Obama Makes Me Nervous
I'm just back from 10 days in America, where I found that my uneasiness about Obama was shared by lots of folks that I met. But given the circles I was moving in I was picking up the vibes of the post midlife crisis crowd. In the cartoon Mr. Shuldig makes a magnanimous, but insincere, suggestion that his nervousness might be related to his age.So tell me, what's your take on this feeling about Obama? and give us your age please.
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Shalom,
I have to agree with Bones, mr Obama gives me too the willy jibbies.
The only reason for age being involved, is because we have been around so long, I am 59 years of age, and have seen a lot of leaders go by.
So maybe experience does count in this case!
I hope, both for Israel and the american people, that we are wrong.
Moishe Ish Shalom
I'm 50 and not only does he give me the creeps, but scares the heck out of me.
If he is elected it will be worse than a second term of Dhimmi Carter. Heck it will be Carter's second term!
He's "vaporware": lots of hot air, but no content (not that McCain is anything to write-home about).
In the November general election, I might just write-in Arik Sharon...
Obama reminds me of the Summer of Love. A lot of grandiose, pie-in-sky, feel-good schemes that will not amount to anything except more government beauracracy. Our War on Poverty has given us more stupid lazy people, completely dependent on the government.
Obama, makes many us of nervous. He talks about change, but what precisely does he want to change? He is quite evasive about his true intentions if elected President of the United States. And by the way, Does anyone but me think it quite odd that a man with a Muslim father and a Muslim name, may well be the next President? But does this make me less of a man for not wanting just quite this much change? I do not think so, Just more cautious at 46.
Paul Williams
Shalom I am most wrried about Obama Hussein. America is like the Europe of 70 years ago - paradise for the Jews abut then along comes the Shoa to remind everyone where we belong and that what looks good for a while can cahnge rapidly and devastatingly. I am 66 and lost many family in the Shoa and grew up in Canada - the good life but it is not home and here is where our home is. I have a feeling that this is what it is all about. Like the comment above about it being Jimmy Carter's second go at it through Obama, that is a disaster for us. So Mr Shuldig is right on both accounts he has his experience and he has the current stuff in the name of Obama Husseini
He frightens me because he is a demogogue, because he sheds his principles daily. And because he is the handsome young type that Americans vote for, for that is their collective self image.
I am 63 and care passionately about Israel but I am going to disagree with your correspondents. Obama seems the best thing that could happen to get the USA out of the corruption and mismanagement of the Bush years. I was excited about JFK as a schoolboy and I feel the same hope now. I saw Obama stickers on cars in Jerusalem on my last visit so I'm not the only one!!!
I agree with the analogy to Dhimmi Carter. However, I would consider him a dishonest Dhimmi Carter. Carter honestly thought he was moral. Obama is a Carter wannabe and is consciously trying to fool us.
I am over 60.
Nixon versus McGovern was the crook versus the fool. Obama is the bad points of both men.
Yes I feel it too, in this case, "Black man speak with forked tongue".......
Has the appeal but lacks substance. I admit it, I may be a "grumpy old man" (age 62) but in this case I quote Bertrand Russell, "The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it".
Shalom
Eric Holman
New Zealand
I have dual citizenship. Yes Mr. Barak Obama makes me nervous. After WWII there were stories going around about "Sleepers" Germans or Americans with sympathy for the German cause who were sent as children to await the day when they would be given the signal to arise and do what they were programed to do. I believe that our Arab cousins have taken that idea in the form of Obama. There are just too many questions about him that have not been answered.
So yes he scares me. I am 57 years old. Meyer
We find him to be very scary. May the Lord have mercy on us. We both are near 70.
45 years old. Yes, Barack Obama frightens me. The people who would elect him, blindly, frighten me. John McCain is certainly not my first choice for president, but I can't see how this is a question for any thinking person. Thus I believe that most Obama supporters are hypnotized. Not thinking, but reacting, *Believing.* Heaven help us all.
We are unused to dealing with someone who listns and then speaks, rather than one who just prattles along. Obama;s history is of building concensus and moving his program foreward in that fashion. Some of our very best leaders (historically) have worked that way.
