Comments on: What to expect during campaign 2012 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/what-to-expect-from-campaign-2012/ The Marketplace of Ideas Mon, 20 May 2013 08:38:59 +0300 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: John Hill http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/what-to-expect-from-campaign-2012/#comment-34534 John Hill Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:36:47 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=52328#comment-34534 Yes, 60%+ of U.S. Jews will indeed vote for Obama. That is because Liberalism is a mental disorder, as the author of this absurd piece amply demonstrates.

]]> By: Ari Moshkovski http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/what-to-expect-from-campaign-2012/#comment-34532 Ari Moshkovski Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:26:14 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=52328#comment-34532 Aron Cepler Gallup had Obama at 68% among Jewish voters a few days ago. Orthodox Jews generally trend Republican, but that's nothing new. http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=279196 Granted, that number is lower than 2008, but it's still pretty strong. I think that if the Obama campaign plays its cards right, it can get closer to 80% than 60%.

]]> By: Aron Cepler http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/what-to-expect-from-campaign-2012/#comment-34530 Aron Cepler Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:24:51 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=52328#comment-34530 Unfortunately, I would have to disagree. I would argue that a large portion of US Jews stopped paying attention during the Obama Administration's call for a settlement freeze, and have just been assuming that Obama is "anti-Israel" ever since. The fact that a close examination of his record shows that that is not true is besides the point. In multiple synagogues, all I hear is how bad Obama is for Israel. My response is typically to walk away instead of getting into an argument. Granted, I can't assume that the subset of observant Jews who I spend my time with is fully representative of the overall US Jewish population, but if it is, than I don't see a large portion of Jews voting for Obama.

]]> By: Jacquelyn Nunez-Bauer http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/what-to-expect-from-campaign-2012/#comment-34082 Jacquelyn Nunez-Bauer Tue, 31 Jul 2012 03:57:32 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=52328#comment-34082 what is so sad is that the American Jews will Vote for Obama…but not this Jew…I didn't vote for him the first time you see I wasn't ready to drink the KOOL- AIDE AND GO ALONG WITH THOSE WHO WERE IN AHHH BECAUSE HE WAS BLACK AND PEOPLE THOUGHT HE WAS COOL AND THAT ALL OF HOLLYWOOD WAS VOTING FOR HIM BECAUSE THEY JUST BELIEVED THAT THE SUN WOULD RISE AND SHINE WHEN OBAMA SPOKE…YOU SEE I WAS raise a democrat but I have see this Party change a lot and not for the better…AND YES I'M A ZIONIST…I SURE WOULD NOT VOTE FOR HIM AND I HOPE BY THE GRACE OF G-D THAT OUR PEOPLE WOULD WAKE UP AND SEE HIM FOR HIS TRUE NATURE..JUST BECAUSE SOME OF THE MEDIA SAY THAT OBAMA IS VERY LIKEABLE PERSON DOESN'T MEAN HE IS CUT OUT TO BE PRESIDENT THE FIRST TIME…AND DEFINITELY NOT THE SECOND TIME.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/what-to-expect-from-campaign-2012/#comment-33920 Anonymous Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:17:44 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=52328#comment-33920 John Yorke- God and the devil allah making a deal ?
Jehovah doesn't make deals with anyone especially his enemies.
It's His way or the Road Map to hell and that's where we're headed as the Syrians have tasted lately.

Exodus 23
“I will send My fear before you, I will cause confusion among all the people to whom you come, and will make all your enemies turn their backs to you. And I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hamas, the Palestinians, and the ISM from before you. I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you. Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased, and you inherit the land
"You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”

http://averyheavystone.blogspot.com/2012/07/watch-for-more-people-to-flee-their.html

]]> By: Robert Taylor http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/what-to-expect-from-campaign-2012/#comment-33892 Robert Taylor Mon, 30 Jul 2012 19:53:16 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=52328#comment-33892 Go for it, good buddy!

]]> By: John Yorke http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/what-to-expect-from-campaign-2012/#comment-33884 John Yorke Mon, 30 Jul 2012 19:44:23 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=52328#comment-33884 Yes, Robert -and wouldn't it be very nice to have a fully-functional crystal ball at this stage?

But my feeling on the entire issue has always been that the problem should be returned back from whence it came.
It has been said many times that only the Israelis and the Palestinians themselves can reconcile their differences and then sign off on a mutually agreed settlement. If powerful nations outside the immediate area continue to become allied (or more allied) to one side or the other, even greater differences will be introduced into a region already chock-full with them, causing the prospects for peace to recede even further.

OK, we all know peace is not immediately possible, no matter who wins the presidential election in November. But, if these two communities are ever going to set themselves down and really come to a much better arrangement than the one they have now, that happy event will require some very creative moves on everyone's part.

It has also been said that only God, Jehovah and Allah combined can bring about peace to the Middle East.
If so, then unless the US election also has the power to confer on Mr. Romney or Mr. Obama the status of a god or, better still, three gods, the problem is unlikely to go away anytime soon.
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Maybe the only answer is for us all to becomes gods ourselves. With so many of us elevated to that exalted state, what creative moves could we not then set in motion?

And just think what fun it would be.

http://yorketowers.blogspot.com

Creative or what?

]]> By: Robert Taylor http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/what-to-expect-from-campaign-2012/#comment-33872 Robert Taylor Mon, 30 Jul 2012 19:31:41 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=52328#comment-33872 John!

An idle observation (which may or may not contribute anything): Based on years of peering at the political scenes in various places–I have gotten the DISTINCT impression–that politicians are EXTRAORDINARY nimble–at conferring a God-like status–upon THEMSELVES!

F&O!

]]> By: John Yorke http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/what-to-expect-from-campaign-2012/#comment-33836 John Yorke Mon, 30 Jul 2012 19:15:52 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=52328#comment-33836 Yes -and wouldn't it be very nice to have a fully-functional crystal ball at this stage.

But my feeling on the entire issue has always been that the problem should be returned back from whence it came.
It has been said many times that only the Israelis and the Palestinians themselves can reconcile their differences and then sign off on a mutually agreed settlement. If powerful nations outside the immediate area continue to become allied (or more allied) to one side or the other, even greater differences will be introduced into a region already chock-full with them, causing the prospects for peace to recede even further.

OK, we all know peace is not immediately possible, no matter who wins the presidential election in November. But, if these two communities are ever going to set themselves down and really come to a much better arrangement than the one they have now, that happy event will require some very
creative moves on everyone's part.

It has also been said that only God, Jehovah and Allah combined can bring about peace to the Middle East.
If so, then unless the US election also has the power to confer on Mr. Romney or Mr. Obama the status of a god or, better still, three gods, the problem is unlikely to go away anytime soon.
,
Maybe the only answer is for us all to becomes gods ourselves. With so many of us elevated to that exalted state, what creative moves could we not then set in motion?

And just think what fun it would be.

http://yorketowers.com Creative or what?

]]> By: Robert Taylor http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/what-to-expect-from-campaign-2012/#comment-33810 Robert Taylor Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:39:28 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=52328#comment-33810 Mr. Moshkovski:

1. I agree with your general take on this.

2. I fear that (whoever) chose (or stumbled into) making Israel an open "political" issue in the US–will have triggered LONG-TERM "unintended consequences"–that cannot now be "reasonably predicted" (which is why my first two word were "I fear").

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