Sarah Palin Gaining In Support From "Educated Jews'. (Trouble For Obama)

[USArmyRetired]

One thing is for sure and that the Jews have serious influences in politics. Obama has been harsh on Israel and Palin has hammered him on it. She has repeatedly supported Israel in her speeches around the country. This could be a very big problem for Obama. He did get the support from the Jewish Lobby and now since he has basically threw Israel under the bus, it looks like Palin will get the Jewish support if she runs. They are able to donate big bucks to campaignes. Intellectual jews supporting Palin spells trouble for Obama.



Sarah Palin Gaining in Support from ?Educated Jews? | The Jewish Week


In recent weeks, a number of prominent Jewish intellectuals have been publicly praising Sarah Palin. This despite a recent poll, reported by veteran analyst James Besser (Nov. 26), that well-educated Jews appear to be overwhelmingly opposed to Palin. How do we explain this discrepancy?

Let’s recall that pundits made similar assumptions about Ronald Reagan when he was a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 1980. Reagan also had considerable appeal among the less educated and the less affluent; surely educated and affluent Jews would support President Jimmy Carter – or so the pundits reasoned. But on election day, the majority of American Jews repaid Carter's disdain for Israel, his impotence in rescuing the Americans held hostage in Iran, and his mismanagement of the American economy, by abandoning him for Ronald Reagan, the most conservative Presidential candidate of the post-Vietnam era. Reagan received the largest share of the Jewish vote of any Republican presidential nominee in U.S. history.

SNIP~

While it is certainly too early to assume that 1980 will repeat itself in 2012, there are signs of growing respect for Gov. Palin’s policies and positions – especially among some of the Jewish intellectuals whom Besser presumes now oppose her.

Just two days after the Nov. 2nd elections, Palin authored a 1500-word manifesto, published in the pages of National Review, detailing her strategy to "renew, revive, and restore" America according to free-market economics, energy independence, a strong national security policy and traditional moral values.

John Podhoretz, editor in chief of Commentary magazine, immediately hailed the Palin Plan as "brilliant." It is perhaps no coincidence that his father and predecessor at Commentary's helm, Norman Podhoretz, had endorsed Palin in the Wall Street Journal in March of this year, and was an early supporter of Ronald Reagan's presidential ambitions at a time when many of his colleagues also questioned Reagan's intellectual bonafides.

More of this uplifting story in link:

 

[RDD_1210]

Does Sarah Palin also think the Jews got what they deserved in the Holocaust like you do?

 

[Vanquish]

Does anyone need this much Palin information? Really?

 

[RDD_1210]

The question is, does USArmyRetired slit his wrists when Sarah Palin doesn't become president?

 

[USArmyRetired]

Does Sarah Palin also think the Jews got what they deserved in the Holocaust like you do?

What does the Holocaust have to do with jews supporting Sarah Palin?

 

[Ravi]

Lieberman, Kristol, Lipsky, and the Podhoretz’s are sophisticated, educated, thinking Jews

I dunno why, but that sounds insulting.

Regardless, those four are only four, and they are rightwingloons.

 

[ConHog]

Dear Looney Bird, Do you not understand that a Palin nomination guarantees that Obama is reelected?

 

[USArmyRetired]

Dear Looney Bird, Do you not understand that a Palin nomination guarantees that Obama is reelected?

How?

 

[ConHog]

Dear Looney Bird, Do you not understand that a Palin nomination guarantees that Obama is reelected?

How?

Sorry, I'll use small words

If Palin is the Republican candidate for President, Obama will be reelected.

 

[Common Sense]

what has Palin actually accomplished? well other than resigning as Governor of Alaska as this was to help boost confidence amongst people that she won't quit on themy.... oh and having a reality tv show...... and saying she can see russia from her house...... and going to canada get to health care....... and calling herself a pitbull with lipstick...... and said Obama should not be meeting with Indians: "This isn't Thanksgiving.... and wrote a book to prove that not all Republicans are illiterate. Except ... she wasn't the one who wrote it... and chosen the image of a grizzly bear for Alaska's commemorative quarter because "nothing could be more Alaskan" a week before she introduced a bill that, if it had passed, would have allowed people to shoot grizzly bears from airplanes and helicopters..... and wrote crib notes on her hand for a speech she gave in Tennessee to promote her literacy campaign.... and learned how to defend her country by being on defense in her high school basketball team..... and spent $3,000 of campaign funds on underwear..... and the only foreign policy experience she has was by going to Vienna. Unfortunately it was Vienna, Ohio... and defended Dr. Laura's use of N*gger (13x) as a 1st ammendment issue, but wanted Rahm Emmanuel to resign because he used the word 'retarded'.... or in simpler terms

absolutely nothing.

and this qualifies her to become president?

