If you, like me, are a supporter of Barack Obama, and if you, like me, are Jewish, then please go to http://jews4obama2008.wordpress.com/ and sign the petition to show your support! Help defeat the scurrilous attacks against Obama’s credentials as a friend of Israel and a friend of Jews! Thank you.
In an earlier blog entry, I asked just what the hell is the matter with the Democratic party that is preventing them from figuring out the whole Florida / Michigan mess. It was bad enough that Democratic Florida state senators were threatening to remove the Democratic nominee from the ballot in November if their delegation… Read More: That clinches it: the Democrats *are* trying to lose the… »
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/seth-grahamesmith/the-monster-a-loyal-clin_b_90632.html
Here’s how I think the US presidential primary should be run…
Ladies and Gentlemen, For the first time in my life, I am truly excited about a candidate in a presidential election. For the first time, there’s a candidate who gives me hope and inspires me to believe that America and the world will be a better place under his leadership. For the first time in… Read More: Obama letter to my family, friends and colleagues »
Opines Mark Nevins, communications director for Clinton’s campaign in Pennsylvania, in a Reuters article: “You can’t really expect to win the general election if you can’t win Pennsylvania.” Leaving aside for the moment the fact that Mr. Nevins is going to feel awfully stupid about having made that comment to the press if Clinton ends… Read More: Idiots who don’t know the difference between Democrat vs. Democrat… »
DNC: You cannot move your primaries up to January. Michigan and Florida: We are going to move our primaries up to January. DNC: If you move your primaries up to January, we’ll take away your delegates. Michigan and Florida: We are going to move our primaries up to January. DNC: Don’t say we didn’t warn… Read More: What the hell is the matter with the Democratic party? »
Harvard University is in hot water over its decision to schedule women-only hours at one of its gyms to accommodate requests from women Muslim students whose religious beliefs prohibit them from working out in front of men in exercise wear. Harvard has scheduled only six women-only hours per week, out of the seventy hours the… Read More: Harvard University, women-only gyms, and anti-religious bigotry »
If you support Hillary Clinton over Barack Obama, you’ve got to read this: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/2/28/202659/980/800/465997
Political discussions among Jews who align themselves with the Democratic party frequently turn to the question of how it can possibly be that any Jew would choose to be a Republican (yes, we really do find it hard to believe!) and how to win them over to the Democrats. I have written previously about how… Read More: Orthodox Judaism, politics, and the gay problem »