From Israel's perspective, what we need id someone who will not be dismissed automatically as biased, and who then needs to pressure Israel in an inherently unsuccessful effort to appear neutral. Obama may have the credibility necessary to say the things to the Arabs that Bush and Clinton could not, and to be listened to by them. That alone is worth something.
We might also consider what McCail will bring with him if elected. Another Clarence Thomas or two on the Supreme Court. Four more years of disastrous economic and environmental policies. Further destruction of public education.
If McCaim were 50 and Obama were white, do you think you would be hearing the same grousing?
By the way, I am 59.
Duvid b'Denver.
Uneasy? More than a little. Mr. Obama was successful coming up through the ranks of the Chicago political machine, and has seized each opportunity that presented itself to him. Highly ambitious and self-confident, with a firm faith in himself.
I say "faith", not only to indicate his uncritical acceptance of his ideology, but also his tendency to paint anyone who disagrees with him as evil.
Oh, most polls I've seen show the Jewish vote in the U.S. going for the Obamessiah by well over 60%.
Age: lower 50s.
53 in Upstate NY, Mr Obama has zero experience. In order to be qualified to move up to District Manager, you need to have managed a store successfully for 5 or 10 years.
In other words...only a former Governor is qualified to be President...period. At least he will have a track record with a state, before he/she is in charge of 50.
This is an election of ABB - Anybody But Bush/McCain.
Mr Obama's heritage is suspect. I am simply concerned that he wants to burn it all down to rebuilt it with a less racist lean.
He is tooting change and let's see if the kids vote...if not...same old same old.
I will not vote for the new appeaser!
McCain makes me MORE nervous!!!
I am 49 and my wife is 46. We are both uneasy about Barak HUSSEIN Obama for President of the USA (current world super power). More frightening is his gang of advisors and spiritualess leaders. I think he may be a great catalyst in promoting Aliyah.
I am 59 as well and I have some reservations about Obama although I have as many reservations about McCain too. I do not see Obama as a John Kennedy clone like some folks do.Where is Teddy Roosevelt when we need him??
Whether Obama is elected President or not (hopefully NEVER), Jonah Goldberg will have to add another chapter to his book "Liberal Facism". The words "Hope" and "Change" have ehcoed throughout history, mostly as codewords for "We're Going To Change Your Entire Lifestyle To Suit Our Idea Of Perfection". In America, what is "conservative" today isn't so much what was "liberal" yesterday, it's what was "liberal" but actually WORKED on our behalf. Too much of what we call "progressive" or "liberal" is actually Mussolin's idea of totalatarian control, masked as something beneficial. Bush, often called a "Nazi", has actually done far LESS than what he could have done after 9/11. He did not impose martial law, for example, or have dissidents jailed or exhiled, or place Muslim families in interment camps (Gitmo notwithstanding), but put up with countless personal attacks over the years from detractors of all shades, from Sunday morning suit and coat commentators on tv to unwashed, naked hippies (old and young) taking to the streets of San Francisco. I trust Obama completely...to be Jimmy Carter's second term, combined with Nixon's third, and FDR's fifth, with a sickly dose of Woodrow Wilson and more than just a pinch of Marx tossed in for bad measure.
By the way, I left the comment regarding "Liberal Facism", and I'm 41.
Shalom,
I am 50, not too cranky but uneasy,yes.
Obama's dishonesty, his background as a muslim and his denial of it, his associations with others and his stance on terrorism to name a few make me more than uneasy actually.
Rivkah
When ever something inconviences him he throws it away (his church).
It appears that he is not verbally quick on his feet. What happens when he is interacting with world leaders? You can't just keep saying "I will get back to you on that".
He keeps promising to spend very large amounts of money on social programs. He wants to "give us the tools to succeed". He never mentions where he is going to get all of this money from.
He thinks that the government should regulate everything, for the good of the people.
As I see it he is a communist, and that has just worked out so well for the populations under that system. What something like 120 Million dead? Or was that dictators, and commies were only 90 Million dead.
Age: 27
I do not like him for honest reasons. The fact that he had been involved with an anti-semetic church/preacher is one. The fact that he hides his past childhood upbringing and has been schooled at madrassa and has many around him who are very anti-semetic makes me shudder to think what could happen if he were elected in office. I think all of us can read about Hitler who had some charm to him that appealed to the German masses at that time. I will not vote for him but I think us in hte USA dont have many choices of those who run for president sad to say. I am glad I am not some young person just starting out in life with hte way things are going for this country at this point in history.
