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Posted By MyWayOnNow 1 year, 2 months ago in NewsJewish voters in Florida and at least one other state are being targeted by a telephone survey tying Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama to Palestinian causes, an advocacy group alleged Monday.
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Dionys1 year, 2 months ago
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Maybe Palin's visiting preacher can start calling them to let them know that Palin supports his view that the terrorism acts against Jews are really just God's judgement against them not accepting Christ. I'm sure they'll be thankful to know that's the real reason for terrorism and not fundamentalist, extremist nutjobs.
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Klarissa1 year, 2 months ago
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Why do you bring up Palin's name - smear, smear, smear
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The Associated Press
Jewish voters report calls disparaging Obama
By Kelli Kennedy
Associated Press Writer / September 16, 2008
MIAMI—Jewish voters in Florida and at least one other state are being targeted by a telephone survey tying Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama to Palestinian causes, an advocacy group alleged Monday.
The Jewish Council for Education in Research says at least two women in separate states were push polled, or asked questions intended to influence voters while pretending to take a poll, on Sunday afternoon from a caller who said he was from Research Strategies.
Joelna Marcus says she became uncomfortable when the caller asked if she was Jewish, whether she was Orthodox and how often she attends synagogue.
Why do you bring up Palin's name?
The caller then asked if Marcus would be influenced if she learned that Obama had donated money to the Palestine Liberation Organization. The caller also asked how she would vote if she learned that someone on the Illinois senator's staff had close ties to Palestine.
Marcus, a 71-year-old former college professor, said she was furious.
"I said you're not polling me. This is un-American. This is unacceptable," said Marcus, a snowbird who lives in New Jersey and has a house in Key West. "And then this is the scary part. He said if you had not said that you were Jewish, you would have been disqualified." -
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judithgrayson1 year, 2 months ago
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none are stronger supporters of isreal and the judeo-christian heritage than the religious right. for you to say that sarah palin supports what this preacher purportedly said (which is only your statement) is hogwash. along with the other nonsensical and very ignorant notions about those who find something meaningful in their beliefs. if you are so frightened of those who are religious conservatives then go left, that's where the islamic fascist supporters are. which is why islamics and their america hating, anti-semitic organizations have insinuated themselves into our schools and university teaching positions, the media and our political arena. good luck with that.
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judithgrayson1 year, 2 months ago
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the president of the isna a fascist islamic organization with ties to the fanatical muslim brotherhood was an invited speaker at the democratic convention. khalil mansour, long time obama backer, funds the isna. these are anti-semitic, anti-zionist organizations. as far as jews are concerned, there is plenty to worry about with mr. obama and his perplexing alliances. leftists who are driving this democratic party in '08, were once just a fringe element, and they just love the islamic "cause". i am a life long democrat, and i am voting for mccain-palin. i can sleep better knowing who is roaming around our white house.
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era1 year, 2 months ago
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Obviously you buy the propaganda about Obama.
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He not an anti-semite.The right is trying to scare you and it's working.
You have more to worry about with Palin who wears her fundmental views on her sleeve.
She attends a church that blames Jews for the terrorism committed against them because they haven't accepted Christ.
Also her church shows further intolerence by holding conferences to "pray away the gay"
Jews historically have stood up against intolerence.
This Jew is for Obama/Biden!
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okzebra1 year, 2 months ago
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There is no direct connection, yet, between the evangelicals that Palin boosts, the far right of the GOP (who if they went away no one would miss), and this survey. It would be good if our "uber liberal" and "incredibly ethical and free" investigative journalists (you know, the ones that "missed" the fMI5 manufacture of British evidence, the pancake pancake uranium story or the White House edits of the "Weapons of mass destruction" report the Senate used to justify invading Iraq which, when it failed and popular support dried up, has now become a mere "error" in judgement) identify Research Strategies (the ones doing the poll) and identify who paid them to do the poll. Could there be, imagine, might there be, a connection between an evangelical hypocrite who used a spouse to get an ex-in law fired (all in name of Jasus to be sure) and this mean, nasty kind of Donald Segretti politics (if you don't know, google it lazy readers)? LOL. Idiots run the media, fools believe them, and only a mental moron would continue to believe anything this corporate media prints as news of what's happening on the planet.
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mrfilmaker1 year, 2 months ago
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Check out the facts! The cop was regularly beating the **** out of her sister, sending her to the hospital twice! Thats not the type of cop that belongs on any police force, and she should get him fired any way she can "In The Name Of God" or In The Name Of Any Other Person Or Entity!
