Politics and Religion
Until recently, the Republican party when seen through the eyes of most Jews, was considered the party of, for, and supported by anti-Semites, and by 1933, when Aramco was founded, as the party that kowtowed to Arab interests because of oil. Think Henry Ford; Father Coughlin; Charles Lindberg.
Today, most Jews recognize that the only real reason the Republican party supports Israel at all, is because of the Evangelical Christian voter base that still comprises a solid portion of Republican voters. The agenda of the Evangelicals of course, has nothing to do with politics or oil, and everything to do with religious dogma that includes the dictate that all Jews shall be killed during the Second Coming except for the 144,000 who shall accept Jesus into their hearts, convert and be saved. Despite my secular lifestyle, I am very aware and proud of my Jewish heritage and ancestry, and as you can well imagine, I have a REAL problem with this. So does almost every Jew I know.
But today, partisan issues are more prevalent and powerful, and for many Jews, the issue is becoming one of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend". Hence the rapproachement between the Jews and the Republican party, and the growing divide between the Jews and the Democratic party under Obama.
But don't think for one minute we Jews don't know the truth... that at the end of the day, nobody gives a flying fuck about the Jews but the Jews.
Which might be why Netanyahu is not going to play ball with Obama. He's a savvy mutherfucker who understands appeasement doesn't work when the other guys just want you dead. But this is yet another topic
That stands to reason. White Christians also make up the large marjority of the Democratic Party as well.
With more than 70% of Americans claiming "christian" as their religion, and whites making up a little more than 60% of the population, why are you surprised that the Republican Party would reflect that? It is true that more whites are conservative than liberal, but the difference is not statistically significant.
As we all know, there are lies, damned lies, and statistics. Stop trying to make statistics mean something they don't please
& let people draw their own conclusions;so this thread can be seen as a Rohrschach test or, I'm indulging in "the Socratic method". So why then anger over a statistic ?
Some more stats------minority demographics of the ' 08 Obama vote : African- Americans : 95%;
Jews : 78%, Latinos : 67% & Asians,61%.
Currently, White Chistians compose 67% of US population. Projections show by 2050 they will lose majority status.
Fight over these stats as you will.-------
Lastly, Doc, an opinion I'd like to voice: I'm a supporter of Israel's right to exist & a Palestinan state------Israel's move to make 1600 settlements in Arab East Jerusalem( & the timing of that announcement during Biden's visit ),is just plain wrong, in my opinion.
you did. I merely laid out several sets of neutral stats-----funny how people get hysterical over such things.
You ever think of going into social work ?------
if memory serves me correctly, they determine population percentiles from phone area codes throughout the country. Dems, GOP, liberal & conservative polling groups all use this method.
Quite accurate, actually. If you wanna bury you head in the sand ( or ,in your case, a toilet ),
over the demographic makeups of the 2 political parties, your business.
But, with your lack of erudition, I didn't find your post surprising at all--------
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