Jewish Voters: Bush's Secret Weapon?

For this Jew, Bush is NOT my president, and never has been. Will Sharon and his allied Likudniks in the U.S. give this election to Bush (see article below)? We better hope not. Though heartening to see polls that show 70% of Jews supporting the Democrats, right-wing Jews are extremely powerful, and as we've seen at the Pentagon, and in the media, are a force to be reckoned with.

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Jewish Voters: Bush's Secret Weapon?
His strong Israel tilt has won him surprising support from a small but significant bloc. It could even be the margin in Florida
By Ciro Scotti
Updated: 8:00 p.m. ET Aug. 31, 2004

If Bill Clinton was the first black President -- a moniker he relished -- then George W. Bush is the first Jewish President. After first disengaging from the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations and refusing to even lay eyes on Yasser Arafat, Bush went on to give Israeli Prime Minister and best Mideast buddy Ariel Sharon virtual carte blanche in his crackdown on the suicide-bombing Palestinians and then followed the advice of his fiercely pro-Israel neocon advisers and went to war in Iraq. <snip>

More: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5876371/

big money Jewish donors - the ones who have traditionally given to Democratic candidates.

It's all part of the strategy - cut dem funding, create a one party state... there was an excellent thread here about the one party strategy but I didn't bookmark it. :(