Comments on: Why are Jews so darned liberal?

By: Don Quijote

Don Quijote — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:46:46 +0000

Why are Jews so darned liberal?

Because they are the smartest, best educated & most successful ethnic group in America.

By: kritt11

kritt11 — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:15:57 +0000

yidwithlid

You are assuming that Jews only think about Israel when voting.

I think they also consider candidates that make speeches at Liberty University proclaiming that the United States is a Christian nation. Most Jews prize separation of church and state, and don't want the Christian right to influence policy.

By: yidwithlid

yidwithlid — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:31:32 +0000

A reason not discussed is that until Buckly the Conservative movement was very anti-Semitic. Also, some Jews feel a loyalty to the Democrats because Truman was so fast to recognize Israel over state department objections. But Truman was an anomaly. Roosevelt could have saved hundreds of thousands of Jews during the holocaust, but didn't. Kennedy really didn't care one way or another. Johnson supported many Jewish causes included civil rights, but was not a friend of Israel until his last year in office. Jimmy Carter hated (and still hates) Jews. Clinton was OK and Barack Obama is possibly the worst President for Jews in American History.

I suspect that the 2012 elections will see a much larger percentage of Jews going to the GOP than 2008.

By: DLS

DLS — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:37:50 +0000

K. I tend to agree with you, even though the current situation is complicated by lefty myths and worse.

By: kritt11

kritt11 — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:37:10 +0000

Maybe they remember being excluded from all-Wasp country clubs, and President Nixon's voice on his tapes during the 70's proclaiming his hatred of the Jews.

Maybe there is nothing in the current GOP approach to politics that attracts a thinking, reasonable human.

By: shannonlee

shannonlee — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:29:14 +0000

Maybe people just suck?

By: DLS

DLS — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:07:12 +0000

Discrimination in the 1930s when FDR came to power and the Dems became the home as well as a refuge for the downtrodden outsiders. Since then it's a multi-generational thing. Despite the Sixties radicalism and anti-Israel craziness among some, presumably the Republicans remain unappealing if not loathsome (the word I've used before). Lib media activism and other myths and lies (including by those on the Web) are far from a friend of the GOP, either.

It's a similar situation to that of black Americans and for that matter, women and Hispanics.

By: tidbits

tidbits — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:41:01 +0000

Dear Jazz,

We label everything/everyone, not just religious/social groups. And, if you try to resist being labelled and pigeon holed, you're labelled and pigeon holed as indecisive, unprincipled or anarchist.

Regards,

William the Anarchist

By: Leonidas

Leonidas — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:40:35 +0000

Dunno, why are SC conservatives so darned racist?

Not when compared to South Carolina Liberals.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNz5XnvZHhk

By: Leonidas

Leonidas — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:39:40 +0000

What surprises me about the Jewish liberal connection is the Jewish view on abortion seems so in contrast to liberal political ideology. Its like a whole bunch of Kennedy families (minus Eunice who was pro-life).

By: kritt11

kritt11 — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:49:04 +0000

Because of their long history of persecution, Jews tend to defend the underdog in society. They were outcasts themselves for so many centuries and still are in some parts of the world.

By: shannonlee

shannonlee — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:32:50 +0000

Dunno, why are SC conservatives so darned racist?