Loose Ends II: Oy-bama and the Jewish Vote

All I can say – Mazel Tov.

This jew says the chosen people have chosen.

Blue, I couldn’t agree more and you said it all so much better than I could!

I do hope this is the last time we have to read about either Matt Brooks or the Republican Jewish Coalition until 2012.

I can’t believe he carried that much of the Jewish vote. I sure didn’t vote for him. And I do believe all his Obamaites will be wishing they had made a different decision before it’s all over with. They are going to see he’s for no-one, but himself. It’s like he brainwashed so many people. But it’s going to be hard to feel sorry for all these people when they see the real Obama.

JakeT,
did you get your Wednesday interview??? You better. Tell Obama we have said to give Jake Tapper his Wednesday interview or else…
About the Jewish vote: all these demog. groups, its like this president will now owe his presidency to the American people or something. what a thought
Janet,
I believe you will be among the masses who will be seeing the real Obama. So he displays a real Obama that turns out not to be pretty, no need to try to feel sorry for the pathetic bunch of us since i would imagine you would be among the masses in need of sympathy. So you better join the rest of us in praying that he better does a good job

Jake -
Thanks much for your insights in this space. I think everyone that reads this would agree that you have been fair, and balanced. Sorry Fox, Jake gets it, you don’t.
Signing off for 2008, Steve from NH

Wonderful article, Jake!
I agree with Blue in his 1:27 post that we should “move beyond ‘groups’ and just start thinking of ourselves as Americans.”
I feel like Obama’s win was a big step in that direction.

I am surprised and gratified that Obama held on and increased the Jewish vote. It is a tribute to how well informed Jews are, a stunning reality check to how gawd awful George W. has been, and that despite the fear and smear of the McCain campaign, more Jews were likely more fearful of the lovely but unworldy creationist Sarah ending up in the driving seat, than of a President Obama.
Let us not forget that the vast majority of Jews have always been against racism and persecution of all kinds and Jews were the highest percentile of white groups that participated in the civil rights movement of the ’60s. Finally, there was an ultimate consensus that Obama would not willfully do harm to Israel and end some of the conflict our country is having in the middle east, which will take the pressure off of Israel as well. Some Jews may have been frightened into veering off their liberal tradition of defending the persecuted, but, clearly, they have risen to this great occassion in our nation’s history, and proudly come home.

hello! has anybody seen what Obama accomplished first they said he would be our financial nightmare yet this man has managed to have the best of the worlds finacial money advisors scratching ther heads. talk about money management skills! then they talked about organizational skills Hello! he showed us how to pull together and what the American people can do when we pull together as one I worked like a dog yesterday driving people to the polls that ask for a ride and I seen a light in the peoples eyes like never before I seen kids that were not playing video games glued to the tv I heard discussions and questions asked to define what was going on so that day alone helped towards motivating some of our younger generation on what they can do people can say what they want I just thank god for sending us Obama for the change we need.

Good call, Pull My Finger. What we need is more patriots like you. Then we’ll be in great shape.

Pacific moderate,
I agree. Conservatives won’t admit it but Palin is the reason McCain lost. Yes she created excitement with the base but completely drove Hillary democrats and Independents to the Obama camp.
I hear Palin 2012. Why would she run in 2012 when it’s her fault McCain lost. McCain’s best bet was Romney and I bet years from today McCain will write a book and state chosing Sarah Palin was the biggest blunder of his political career.

The first Kenyan/Caucasian POTUS!
We are all equal in God’s eyes but as in every election many Americans were disenfranchised, intimidated, cheated, bullied, coerced, discouraged and/or defeated in 08!
American money and media did buy a president, and Russia did present the stealth president elect with his first test! :(
And Hillary blew her best chance!
But look to the future! POTUS is not a permanent job!
Sarah Palin 2012 and /or 2016! She is an authentic reformer and will be well prepared to be POTUS in either 4 or 8 years! :)

aware2u – get real. Palin is the reason McCain lost so badly. And you think we would elect her in 2012? There are simply too many intelligent, capable women (both Republican and Democrat) who would be much better at the job of President or V.P. to pick this airhead. You can’t learn common sense – you either have it or you don’t. She just doesn’t.