 

[rdean]

One thing is for sure and that the Jews have serious influences in politics. Obama has been harsh on Israel and Palin has hammered him on it. She has repeatedly supported Israel in her speeches around the country. This could be a very big problem for Obama. He did get the support from the Jewish Lobby and now since he has basically threw Israel under the bus, it looks like Palin will get the Jewish support if she runs. They are able to donate big bucks to campaignes. Intellectual jews supporting Palin spells trouble for Obama.



Sarah Palin Gaining in Support from ?Educated Jews? | The Jewish Week


In recent weeks, a number of prominent Jewish intellectuals have been publicly praising Sarah Palin. This despite a recent poll, reported by veteran analyst James Besser (Nov. 26), that well-educated Jews appear to be overwhelmingly opposed to Palin. How do we explain this discrepancy?

Let’s recall that pundits made similar assumptions about Ronald Reagan when he was a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 1980. Reagan also had considerable appeal among the less educated and the less affluent; surely educated and affluent Jews would support President Jimmy Carter – or so the pundits reasoned. But on election day, the majority of American Jews repaid Carter's disdain for Israel, his impotence in rescuing the Americans held hostage in Iran, and his mismanagement of the American economy, by abandoning him for Ronald Reagan, the most conservative Presidential candidate of the post-Vietnam era. Reagan received the largest share of the Jewish vote of any Republican presidential nominee in U.S. history.

SNIP~

While it is certainly too early to assume that 1980 will repeat itself in 2012, there are signs of growing respect for Gov. Palin’s policies and positions – especially among some of the Jewish intellectuals whom Besser presumes now oppose her.

Just two days after the Nov. 2nd elections, Palin authored a 1500-word manifesto, published in the pages of National Review, detailing her strategy to "renew, revive, and restore" America according to free-market economics, energy independence, a strong national security policy and traditional moral values.

John Podhoretz, editor in chief of Commentary magazine, immediately hailed the Palin Plan as "brilliant." It is perhaps no coincidence that his father and predecessor at Commentary's helm, Norman Podhoretz, had endorsed Palin in the Wall Street Journal in March of this year, and was an early supporter of Ronald Reagan's presidential ambitions at a time when many of his colleagues also questioned Reagan's intellectual bonafides.

More of this uplifting story in link:

Oh yea, there is a HUGE amount of respect or Palin's positions.

We want to help our friends, "North Korea".

We need to "fix things".

We need to "take our country back".

It's about times we "did stuff better".

Who could argue with Palin's positions? They are so, so, well, so "simple". Everyone understands them. I hope she runs.

 

[USArmyRetired]

what has Palin actually accomplished? well other than resigning as Governor of Alaska as this was to help boost confidence amongst people that she won't quit on themy.... oh and having a reality tv show...... and saying she can see russia from her house...... and going to canada get to health care....... and calling herself a pitbull with lipstick...... and said Obama should not be meeting with Indians: "This isn't Thanksgiving.... and wrote a book to prove that not all Republicans are illiterate. Except ... she wasn't the one who wrote it... and chosen the image of a grizzly bear for Alaska's commemorative quarter because "nothing could be more Alaskan" a week before she introduced a bill that, if it had passed, would have allowed people to shoot grizzly bears from airplanes and helicopters..... and wrote crib notes on her hand for a speech she gave in Tennessee to promote her literacy campaign.... and learned how to defend her country by being on defense in her high school basketball team..... and spent $3,000 of campaign funds on underwear..... and the only foreign policy experience she has was by going to Vienna. Unfortunately it was Vienna, Ohio... and defended Dr. Laura's use of N*gger (13x) as a 1st ammendment issue, but wanted Rahm Emmanuel to resign because he used the word 'retarded'.... or in simpler terms

absolutely nothing.

and this qualifies her to become president?

