:18 PM PDT by Brytani (There Is No (D) in November! Go Allen!!! www.allenwestforcongress.com)
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To: HearMe

You’re awfully new to be name calling? That’s a no-no here.

And there is no anti Semitic anything on this thread, or have you not read?


76 posted on 08/17/2010 8:11:37 PM PDT by LadyPilgrim ((Lifted up was He to die; It is finished was His cry; Hallelujah what a Savior!!!!!! ))
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To: LadyPilgrim

Do you read what you write?

Then I suggest you read #19 again. If you still don’t get it, ask someone to help you.


77 posted on 08/17/2010 8:19:44 PM PDT by HearMe
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To: Nachum
Similar to the Tea Party movement, there is a growing momentum to mobilize support for Israel among the electorate and to hold politicians accountable for their commitment, as well, to the Jewish state. Some of this discontent is being directed against other Jews who hold views that align with Peace Now and J Street or other center-left positions on Israeli policies, which are interpreted by the Jewish political right as giving aid to the enemies of Israel and adding fuel to the negative and problematic image of the Jewish state internationally.

Well, let's hope this is true and that the sentiment lasts at least until the November elections.

78 posted on 08/17/2010 8:56:08 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; justiceseeker93; Nachum; sheik yerbouty; oswegodeee; andy58-in-nh; MestaMachine; ...

FYI to many who have posted to this thread, there are a lot of Jewish Freepers who are Conservatives and have always been Conservatives. Labeling all Jews as Liberals is inaccurate. Let’s examine some of the other religions that have been led down the Liberal path, e.g., Zero speaking at Notre Dame.


79 posted on 08/17/2010 9:54:15 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead (Take back our country on November 2, 2010.)
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To: ExTexasRedhead

Labeling all Jews as Liberals is inaccurate.


Right you are. And, I think more Jews are becoming more conservative by the day. At least I hope so.


80 posted on 08/17/2010 9:57:21 PM PDT by unkus
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