Those pesky Florida Joooooooooooooooos:
At the Aberdeen Golf and Country Club on Sunday, the fountains were burbling, the man-made lakes were shining, and Shirley Weitz and Ruth Grossman were debating why Jews in this gated neighborhood of airy retirement homes feel so much trepidation about Senator Barack Obama.
“The people here, liberal people, will not vote for Obama because of his attitude towards Israel,†Ms. Weitz, 83, said, lingering over brunch.
“They’re going to vote for McCain,†she said.
Ms. Grossman, 80, agreed with her friend’s conclusion, but not her reasoning.
“They’ll pick on the minister thing, they’ll pick on the wife, but the major issue is color,†she said, quietly fingering a coffee cup. Ms. Grossman said she was thinking of voting for Mr. Obama, who is leading in the delegate count for the nomination, as was Ms. Weitz.
But Ms. Grossman does not tell the neighbors. “I keep my mouth shut,†she said.
Yet liberal people hate President Bush for ending Saddam’s threat against Israel; the liberal people consider Bush the warmonger.
Funny that.
The liberal people will probably call for President Bush’s impeachment should he attempt to prevent Ahmadinejad’s mullah from wiping Israel off the planet.
Even funnier that.
Liberal people are always their own worst enemy.
I was unavailable for comment when the interviewer came to Del Boca Vista – Cadillac stuck in the swamp.
Still got that astronaut pen?
Funny the way Ms. Grossman just knew that the only reason people would vote against Sen. Obama was because of race. Like what other people say has no meaning – she just knws what’s in their hearts, like The Shadow!
I can make reference to The Shadow, can’t I?
Well, it’s not like Jews were very helpful during the Civil Rights Movement. What do you expect?
On a more serious note, these kinds of stories are constructed to win votes for a particular candidate — in this case, Obama. The taint of racism on those who don’t vote for the new Messiah will be strong, and will fill the heart with shame.
Hamhanded rhetorical manipulation. It would be funny were it not so scary.
I confess race is an issue NOW, for me, with Obama. He isn’t the promised post-racialist, but mired in gobbledygook religion and politics infested with race. His feeling about Israel are related to that gobbledygook.
Just coming clean.
“I can make reference to The Shadow, can’t I?”
DARKIST!
Sarah,
I have to agree. I have never been very aware of race before, but, thanks to this Obama shit, I have become very aware of it. I HATE it when I am talking to an old friend and thinking “He’s/She’s black”.
It is VERY disturbing to me, because I have never thought that way in my life.
Obama (and his butt kissing media) is setting back race relations by at least fifty years. “Post racialist”, my butt. Obama and his campaign are trading on race as much as Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton. They are just much slicker about it.
And just wait. If Obama loses either the nomination, or the general election, even by millions of votes, we are in for a shitstorm that will make 1968 look like a picnic. And the pisser is, it appears that O!’s campaign is purposely setting this scenario.
I am still a jerkist, not a racist (although O! is trying his hardest to predicate a self fulfilling prophecy).
Because I don’t believe in Obama’s childish view of the world has no bearing on his skin color. And don’t be surprised when Obama loses, that anyone who disagrees with him becomes a “racist”. I mean, I already am, in the eyes of the Messiah’s followers, regardless of my reasons for opposing him.
You like the pen? Take the pen! Will non-Obama voters be forced to wear giant R’s on their hairshirts as they are paraded through the streets of Portland and San Francisco?
I must confess, to all who don’t know already, that I am a democratist.
I believe that any politician who has a D after his name has taken the oath, drank the blood from the skull, and will do whatever it takes to help himself and others like him achieve power. Plain and simple.
Don’t call me a racist. (I’ve voted for Alan Keyes.)
And don’t get me wrong on this, either. I am not a republican. I am a pro-life conservative.
Funny that after she declares that people won’t vote for Obama because they’re racists, she quietly declares that she is voting for Obama. She can’t have us thinking she’s a racist like all her despicable friends and neighbors, now can she?
Lord knows, if another choses not to support your candidate, it must be for neferious reasons.
I know that I always confess my darkest thoughts to random NYT press nerds, as I quietly finger my coffee cup, knowing my name will be printed worldwide.
Hey, that “darkest” just slipped out. And the “finger” thing.
Shoot, I guess I shouldn’t say those words, ever.
And sorry about the bitter-clingy “shoot” reference.
Sorry Sorry Sorry.
Yeah, Big Dan, that’s pretty good.
But Ms. Grossman does not tell the neighbors. “I keep my mouth shut,†she said.
I just make sure I tell a major newspaper.
They may as well just spell it out. The only reason people have for not voting for Baracky is that they are racist. There is no other possible explanation. He’s hope. He’s change. He was a community organizer. What more could you want?
I always wondered. If the Palestinians hate the Jews because they want to take all the land over, blah, blah, blah, then aren’t they really going to hate Iran if Iran nukes it? I have to think, that’s going to make Hamas pissed.
Secondly, why hasn’t Hamas and Fatah ever figured out that you are settled on the door step of a nuke zone if the guys sending you money get their way? It’s not like Palestinians are fission proof.
Just remember this; in the messiest gender vs. race mudfest in American history all of the racists and misogynists have been Democrats.
Kiss my tushie Nora Efron.
Hamas would only be pissed by the 100% annihilation of da Jooooz because it would mean no more reason for Hamas’ existence.
And if Hamas no longer has a reason to exist, it might as well go up in the radioactive mushroom cloud along with Israel. “From hell’s heart, I stab at thee!”
Uranium, you think they’ve thought this out logically and clearly??
I don’t suppose B.H.O. could win ’em over by humming a few measures of Cap’n Beefheart?
I can see the Hamas children’s show now: “Mr. Happy Mushroom Cloud visits Tel Aviv!”
“I don’t suppose B.H.O. could win ‘em over by humming a few measures of Cap’n Beefheart?”
If they strapped down all of our enemies and forced repeated playings of Trout Mask Replica in their ears at high volume they would most likely give up every bit of intel they have although the torture-whiners would have a pretty good case against this extreme method.
Oh great, the NYT gives liberals another reason to spout “anti-Zionist” (code for “I hate Jews”) rhetoric. Because TEH JOOOS are all racists!!!
That, Beth, should really help the NYT in its core distribution area. I have heard that insulting your customers is the latest trend. It has worked so well with the automobile companies, right?