Friday, February 16, 2007
Bad Idea
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The Jews knew the nature of the political landscape even before Bush was elected. American Jews are preeminent in national politics. They knew the nature of this naive Christian 'born again' Texas politician. They knew they had a Friend of Israel in George W Bush, and a Friend of Israel is a friend of American Jews.
Nowadays we call them 'Neocons.' (Neo=new; con=conservative. Jews are traditionally liberal democrats, but Bush apparently tempted large numbers of them with his Christian naivete. They saw an opportunity to commit America irrevocably to the Israeli cause, especially after 9-11. They voted Bush. And in fact that election was the ultimate sweet spot for American Jewry: On the right was a really dumbass Christian fundamentalist who could be endlessly manipulated, while on the left was a classic liberal who could be influenced to choose a Jew as VP in hopes of winning the substantial 'Jewish vote.' It was a win-win situation for American Jews and for Israel: are you an Antisemite? vote Bush. Love Israel? vote Gore.
The result is obvious nowadays: America is virtually alone in a war with Islam itself.
Bad idea.
The Jews knew the nature of the political landscape even before Bush was elected. American Jews are preeminent in national politics. They knew the nature of this naive Christian 'born again' Texas politician. They knew they had a Friend of Israel in George W Bush, and a Friend of Israel is a friend of American Jews.
Nowadays we call them 'Neocons.' (Neo=new; con=conservative. Jews are traditionally liberal democrats, but Bush apparently tempted large numbers of them with his Christian naivete. They saw an opportunity to commit America irrevocably to the Israeli cause, especially after 9-11. They voted Bush. And in fact that election was the ultimate sweet spot for American Jewry: On the right was a really dumbass Christian fundamentalist who could be endlessly manipulated, while on the left was a classic liberal who could be influenced to choose a Jew as VP in hopes of winning the substantial 'Jewish vote.' It was a win-win situation for American Jews and for Israel: are you an Antisemite? vote Bush. Love Israel? vote Gore.
The result is obvious nowadays: America is virtually alone in a war with Islam itself.
Bad idea.
