Former Republican Governor of Minnesota, Norm Coleman who is himself Jewish, couldn’t resist offering some snide, sarcastic remarks about Jews while out campaigning for Mitt Romney in New Jersey. In addressing a chapter of the Republican Jewish Coalition, Coleman engaged in the now standard scare tactic of suggesting that President Obama was not genuinely committed to Israel and that in fact, Israel’s security would be endangered by the President’s re-election.
Apparently, in the world of conservative Republicans, anyone who has anything tolerant to say about Muslims and Arabs must automatically hate Jews in Israel. Otherwise, those who question the President’s support for the Jewish state really have no facts to back up their claims. The fact that President Obama has increased financial and military aid to Israel; blocked the Palestinian efforts to have the UN unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state and stood up to Iran, are facts they would prefer Jewish voters not remember. But then again, what do facts ever have to do with Republican rhetoric and scare tactics?
In commenting about the proclivity of American Jews to be committed to social justice, Coleman suggested:
‘Unfortunately, too many Jews assume that when Moses came down he was carrying two tablets. One said abortion and the other gay rights.’
Is that right? And I suppose that the Torah we attribute to Moses says that it’s OK: to abuse, mistreat and underpay workers; be indifferent to poor people; not provide health care to people who can’t pay for it; tell women they may not make any important decisions about their bodies; underpay women for the same work they do as men; promote cultural intolerance for minorities and immigrants; deny civil liberties to LGBT people……………..”
In responding to Coleman’s cheap shot at Jewish voters, the National Jewish Democratic Council suggested that: “Romney would also do well to make sure his advisers cease belittling the values shared by the sweeping majority of American Jews.”
Poor people can not be denied care. No decent person mistreats homosexuals but then we don’t have to accept gay marriage just because you are so broadminded as to be thick-headed. Abortion kills a human. I agree it’s sometimes necessary. Please feel free to support this useless president and spew your liberal agenda because you live in a country where you are able to do so. No doubt you are anti military also. Have a good day!
I always get a chuckle from social conservatives who refer to more tolerant progressive think people as “stupid,” “narrow minded” or in this case, “thick-headed.” Name calling comes so remarkably easy to simple provincials who quite sure their values and point of view is absolute.
And btw Mr. Grant, while I’m not anti-military as you suggest you compulsion go bring up the necessity of a nation always being obsessed with war, guns and the national defense reminds me of a famous quote of Erasmus who said: “Whenever I have some money, I buy books. If there’s any left over, I buy food.” We could easily rephrase that sentiment for all you gun loving militarists who don’t understand or believe in civility and leave the values related to peace and coexistence in the pews of the church on Sunday. “Whenever I have some money, I buy a new gun. If there’s any leftover, I buy bullets and only then, food.”