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jordan111 year, 2 months ago
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Pockets of this country receive a lot of CON propaganda like this. It actually shows the disrespect republicans have for people's intelligence. On the other hand. it worked in 04. For some reason, the DNA ignores these pockets, allowing CON propaganda to stand.
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lloydm651 year, 2 months ago
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I'm not afraid of palestinians in the white,I had much rather have diaper heads roaming the halls of the white house,than communist sympathiser,communist in general,and out,and out Marxist.Keep on supporting Obama, the transition from citizen to comrade is swift.One day your free,the next day your not.
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HowAboutTheTruth1 year, 2 months ago
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Hey - WAKE UP AMERICA - We all pray to the same guy (gal) we just call him (her) different names. Tolerence would be nice by all. Bottmo line is thet Obama's carefully spoken stance on the Middle East does lend credence to the belief that he would stand by while Iraq, Iran, etc .... continued to pound at the Jews. Truth is yes, the USA would not be so hated in the region if we did not choose to support Israel and their rights. But the USA is not necessarily about the popular decision we're suppose to be about what's right. So we back them, just as we backed Kuwait and helped free Iraq from a vicious dictator. In 20 years we will be seen in a positive light for our efforts in Iraq but until then we take a lonely stance and during that stance we MUST hold fast to our belief's of doing the right thing. Including NOT electing a Middle-East sympathizer.
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willottica1 year, 2 months ago
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Clearly, you're holding fast to your beliefs of doing the right thing... but how do you know that in all your holding fast, you fail to see that the thing you're holding fast to is not, in fact, right?
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Sympathy and Empathy are extremely important human abilities. If you lose sympathy, you become like Hitler, willing to go to any and all means to achieve the end.
How does your personal moral compass tell you what is right? Have you weighed the damage done by Saddam Hussein vs. the damage done by American Imperialist ventures? Can you? (when the US refuses to count the dead of Iraq in this war?) -
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Progressive1 year, 2 months ago
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"n 20 years we will be seen in a positive light for our efforts in Iraq"
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At $10 billion a month, we can't afford 20 more years in Iraq. Please watch this movie and then tell us how we will be seen in the middle east next year:
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rimbaud1 year, 2 months ago
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Hey - WAKE UP AMERICA ...
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http://www.bushflash.com/thanks.html
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/US_ThirdWorld/US...
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jordan111 year, 2 months ago
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Bottmo line is thet Obama's carefully spoken stance on the Middle East does lend credence to the belief that he would stand by while Iraq, Iran, etc .... continued to pound at the Jews>>>
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I missed that. Do be specific in what his QUOTED "stance' is. Thanks -
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crespi1 year, 2 months ago
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It was the CONSERVATIVES that borrowed money from COMMUNIST CHINA to pay for the Right's Iraq "war."
The ULTRA-CONS are the ones that made America hopelessly indebted to Communist usurers.
Bush and his gang borrowed a trillion dollars from Commies to fund a war of greed and attrition and YOU went right along with it!
Is this the way your Neocon parents raised you? To take money and be beholden to America's enemies instead of paying your own way?
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Georgia501 year, 2 months ago
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Just curious...are Jews in Florida not permitted to hang up? Use caller ID?
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I'm not defending or attacking the organization that is making these calls, but if you stay on the line past the point of disagreement or annoyance, then spare us your grievance theater.-
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NoWayMan1 year, 2 months ago
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so...its the jews' fault that these calls are taking place?
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even if they hang up, its still disturbing and still needs to be stopped.
"I'm not defending or attacking the organization that is making these calls"
why aren't you attacking the groups making these calls? if Obama's camp was doing the same thing, you'd be screaming at the top of your lungs that this is wrong wrong wrong.
and that makes you a hypocrite.
and then you say that the jews are just being dramatic.
wow. this all sounds eerily familiar.
what a hater.
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Mutainia1 year, 2 months ago
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I guess the Jews are finally looking at alarm to a guy didn't bolt from the doors of a church that sides against Israel and, instead, supports those who shoot missiles and rockets willy nilly into Israeli neighborhoods from populated territory (Gaza), Israel traded in the hopes of achieving peace.
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hyperbola1 year, 2 months ago
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Are you hoping to send all american jews to palestine Mutainia?
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That is the policy of churches associated with Palin.
Palin's Churches and the Third Wave
Sarah Palin's churches are actively involved in a resurgent movement that was declared heretical by the Assemblies of God in 1949. This is the same 'Spiritual Warfare' movement that was featured in the award winning movie, "Jesus Camp," which showed young children being trained to do battle for the Lord. At least three of four of Palin's churches are involved with major organizations and leaders of this movement, which is training a young "Joel's Army" to take dominion over the United States and the world.
http://www.propeller.com/story/2008/09/08/palins-c...