Vanessa:
This former democrat and Hillary supporter voted for McCain/Palin 08.
Governor Sarah Palin was the only breath of fresh air in this election! She is an authentic reformer with charisma, courage and wisdom! She was thuggishly attacked for this very reason!
McCain lost because of Bush, his age, his erratic campaign and the economy!
Obama won because of Bush, money, media, charismatic speeches, the economy, his turn to the right in the general and his Alinsky style community organising strategy!
Now he has to do the job he is not prepared for! good advisors will hopefully give him on-the-job training!
He has four years to prove himself?

OBAMA WINS…..market down 444points, oh well

geecee:
Get over it!
Sarah Palin was McCain’s best choice, and she will be back!
Just remember how bad Obama was in his first debates/interviews! He was pathetic! :(
Governor Palin is authentic, courageous, smart, intuitive, well versed in her areas of expertise, and a quick study in new areas. She did exceptionally well in the extremely short time she had. :)
And Sarah Palin kept smiling! She did not whine everytime she received another thuggish attack!
Senator McCain made many mistakes in his campaign but Governor Palin wasn’t one of them!
Sarah Palin 2012 and/or 2016! :)

HOORAY FOR PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA!!!
HOORAY FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!!!
GOD BLESS OUR DEMOCRACY!!!
THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN!!!

I am Jewish in the great State of California and Obama got my vote.
Mazel Tov, Obama!!!

I am disappointed the Republicans are still attempting to play down the Jewish vote in Florida an dhow they overwhelmingly voted for Barack Obama. Am I surprised? No! Republicans, and this person is a Republican and found truth, somehow can not admit or tell the truth.
That is why I am changing my party affiliation. I voted for Barack Obama – Joe Biden!! I am so happy I was able to see this historical moment!!
God bless everyone!! Let’s all come together now and support our new President Barack Obama!! We still have more of history to make. United, yes we can!

aware2u – stop deluding yourself. Sarah isn’t going anywhere but back to Alaska to stay. She doesn’t need “polishing”. She has plenty of that. She needs brains. That’s her problem. And she talks hateful rhetoric and her voice is screechy and shrill.

It appears very few groups bought the McCain/Palin fear message.

America voted for
President Barack Obama!!!!!
We are the United States of America!!!!
Thank you!!!!

Sarah Palin was McCain’s best choice, and she will be back!
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If Sarah was McCain best choice than no wonder he lost.
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If she comes back it will be to serve time in jail for that half million dollar house she somehow had built, and hay, lets no leave out the missing $250 million in earmarks for the “bridge to know where” that they can’t find.
NO SARAH, NO WAY, THANKS BUT NO THANKS, WINK WINK

Palin was not the reason Obama won or McCain lost. That would be naive and unnecessarily partisan. And the harder you bash her after this, the stronger she will become.
McCain managed Sarah Palin’s introduction to the Republican Party and the national electorate. For a first timer in the big game, she did quite well. She will do better having proven she is a quick study, a fast mover, and loyal. Once free of this campaign and after time to work her day job again, she will be back, stronger, better prepared and firmly in control o her own campaigns.
Sarah Palin is here to stay and that is good because feminism badly needs a new champion that can pull from the center, and women need a new example of how they can have normal lives and still have political and social power. For two long, feminism has been the exclusive base of the extremes of women’s issues and examples, and among the many changes wrought by this election cycle, the emergence of a new face for feminism, not made by her husband’s power or even as a team, but by her own hand, that may be the biggest and most significant change of all.
We’ll be watching.

I want to add my best wishes and have a part of the wonderful feeling. If it only last a few days it is still great to be here where I am right now. It has been years …….can’t go on overcome.

I’m a proud Jewish Republican. We are out there, but keep quiet at Shul. We’ve been slowly saving $$ for the time when our taxes go through the roof. There’s a reason US ex-pats in Israel voted 3 – 1 in favor of McCain. It’s because of Israel’s neighbors.