Yes he scares me. He has no experience that I can see to make him leader of the (cough) "free world". McCain's worse. I've already decided I'm not voting for President this year. As in the past, I refuse to vote for the lesser of two evils, and this year I mean "Evil". I'm 60
Mr. Obama makes me nervous. Not for the Swiftboating "stuff" that is being sent over the WEB, but because he has bad judgement.What (as an American) scares the heck out of me is Bush Lite. A third term for the worst president we have ever had keeps me up at night.
Bones, I realize Israel is your first priority, but America is mine. If America loses its Constitution, it is all over for Jews here, throughout the world, as well as for Israel. That is why, with reservations, I am voting for Obama.
While I don't fully agree with defalix, I really cannot agree at all with Divid b'Denver!
a Hillary/Bill second go-round was bad enough to contemplate, but Obama is much more frightening. He speaks in sound-bytes, but says nothing of substance. He said he is 'not anti-Semitic ' in such a way that I was instantly reminded of one 'Christian Palestinian' who is all over the internet saying that ONLY the Christian Palestinians are 'entitled' to the land of Israel, because the"Palestinians' are also 'Semitic', and they are the 'only' ones there that followed Yeshua and lived in the land... oh? There were no Jews living in the land before 1948???
While Obama didn't elaborate, his cohorts (his pastor, the priest, and the very anti-Semitic (meaning anti-Jewish as it has always meant) and anti-white buddy Farrakhn speak loudly. His association with known terrorists who HAVE bombed in the US, are unrepentant, and wish that they had done more... fills in more spaces.
While McCain was definitely NOT my first choice, he is immensely better than Obama. At least I have no doubt that he will not sell the country out.
Where both Obama and Hillary think that we are going to get the money to 'take care of everyone' from cradle to grave as they seem to want to do is beside me!
"Change?" To what? And why have NONE of the three (especially Hillary and Obama) ever worked on those 'changes' as Senators.
"Yes, we CAN!"... Can what... give up our rights to live til natural death? Give up our guns?
I am afraid that those who buy into his rhetoric are in all actuality selling their birth right for a bowl of pottage. Sound-bytes tell us nothing, but they work when someone is a skilled speaker, 'charismatic' propagandist.
We have seen this before....and it was not pretty then, either.
Yes, Obama scares me. A Obama-Clinton ticket would be worse. An Obama-H Clinton with B Clinton in the UN even MORE so.
I am 59. However, my son is even more vehemently anti-Obama. HE is 26.
What makes me nervous is the idea of four more years of Bush by way of McCain. His big "selling point" is that he was a POW for five years. While I can't detract from the endurance he showed there, I've yet to hear a word about how that experience gives him any particular expertise in dealing with the US economy, political problems, international relations, the war in Iraq, or any of the other problems the country faces. And how does it make him better qualified than those of us who managed to keep from being captured and spent the war fighting instead?
You'd think someone who has served in a war would be reluctant to make comments about keeping our troops in Iraq for the next hundred years. Granted, we've had troops in Korea for half a century now, but they're there at the request of the Korean government, and we don't have the Korean people planting bombs everywhere and trying to kill us. My son is a Marine, and I'm not eager to see him spending half his career in the Mideast.
I'm 59, and I'm sick of all the paranoid "Obama is a secret Muslim" dreck that we see floating around the Internet and being whispered in shul. If people were halfway honest, they'd admit that what scares them is the idea of a black man being president; especially one who's not a cookie-cutter clone of every other politician in Washington.
eidel (above) is a perfect example of exactly what frightens me the most. He believes that President Bush is the worst President ever. In order to believe that, one has to be completely ignorant of American history. We have had FAR worse presidents than Mr. Bush. To me he seems about middling, but I digress. So is it ignorance or just hyperbole? What it is NOT is thoughtful consideration of the two candidates on their merits. Nor is McCain a clone of President Bush other than that they are both members of the Republican Party. This is consistent with what I hear from Obama supporters. They do not think, they parrot, they echo, they grandstand. They do not persuade me because their 'arguments' are not arguments as such, using logic and facts to convince. Where are the reasoning supporters of Obama. Let one of them come forward and give thoughtful evidence of what is good about Obama for President and I would be far less frightened. I think the constitution can survive four years of Obama or McCain better than it can survive an unthinking rabble swayed by the most pleasing soundbites.