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antibrainwasher1 year, 2 months ago
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Republican values: lying, cowardice, chickenhawk war profiteering, creationism, anti-science, ignorance, greed, racism, facism, greed as religion, capatilism as religion, anti-rationalism, moral relativity, flip flopping swiftboating, ad hominem attack as policy, anti-education, anti-women, anti-progressive, arrogance, and unimaginable insatiable greed.
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willottica1 year, 2 months ago
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Way to completely avoid all issues and just invest in a parade of unsupported ad hominem attacks antibrainwasher!
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If you really want to affect Republican voters, you might try not verbally abusing them as your first step. Your actions drive them more and more to cling to the values they hold dear (none of which are actually in your list, except possibly, for a few perhaps, creationism).
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hyperbola1 year, 2 months ago
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Well, perhaps it is time to let other jewish voices express their opinion of this "campaign" by the racist zionist totalitarians that support McCain in the hope that he will continue to "support" the ethnic cleansing of over 7 million christians and moslems in palestine.
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GOP group behind negative Obama poll
.....The Republican Jewish Coalition, which is launching a campaign against Obama on behalf of Senator John McCain, sponsored the poll to "understand why Barack Obama continues to have a problem among Jewish voters," the group's executive director, Matt Brooks, told Politico.
The poll asked voters their response to negative statements about Obama, including reported praise for him from a leader of the Palestinian terror group Hamas and a friendship early in his career with a pro-Palestinian university professor. Some Jewish Democrats who received the poll – including a New Republic writer who lives in Michigan – were outraged by the poll, describing it in interviews as "ugly" and disturbing. A group that supports Obama, the Jewish Council for Education and Research even staged a protest outside the Manhattan call center from which the calls originated Tuesday.
"If the RJC is responsible for these calls, which are designed to frighten Jews and sow mistrust, they have forfeited their place at the Jewish table," said the co-executive director of the group, Mik Moore. "It is incumbent upon the McCain campaign to speak out forcefully against this and ongoing efforts by his supporters to scare Jews into supporting his candidacy." ...
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13516.ht...-
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hyperbola1 year, 2 months ago
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Jewish Council for Education and Research
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.... In a May, 2008 poll, more than 60% of Jewish voters said they would vote for Senator Barack Obama in the general election; 28% said they would vote for Senator John McCain. Obama's support from a large majority of American Jews is likely due to his background in the social change movement, his judgment in supporting efforts against Al Qaeda and opposing the war in Iraq, his leadership in reconciling racial and religious divisions, and his vision for creating and sharing opportunity and prosperity among all Americans. Obama's commitment to the long-term safety and security of Israel has inspired renewed hope among Jews disappointed with the lack of engagement in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict that has characterized the Bush administration.
According to a recent opinion survey of American Jews by the American Jewish Committee, Obama's positions on a range of issues are closely aligned with those of most Jews. For example:
80% believe the United States should handle its energy need either by encouraging greater energy conservation or developing alternative energy sources. Obama's energy plan has focused on conservation and alternative energy, while McCain has emphasized drilling for oil and a summer gas tax holiday.
67% believe the United States should have stayed out of Iraq. Obama opposed the decision to invade Iraq, while McCain strongly supported the invasion.
67% believe the United States should allow illegal immigrants to remain and become U.S. citizens if they meet certain requirements over a period of time. Obama has consistently stated that comprehensive immigration reform is the only solution; McCain, after championing these reforms, has backtracked to emphasize punitive measures embraced by anti-immigrant activists in the Republican Party.
http://www.jcer.info/candidates
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justhawaii1 year, 2 months ago
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OMG BO gets in, he will give thumbs up to anyone who wants to bomb Israel........He's a true Jew hater! This country financially getting ruined from the Clinton years on his Bill and his buddies he placed in Fanny Mae and Mack who gave loans to almost everyone and anyone, war with a bunch of American killers/haters now b/c we fought back to terrorist who killed our people on 9/11........
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What a scary man, what a scarier wife. Come back in 8 yrs BO and let's see what you've done as a Senator. Maybe you will push a button and not write 2 more memoirs. Let Barbara with her no voice sing her songs to you OB.............. Liberal nutcase movie stars? SEX, Drugs, Mental Hospitals, GAY Pride so left they are ready to fall over the edge, which most have!!!.........that's the Movie industry
They are some good actors, but lousy politicians.......Do you think they "the movie stars care about you"? HAHA not a chance...........they are big buck movie/TV makers and that's all that matters to them. They think its Chic to be going for a liberal...........nothing ever changes with Liberals! Same thing, just another
Demo.................and BO is Not JFK............get that out of your minds too!
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