“The DOW went down 5%. That’s not the kind of change I was expecting.”
More specious reasoning from Ashley Todd’s biggest fan.
“Beyond broad economic concerns, worries about the financial sector intensified after Goldman Sachs Group Inc. began to notify about 3,200 employees globally that they have been lost their jobs as part of a broader plan to slash 10 percent of the investment bank’s work force, a person familiar with the situation said. The cuts were first reported last month. Goldman fell 8 percent, while other financial names also fell; Citigroup Inc. dropped 14 percent.
Commodities stocks also fell after steelmaker ArcelorMittal said it would slash production because of weakening demand. Its stock plunged 21.5 percent.”

Blue, you wrote:
“all politicians from this point on, regardless of party affiliation are on notice that if your not taking care of ‘biz’… you will be voted out of office.”
How so? To Democrats, was the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac crisis really a travesty that has hurt people, or was it just nothing more than the “October surprise” (a little early) to secure the White House for Obama? If it really was the former, then it should matter how badly Congress mismanaged oversight of FM and FM for years, and how involved in that mismanagement Democrats were, not just Republicans, even if that wouldn’t have been as helpful as the line that “this is all the Republicans’ fault.” It should all come down to what the evidence shows, shouldn’t it? Here are some stories about it: “Who Caused the Economic Crisis?” (Factcheck), “Fannie Mae and the Vast Bipartisan Conspiracy,” (Slate), “How Washington Failed to Rein In Fannie, Freddie” (Washington Post), “Dodd and Frank, step down,” (Providence Journal), “If Not Now, When? (Hartford Courant), and “Senator Dodd’s Notion of Courtesy.” The last two discuss how Sen. Dodd failed as promised to release documents related to loans he got from Countrywide, which was involved in the sub-prime mess.

Erika
you folks, Republicans,… LOST the election…
Your starting to sound like the folks who keep wanting to wage the Civil War again….
Republicans are such sore LOSERS.
The only thing you folks care about is winning, not that your able to govern…. you don’t give a damn about America unless your ‘running the show’ or killing someone.
Obama is going to fix what he can with or without Republicans.

Worse spin EVA! I’m glad that the crap the RJC was throwing and their outright lies didn’t effect Sen. Obama!
BTW, funny link to urban dictionary for “meshugenah”. The use of the word in that sentence applies to that dude Brooks!

Concerned in Ohio -
Maybe you can join Governor Palin in a constitution tutorial. She thinks that freedom of speech protects her from press criticism. You think that someone who hasn’t been sworn in can be impeached.
God, I love this country.

Brooklyn Democrat, you wrote:
“Maybe you can join Governor Palin in a constitution tutorial. She thinks that freedom of speech protects her from press criticism.”
Have you ever heard of something having a “chilling effect”? The fact that it has been impossible for months now to say anything negative Obama -anything – is the problem, and that’s what Gov. Palin was saying. The media absolutely shirked its role of, to the best of its ability, impartial reporting, in order to be Obama’s pit bull. It became his advocate in this election, always under the pretense of “we’re just calling ’em as we see ’em – Obama just happens to be right once again.” It was really remarkable that thousands upon thousands upon thousands of times Obama could be right – always right. He really has yet to be wrong about anything, as the media has always been there to “explain” his side of things for him. I’m sure many people don’t believe the media was that biased right now, but it’s something that can’t be hid forever, because one secret that it is impossible to keep – despite the fact that many leaders have tried it – is that the president, even if it’s Obama, is only human, and not God. Even when dictators force the media under their control to show them in an absolutely positive light, nobody’s fooled for long. In this case, reality is going to get the upper hand eventually, despite the media being in his corner, and it’s not going to take four years. And the media is going to look foolish and irresponsible. It has a vital role in our democracy, and it’s one that, unlike that of the government, it holds completely on trust that it won’t abuse its power. But in this election, the media essentially became an extension of Obama’s campaign, seeing everything his way and spinning everything his way. And the result of the media’s unprecedented bias is that way, way too many people have him up on an inhuman pedestal at this time. No person or president is perfect. Far, far from it. Just for one example, it was terrible judgment of him, especially in terms of symbolism, to have a communist band play for him. What sort of message does that send to our nation’s young people, so many of whom idolize him? But it is impossible to bring up anything negative about him because, again, it isn’t allowed to say anything negative about him. But it really does no one any favors, ever, to idealize a person to that point that Obama has been. In fact, it’s always hazardous to do so.

let us get to work to build a better world for our children no need to fuss and grumble over what went bad.