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By the way, see panel one for my short opinion on the Lynn Swann candidacy. I think blacks that run on the Republican ticket are sellouts. Try the Green Party for God's sake. Yes, there are some blacks running on the Republican slate. And yes, if elected, they will work tirelessly and thoughtlessly against the interests of black and poor people. Black people, by the way, have figured this out. Then again, Swann is running against our pal Ed Rendell, and there's a chance that he'll be running alongside Santorum-lite Bob Casey--
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Item: By the way, see panel one for my short opinion on the Lynn Swann candidacy. I think blacks that run on the Republican ticket are sellouts. Try the Green Party for God's sake. Yes, there are some blacks running on the Republican slate. And yes, if elected, they will work tirelessly and thoughtlessly against the interests of black and poor people. Black people, by the way, have figured this out. Then again, Swann is running against our pal Ed Rendell, and there's a chance that he'll be running alongside Santorum-lite Bob Casey--
--For the record, I think Chuck Penn has done a great job and as well predicted--unlike the Daily Kos and Atrios which I guess makes us smarter...howcum I don't have a zillion hits a day...(?)--Casey's lead has dropped to the single digits. And just as the Zogby poll predicted the more they see of Casey's positions, the less they like him. Chuck needs a way to get more name recognition--
--and thereby fueling me and every other pro choice voter with rage. I might just stay home. A Swann gubernatorial win would be disastrous, however. Swann would, in the interests of his party, turn Pennsylvania into Ohio, as imagined by Bob Fitrakis of the Free Press. What Ohio in 2004 and Florida in 2000 (and probably 2004) mean is that the Democrats never get to win. That's a problem, if you haven't yet noticed.
Unnamed lady: You can disagree with the evangelicals but they're great friends of the Jews. They believe Israel is the holy land.
Hesh: Just wait. (As seen on last Sunday night's Sopranos...)
Item: What Hesh Said: I 'm also praying to the Flying Spaghetti Monster (the one true god and you must believe this as well or I'll have to kill you and liberate your oil or something) that Tony strangles that Christian fundamentalist with his bare hands. 6000 years. Jesus Christ.
I'm still working on a bigger Jewish conspiracy piece (short version: Jewish dems have traded the party for what they think will protect Israel: War with Iraq (and possibly other countries to be named later.) Biden and Leiberman and Feinstein love the war. That's why the filibuster hasn't been used once, according to my crazy conspiracy theory. You can't sustain it without Jewish senators. There are about 44 dems, one independent. There are 10 Jewish senators. You need 40 for the filibuster. Do the math. They think they have to kill to protect Israel. I don't entirely blame them. If you had been through a Holocaust wouldn't you be more prone to overreact? But it does mean, unfortunately, that I can't trust them. ). Right now, I don't fully trust Jewish Democrats, especially the ones who are "running" our efforts to take back both the House and the Senate. If my theory is true, then Rendell and Schumer (both Jewish and I used to not care) really don't want to unseat Rick Santorum, and if they do unseat Rick then they want a candidate who will stick out the war, and possibly favor other invasions in places like Iran and Syria. Casey sounds like their guy. They think that's good for Israel. I don't trust the Alan Sandals candidacy for the same reasons. I think he's running to split the pro choice vote, or better yet, get another senate vote for Israel. That means more war. Infinitely.
I might add that when you strengthen the hand of the Christian right in this country--which you're doing when you pay Satan's price and roll over on court nominees and policy issues--then you're not working for the safety and inclusion of the Jewish people, anywhere. Or as Hesh said: "Just wait."
There was an interesting discussion some months back as to whether or not you should use your real name when you write online. If you're just writing for fun, then being anonymous is probably a good idea, especially if you want to write about something interesting. (See the above post.) However, I'm pretty serious about writing. I don't mind controversy, as long as I get it right, or at least am seen as trying to get it right. I'm under no pretense that what I have written will help me get a job. Quite the opposite I'm sure. (See above post, again.) When it comes to writing I'm kind of like the lead character in Gattaca: "I'm not saving anything for the trip back."
Update: Well, since most of my comments seem to be hidden. I'll try to respond here. The reason I put this out here, other than to get back into the habit of posting on the Daily Kos (you'd probably like my other posts more)is that I want an intelligent community to rip my arguments. I'd like to be wrong about this. Anyway, two quick rebuttals that won't be hidden:
1. I'm glad that there were Jewish democrats who voted against the war resolution. But what if their vote was simply for cover? What if it seemed that it would be a bad thing for the entirety of the Jewish delegation to support the war? I think that would look bad. I just think that voting against the resolution would be as helpful as Leiberman voting against a supreme court justice, when you really needed him to support the fillibuster. It just looks like a deal. The Jewish dems roll over on these awful republican issues (which, quite frankly, a lot of them seem to like anyway) and they get a proxy war for Israel. I would like to be wrong because that means that I can't fully trust the Jewish men who are behind our efforts to retake the sen and the house. Of course, I don't really learn anything if you hide all of the comments...!
2. Where are the filibusters in the senate? Well, what if that was the deal: We'll give you a conventional war in Iraq, nuclear strikes against Iran all for Israel, but you make sure there are no fillibusters and you let our reversal of the New Deal go through without a fight...That looks like the deal. Please tell me how I'm wrong so I can say, "You know, I had this nutty conspiracy theory but those folks at the daily kos straightened..."
to Tazz: I was wrong about Biden. I believe that I had read somewhere that he was Jewish. I guess I was wrong about that. Of course, I've kind of resented him because of his stands on the war and his backing of that horrendous bankruptcy bill. Just for the record, I deeply resent non Jewish Democrats who supported the war as well. Not to thrilled with Barack's "statesmanship" on the issue.
Update to kitebro: Well, I'm not an anti semite or a bigot. I love Steelydan's music. AS far as them denouncing it me well it depends on what kinds of jewish people they are. I think that you can criticize Israel and AIPAC and not be anti semitic, just as Woody Allen and Noam Chomsky have done...there are those who often confuse anti zionism with anti semitism...
