MR Has A Question For Democratic Jews: Are You Fucking Retarded?
We just can't take it any more. Are you people out of your fucking minds?
Like most of the Jewish community, liberal Jews support Clinton's positions on domestic issues, especially social matters (such as workers' rights, abortion, stem cell research and health insurance). Clinton's positions on these matters are considered anchored in solid values. According to public opinion surveys by Jewish organizations, most community members are more concerned by domestic issues than by the candidate's "Israeli-Arab" record. For them, choosing between Clinton and the Republican candidate is a no-brainer.
Holy shit.
She sat next to Suha Arafat while that anti-Semitic lunatic slandered Israel with a blood libel. And Hilary just sat there. Which would have been bad enough. But then, afterwards, Hilary went and embraced her in solidarity. Literally kissed her. Look:
Are you getting this? Suha Arafat accused Jews of poisoning innocent children. A vicious anti-Semitic canard that has cost hundreds of thousands of Jewish lives. And not content with sitting quietly while Arafat incited hatred against Jews, Hilary responded by embracing her. What - exactly - does a Democrat have to do to lose the support of American Jews?
And don't start with that imbecilic "but we support their social policies" or "being anti-Israel isn't being anti-Semitic". Shut. Up. The Democratic party is structurally anti-Semitic, and it has nothing to do with their tendency to appease lunatics who seek the destruction of Israel (although, honestly, maybe that's something you ought consider). Rather: the Democratic party is structurally anti-Semitic because at very level, from its moderates to its populists to its veterans to its base, it's filled with real life anti-Semites.
Democratic "moderates"? Anti-Semitic:
When we asked him what made him so sure the Bush administration was headed in this direction, he replied: “You just have to read what’s in the Israeli press. The Jewish community is divided but there is so much pressure being channeled from the New York money people to the office seekers.”
The Democratic base? Viciously anti-Semitic:
And you know what? Let's play a little game. You say: "but there are non-anti-Semitic leaders who aren't beholden to the viciously anti-Semitic Democratic base, and we're supporting them". And then we say: you're either willfully ignorant, woefully illiterate, or aggressively stupid:
Electing Democrats puts in place people who, to keep their power, have to respond to their viciously anti-Semitic grassroots. And they know it. Not convinced by Durbin's delegation of Democratic policymaking to anti-Zionist activists? Here's some video of the most powerful man in the Senate talking to the "please don't be anti-Semitic out loud any more" Kos community:
Oh, and then there's Jimmy Carter. We're not even going to give you a link. If you don't know, we're not helping you.
Listen.
The GOP isn't the perfect home for the Jew working towards an anti-racist, anti-sexist, anti-homophobic world. There are social conservatives in the Republican base who would deprive homosexuals of rights. We oppose them. There are Baker realists who would sell out Israel to their oil sheik friends. We loathe them. And the Bush administration has more or less embraced the State Department's Arabist inclinations. Suffice to say that we're not fans.
But come on - this isn't even close. The Republican party is beholden to a base that supports Israel's right to exist. The Democratic party is beholden to a base that treats Israel as a pariah committing a modern-day Holocaust against poor and defenseless Palestinians. No amount of inside baseball sophistication can alter this basic fact. Democratic politicians must represent and placate anti-Israel lunatics.
You don't have to vote. But seriously - gleefully supporting today's Democratic party? What happened to your self-respect? Or, for that matter - what happened to your sense of basic decency? The Democratic base is anti-Jewish and the Democratic party has a platform antagonistic to the Jewish State. Honestly, this is not that complicated.
Previously: The Democratic Party and American Jews: The Divorce Is Going To Be Ugly, Democratic Leader "Pleased" Israel Has No Plans To Defend Itself From Iran, Note to Liberals: You're Not Smarter Than Everyone Else. Really.
