Some of my Catholic and Christian friends ask me why do Jews vote
Democratic or why are they liberal.  Economically it doesn't make
sense.  There is a strong undercurrent of liberalism and minority
thinking in our voting pattern.  I have been voting Republican most of
my life.  I simply disagree with most positions of the Democratic
Party.  In this election I will be voting Republican again.  I have no
real idea of what Obama stands for, I tend to think he is an extreme
liberal or worse, and I remember Hillary hugging Mrs. Arafat and I
believe Dick Morris's account of Hillary being anti Jewish.

 At
this point in history the Democrats sadly are the closeminded people. 
They do not tolerate any dissent.  If Obama were to be elected it will
be interesting to see how "white america" reacts and the effect it
would have on affirmative action programs since having a black american
in office would be somewhat of a turning point in assuming that blacks
are being discriminated against.  

 My larger criticism is for
those who are afraid of or rant against Evangelicals.  These are often
very hard working good people who have one or two strongly held beliefs
which run counter to today's culture.  Namely they are anti abortion
and have strong beliefs in religion.  No, I do not appreciate it when
some of them say that unless you accept Christ you are going to hell
when you die.  But if you look at their actions you would be hard
pressed to find any real hatred or dislike of Jews on their part.  If
you look at a representative sample of African Americans on the other
hand you are going to find their views opposed to the views of most
Jewish Americans.  Not to stereotype but they are for more government
entitlements, affirmative action, pro Palestinian and anti Jewish.

 Unfortunately,
to quote someone, there is not a dime's worth of difference in what is
going to happen whoever gets elected.  Other countries are rapidly
achieving our standard of living and this nation's preeminence is
declining relatively.  The values that Jews have for social justice,
education and Israel are not shared by many people.  

 The war seems to have become less important than the economy as
a voting issue although I would bet that most Jews are against it. 
Looking back I was for the war at the start and won't say now that I
wasn't.  I don't think there is too much Bush could have done
differently at the time to make matters better.   When other Jews tell
me they are against the war and I ask them what should have been done
they usually say nothing or that they were for the war in Afghanistan
but against it in Iraq. This all overlooks the factors that led to the situation that Bill Clinton helped create and that is why I am voting Republican.