Those points are baseless bullcrap and Palin never ever said she could see Russia from her house. That was SNL's Tina Fey. What about her gubernatorial record as a executive office holder? What are the policies she enacted that you liked or disliked? That is what you look at when you chose a candidate. Her stance on issues.

 

[MaggieMae]

One thing is for sure and that the Jews have serious influences in politics. Obama has been harsh on Israel and Palin has hammered him on it. She has repeatedly supported Israel in her speeches around the country. This could be a very big problem for Obama. He did get the support from the Jewish Lobby and now since he has basically threw Israel under the bus, it looks like Palin will get the Jewish support if she runs. They are able to donate big bucks to campaignes. Intellectual jews supporting Palin spells trouble for Obama.



Sarah Palin Gaining in Support from ?Educated Jews? | The Jewish Week


In recent weeks, a number of prominent Jewish intellectuals have been publicly praising Sarah Palin. This despite a recent poll, reported by veteran analyst James Besser (Nov. 26), that well-educated Jews appear to be overwhelmingly opposed to Palin. How do we explain this discrepancy?

Let’s recall that pundits made similar assumptions about Ronald Reagan when he was a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 1980. Reagan also had considerable appeal among the less educated and the less affluent; surely educated and affluent Jews would support President Jimmy Carter – or so the pundits reasoned. But on election day, the majority of American Jews repaid Carter's disdain for Israel, his impotence in rescuing the Americans held hostage in Iran, and his mismanagement of the American economy, by abandoning him for Ronald Reagan, the most conservative Presidential candidate of the post-Vietnam era. Reagan received the largest share of the Jewish vote of any Republican presidential nominee in U.S. history.

SNIP~

While it is certainly too early to assume that 1980 will repeat itself in 2012, there are signs of growing respect for Gov. Palin’s policies and positions – especially among some of the Jewish intellectuals whom Besser presumes now oppose her.

Just two days after the Nov. 2nd elections, Palin authored a 1500-word manifesto, published in the pages of National Review, detailing her strategy to "renew, revive, and restore" America according to free-market economics, energy independence, a strong national security policy and traditional moral values.

John Podhoretz, editor in chief of Commentary magazine, immediately hailed the Palin Plan as "brilliant." It is perhaps no coincidence that his father and predecessor at Commentary's helm, Norman Podhoretz, had endorsed Palin in the Wall Street Journal in March of this year, and was an early supporter of Ronald Reagan's presidential ambitions at a time when many of his colleagues also questioned Reagan's intellectual bonafides.

More of this uplifting story in link:

Norm Podhoretz is a neocon. Does she know that? In other words, he and his ilk still want to advance unilateral control over geopolitically tenuous nations and shape them according to US interests.

And biggest question, since when does she embrace elitist intellectuals of any persuasion? She spends all her time trying to tell us what a 'regular person' she is and that she resents the liberals always implying that the little people are stupid.

 

[MaggieMae]

Does anyone need this much Palin information? Really?

I guess, if the intent is to make us believe she's got some qualifications. She's already campaigning, 'tis clear. I think USAR must be her pointman on this message board. She probably has one on all of them. (I should check.)

 

[MaggieMae]

Lieberman, Kristol, Lipsky, and the Podhoretz’s are sophisticated, educated, thinking Jews

I dunno why, but that sounds insulting.

Regardless, those four are only four, and they are rightwingloons.

They're all from the old neocon camp, with their principles laid out in The Project for a New American Century.

 

[USArmyRetired]

One thing is for sure and that the Jews have serious influences in politics. Obama has been harsh on Israel and Palin has hammered him on it. She has repeatedly supported Israel in her speeches around the country. This could be a very big problem for Obama. He did get the support from the Jewish Lobby and now since he has basically threw Israel under the bus, it looks like Palin will get the Jewish support if she runs. They are able to donate big bucks to campaignes. Intellectual jews supporting Palin spells trouble for Obama.



Sarah Palin Gaining in Support from ?Educated Jews? | The Jewish Week


In recent weeks, a number of prominent Jewish intellectuals have been publicly praising Sarah Palin. This despite a recent poll, reported by veteran analyst James Besser (Nov. 26), that well-educated Jews appear to be overwhelmingly opposed to Palin. How do we explain this discrepancy?

