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if that is true, it’s because nobody is very popular. Let’s see the figure of people, especially of Jews who just don’t care. The hype-selling nature of political campaigning has obscured the fact that the American political process is producing a succession of nobodies as candidates, with anyone of real quality staying out of the race at any cost. The necessity to salute these candidates as GREAT MEN is what is keeping anyone with a brain home. Why would anyone with anything to lose want to be President of the United States? It is almost impossible to parody these campaigns. Of course McCain is the most popular candidate since Reagan. Look at those other Republicans.

Reagan was the last time anybody with some maturity and perspective ran, and it took Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale to elect him.

GHW Bush was a shlemiel surrounded by an evil cabal, and it took Dukakis to elect him the first time. All Clinton needed to beat him was a pulse.

Dole - Dead Man Walking

GW Bush - Cam THAT close to losing. Even accepting the legitimacy of the race results, Lieberman sunk it for Gore. Have to give Gore credit and all that, but America is obviously less ready for a Jew than a black guy. And the selection of Kerry to beat Bush last time had to be a death wish.

And now we have McCain. Nice guy, innoffensive. I still say that Giuliani would know just what to do with Obama and with Putin and Chavez et al. He didn’t lose the race, just the primaries. But so it goes.

Am I SCARED of Obama? No, but I can point out that it is the same rising percentage of non-religious, non-affiliated Jews, uncaring about Israel as reported elsewhere in Jewish journalism that is pro-Obama. Jews are naturally socially liberal and tolerant, even religiously conservative with a small ‘c’, and probably consider it a mitzvah to support a black guy. If the safety and well-being of Israel is not an issue, then who cares? Nobody is going to solve any other national and social problems anyway. If Obama could, for instance, then Chicago and Illinois would be significantly better than Arizona in those ways, because of Open-Minded Progressive Creative Out Of The Box Change, etc. Wouldn’t they? But nobody is going to do anything but talk and hype and play around and complain.

Comment by Ben Plonie on 7/09/08 at 4:53 pm

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