Philly Inquirer: Some Jewish voters are moving to Santorum

[mrgorth]

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/11872801.htm

I just love how every single one of our traditional voting blocs are abandoning us for hate of arabs, hate of homosexuals, hate, hate, hate.

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Lori Lowenthal Marcus and Betsy Sheerr usually see eye to eye. They are two Jewish liberals from Montgomery County who march for abortion rights, give money mostly to Democrats, and rarely vote Republican.

But in the 2006 U.S. Senate race, Marcus is splitting from Sheerr and her party to back Sen. Rick Santorum (R., Pa.), a devout Catholic better known for ties to evangelical Christians. The reason: his record on Israel and anti-Semitism.
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[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Some folks are indeed moving to teh right

because of the Arab Israeli Conflict and it is all in the messaging

[xxqqqzme]

2. just no accounting for the amount

of BS some people will embrace. That these radical, rabid, religious rongs would sell the Jewish community out in a heartbeat seems 2 B absent from this message. B4 ANY minority enbraces this hate mongering bunch, they need 2 Bcome better acquainted w/ their new bedfellows.

[blm]

3. Their only interest in Israel is how it fits into their EndTimes scenario.

You would have to be awfully dumb not to have figured out that policy, by now.

The EndTimers are pleased, because it looks like Bush is leading them to EndTimes, where Israel is destroyed by its enemies signalling the return of Jesus.

The Nazis/white supremacists are pleased because Bush's policies assure Israel is surrounded by agitated Arab enemies who will seek to destroy it.

Fascists are happy because they're in power thanks to gullible EndTimers and Nazis/white supremacists.

Smart Jewish folks are left wondering how so many other Jews could be so dumb to have believed the lies of the EndTimers, Nazis, and fascists.

[killbotfactory]

4. Israel First

America Second?

[xxqqqzme]

5. I think that sums it up nicely.

n/t

[DavidDvorkin]

6. Anecdotal. What about numbers?

Are significant numbers of Jewish voters moving that way? Are other voters moving the other way? Without numbers, the anecdotes don't tell us anything.

Perhaps the article gives numbers. It requires registration, so I haven't been able to read it.