Let’s recall that pundits made similar assumptions about Ronald Reagan when he was a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 1980. Reagan also had considerable appeal among the less educated and the less affluent; surely educated and affluent Jews would support President Jimmy Carter – or so the pundits reasoned. But on election day, the majority of American Jews repaid Carter's disdain for Israel, his impotence in rescuing the Americans held hostage in Iran, and his mismanagement of the American economy, by abandoning him for Ronald Reagan, the most conservative Presidential candidate of the post-Vietnam era. Reagan received the largest share of the Jewish vote of any Republican presidential nominee in U.S. history.

SNIP~

While it is certainly too early to assume that 1980 will repeat itself in 2012, there are signs of growing respect for Gov. Palin’s policies and positions – especially among some of the Jewish intellectuals whom Besser presumes now oppose her.

Just two days after the Nov. 2nd elections, Palin authored a 1500-word manifesto, published in the pages of National Review, detailing her strategy to "renew, revive, and restore" America according to free-market economics, energy independence, a strong national security policy and traditional moral values.

John Podhoretz, editor in chief of Commentary magazine, immediately hailed the Palin Plan as "brilliant." It is perhaps no coincidence that his father and predecessor at Commentary's helm, Norman Podhoretz, had endorsed Palin in the Wall Street Journal in March of this year, and was an early supporter of Ronald Reagan's presidential ambitions at a time when many of his colleagues also questioned Reagan's intellectual bonafides.

More of this uplifting story in link:

Norm Podhoretz is a neocon. Does she know that? In other words, he and his ilk still want to advance unilateral control over geopolitically tenuous nations and shape them according to US interests.

And biggest question, since when does she embrace elitist intellectuals of any persuasion? She spends all her time trying to tell us what a 'regular person' she is and that she resents the liberals always implying that the little people are stupid.

Who says Palin has embraced these intellectuals? I don't see it mentioned in the article. Only that they support her.

 

[MaggieMae]

Here's the problem, USAR. This is too good to post just the link, which is apt not to be read. I fully expect the Palinites or extreme righties will immediately screech that Scarborough is a rino, but it's what he SAYS that counts. Because it's how most Republicans really feel and will say so, but only behind closed doors.

GOP should take on Palin
By: Joe Scarborough
November 30, 2010 04:44 AM EST

Republicans have a problem. The most-talked-about figure in the GOP is a reality show star who cannot be elected. And yet the same leaders who fret that Sarah Palin could devastate their party in 2012 are too scared to say in public what they all complain about in private.

Enough. It’s time for the GOP to man up.

Everybody knows that Palin is a busy woman. The former half-term governor of Alaska stays so busy these days that one wonders how this mother of five manages to juggle her new reality show, follow her eldest daughter’s dancing career and launch her latest frenetic book tour while still finding the time to insult a slew of revered presidents and first ladies.

You’ve got to admit hers is a breathtaking high-wire act.

What man or mouse with a fully functioning human brain and a résumé as thin as Palin’s would flirt with a presidential run? It makes the political biography of Barack Obama look more like Winston Churchill’s, despite the fact that the 44th president breezed into the Oval Office as little more than a glorified state senator.

Still, Palin is undeterred, charging ahead maniacally while declaring her intention to run for the top office in the land if “nobody else will.” Adding audacity to this dopey dream is that Palin can’t stop herself from taking swings at Republican giants. In the past month alone, she has mocked Ronald Reagan’s credentials, dismissed George H.W. and Barbara Bush as arrogant “blue bloods” and blamed George W. Bush for wrecking the economy.

Wow. That’ll win ’em over in Iowa.

One can only guess what comes next on Palin’s bizarre road show. Maybe the publishing world’s favorite reality star can keep drawing attention and selling billions of books by spitting on John Wayne’s grave or “manning up” by shooting an American bald eagle.

Or how about this? Maybe Palin could show up on Fox News and build her weak résumé by tearing down Reagan’s.

Oh, wait. Been there, done that.

When Sean Hannity asked Palin whether being in a reality show diminished her standing to be president, the former half-term governor mocked Reagan’s biography, dismissing him as “an actor.”

