The Myth of Obama's Jewish Problem...

http://www.newsweek.com/id/140476

Of course it's a myth. It was concocted out of nothing by Republicans, right-wing Jews and Israel hawks who wish we would nuke Iran. None of these people were going to vote for Obama, or Clinton, anyway. They were about as likely to vote Democratic as Joe Lieberman.

But so did rumors that he had a "problem" with Jewish voters because of his family background (middle name: Hussein)

We call that racism.

and that some of his aides held pro-Palestinian views.

How dare they, don't they know that the only acceptable political position is to support the Israeli policy of killing the Palestinian population one smart bomb at a time?

New Jersey Rep. Robert Andrews, an Obama backer, says that two months ago a top Hillary campaign operative told him Obama would have a "hard time winning in November" because of his alleged Jewish problem and indicated Clinton's campaign was going to take advantage of those fears. Andrews says he found such talk "offensive," but he didn't know whether Hillary had sanctioned it. Asked for comment, the Clinton campaign referred NEWSWEEK to an article in the Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger, in which spokesman Phil Singer called similar comments by Andrews "sad and divisive."

Rob Andrews is not the guy you want trumpeting your position. He's a weasley, opportunistic ass and I wouldn't believe him if he said the sky was blue. That being said, he's right on this one thing.

McCain has enlisted high-profile help of his own to help win Jewish votes: Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman, a self-described "independent Democrat" who has criticized Obama's leadership qualities, has agreed to head up a booster group called Citizens for McCain.

Lieberman is the worst person in the world. I would move to Connecticut just to vote against him. A Republican would be better than him in his seat.

In a brief but animated Senate floor confrontation last week, according to a campaign aide who asked for anonymity when talking about private discussions, Obama told Lieberman he was surprised by Lieberman's personal attacks and his half-hearted denials of the false rumors that Obama is a Muslim.

Obama should have punched him in the face.