Deborah over at Blogs For Bush has a great write up about why Jews should vote for Bush.
I expect at some point Kerry will be pushing his “Jewish heritage” again during the campaign… I would guess around the High Holidays (Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur) we’ll be barraged with the whole “I have Jewish blood” thing from Senator Flipper himself.
One has to ask, are we Jews supposed to fall for Kerry’s “I’m one of you,” act when we’ve seen Kerry gone through the whole controversery of whether or not he should receive Communion? Are stories like that supposed to make us empathize with Kerry?
It’s interesting to some extent, that now within the Jewish community, the more religious (e.g. the Orthodox) are leaning more towards the Right and are planning to vote for Bush. It’s mostly about his strong support of Israel and the WoT more than anything else. But then there are other issues of interest to different segments of the Jewish community.
As for Kerry’s “Jewish roots” thing–I could’ve cared less for all of the dem primary candidates trying to show their “Jewish roots” or “Jewish connections”. It was a bunch of BS anyway.
I’m a strong Kerry supporter, but his Jewish heritage is nothing but a mildly interesting fact. I will be surprised and disappointed if he claims to have shared the Jewish experience, or “push his Jewish heritage”. I don’t think he will.
I suspect he will make mention of it during the Jewish high holidays… he might not put too much emphasis on it, but he’ll likely mention it…
During the primaries all the candidates seemed to be pushing it at some point. It was disturbing in a sense