Sounding like every left-wing politician and media elitist who ridiculed Reagan for decades, Palin sneered that she could be president if the actor from “Bedtime for Bonzo” managed to do so.

Reagan biographer Peggy Noonan dismissed the remark as “ignorant, even for Sarah Palin.” Noonan reported that Reagan loyalists were outraged that Palin would stoop to using the old left-wing jab. The Gipper's former speechwriter then used her Wall Street Journal column to strike back.

Noonan noted that Reagan walked into the White House as far more than an actor.

The 40th president first led a major American labor union through massive upheaval, toured factories for General Electric for eight years and was California’s governor for two full terms during the Golden State’s most momentous times. Reagan then challenged an incumbent president from his own party and reinvented American conservatism without the help of the GOP establishment or the conservative movement.

After Palin mocked Reagan’s credentials, the TLC reality show star took aim at the 41st president and his wife. Borrowing again from old left-wing attacks that Democrats used against GOP presidents, Palin channeled Ann Richards by bashing Bush and his wife as “blue bloods” who had wrecked America.

Palin was perturbed that a former president and his wife would dare to answer a question about whom they preferred for president in 2012. Perhaps her anger was understandable. After all, these disconnected “blue bloods” had nothing in their backgrounds that could ever make them understand “real America” like a former governor from Alaska who quit in the middle of her first term and then got rich.

Maybe Richards and Palin were right. Maybe poor George Herbert Walker Bush was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Indeed, he was so pampered growing up that on his 18th birthday, the young high school graduate enlisted in the armed forces. This spoiled teenager somehow managed to be the youngest pilot in the Navy when he received his wings, flying 58 combat missions over the Pacific during World War II. On Sept. 2, 1944, “Blue Blood” Bush almost lost his life after being shot down by Japanese anti-aircraft fire.

With his engine shattered and his plane on fire, Bush still refused to turn back, completing his mission by scoring several damaging hits on enemy targets. His plane crashed in the Pacific, where he waited for four hours in enemy waters until he was finally rescued. For his bravery and service to this country, Bush was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, three air medals and the Presidential Unit Citation for bravery while in combat.

What a spoiled brat.

I suppose Palin’s harsh dismissal of this great man is more understandable after one reads her biography and realizes that, like Bush, she accomplished a great deal in her early 20s. Who wouldn’t agree that finishing third in the Miss Alaska beauty contest is every bit as treacherous as risking your life in military combat? Maybe the beauty contestant who would one day be a reality star and former governor didn’t win the Distinguished Flying Cross, but the half-termer was selected as Miss Congeniality by her fellow contestants.

And now a point of personal privilege. I work hard every day to assume the best of Americans who engage in public service. But I am offended by Palin’s attempt to build herself up by tearing down great men like Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.

Palin is not a stupid woman. But like the current president, she still does not know what she does not know. And she does know how to make millions of dollars, even if she embarrasses herself while doing it.

That reality hardly makes Palin unique, but this is one Republican who would prefer that the former half-term governor promote her reality shows and hawk her books without demeaning the reputations of Presidents Reagan and Bush. These great men dedicated their lives to public service and are too good to be fodder for her gaudy circus sideshow.

If Republicans want to embrace Palin as a cultural icon whose anti-intellectualism fulfills a base political need, then have at it. I suppose it’s cheaper than therapy.

But if the party of Ronald Reagan, Paul Ryan and Marco Rubio wants to return to the White House anytime soon, it’s time that Republican leaders started standing up and speaking the truth to Palin.

A guest columnist for POLITICO, Joe Scarborough hosts “Morning Joe” on MSNBC and represented Florida’s 1st Congressional District in the House of Representatives from 1995 to 2001.

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[USArmyRetired]

That's funny, I don't remember anything in the thread being discussed about the Teaparty. Hmmm. I think it is common knowledge that Sarah Palin is not leader of the teaparty and if she does run she will be on a GOP ticket.

 

[uscitizen]

Educated Jews huh?
As opposed to rednecked Protestants?

 

[uscitizen]

That's funny, I don't remember anything in the thread being discussed about the Teaparty. Hmmm. I think it is common knowledge that Sarah Palin is not leader of the teaparty and if she does run she will be on a GOP ticket.

No one yet has ran on a Tea Party ticket it seems.
Could that be because the TP is just an extension of the Republican party?