Why I would never vote for Obama.
From 'Dreams of My Father',
"I ceased to advertise my mothers race when I was 12 or 13, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites"
From Dreams of My Father, " I found solace from nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity towards my mothers race".
From 'Dreams of my Father,"The emotion between the races could never be pure..... the other race (white)would always remain just that,menacing,alien and apart"
From Dreams Of My Father, "never emulate white men and brown men whose fates didn't speak to my own. it was into my fathers image ,the black man,the son of africa, that i'd packed all the attributes i sought in myself.
From Dreams Of My Father:
"That hate hadn't gone away," he wrote,blaming white people,-some cruel,some ignorant, sometimes a single face, sometimes just a faceless image of a system claiming power over our lives."
From Dreams Of My Father;
"There were enough of us on campus to constitute a tribe, and when it came to hanging out many of us chose to function like a tribe, staying close together, traveling in packs," he wrote. "It remained necessary to prove which side you were on,to show your loyalty to the black masses,to strike out, and name names"
From Dreams Of My Father, "I had grown accustomed, everywhere, to suspicions between the races.."
Quote from Barack Obama's book, Dreams Of My Father:
"The person who made me proudest of all, though, was [half brother] Roy .. He converted to Islam."
From 'Dreams of my Father', "In Indonesia, I had spent two years at a Muslim school"
"I studied the Koran.."
From 'Audacity of Hope: "Lolo (Obama's step father) followed a brand of Islam ...."I looked to Lolo for guidance".
From 'The Audacity Of Hope, "I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction."
From The Audacity Of Hope, "We are no longer just a Christian nation," "We are also a Jewish nation, a Muslim nation, a Buddhist nation, a Hindu nation, and a nation of nonbelievers."
The man's a racist pure and simple
Age 62. I'm excited about Mr Obama, not just because he represents energy and opposition to the current disastrous system, but because he has A VISION. Any vision. We, here in America, have always been able to do so long as we were 'led'.
His second, most endearing attribute is his ability to make an amend - to say "I'm sorry, that was wrong". Its a very 'mensch' quality and something that has been totally lacking in the last 30+ years.
Its always been someone ELSE's fault. Here's a fellow who feels that he can do 'tikun olam' ... I think we should try.
Yes not only does he scare but his wife does as well. I am 57 and have lost many in the Holocaust. I also went through reverse discrimination. It seems this "empty suit" will further bring down the economy of the USA and its friendly countries but cause more social problems that will take decades to put right. It will be a case of voting for the least damage in the fall. This jerk and his wife will cause the most damage.
Hi,
I'm 35 - so its not a midlife thing. Obama makes me nervous. I was at the AIPAC conference and heard him speak - I also heard him "clarify" his comments the next day. He's not good for America or for Israel.
S
As a Christian Zionist, it is clear to me that both America & Israel have good reason to feel uneasy, nervous and yes, even fearful, of Obama. He is smooth but cunning in his ability to conceal his core beliefs, and to mesmerize so many people. The young American generation in general, lack historical perspective and are being swept away by rhetorical idealistic sounding talk. As a senior citizen, I say "Be wary of this man".
Norma Winton
qxxdjqfladybug, I am a historian, though it is a few years to early to definitively make Dubbya the worst, I have found no one as bad as he.
I Think he is a Threat to the US and Israel. I am old enough to see that.
I've been flip flopping on Obama msyelf(Good thing I'm not running for office or they'd swiftboat me straight to a Nobel Prize.)
On the one hand, I'm curious to see how he would play out as President.
On the other hand - nobody KNOWS what he's going to do, and 'change' is not always a good thing. Things might get worse befor they get better..but things also get worse before they become worser still.
McCain is not much of an option either. He is a known quantity though. So unless Obama opens up and shows us exactly the kind of man he is, he will never get traction with anyone who isn't sure about him. And from these comments, it seems like most Jews aren't willing to play russian roulette with a leader who won't talk straight.
A TAXPAYER VOTING FOR OBAMA IS LIKE A CHICKEN VOTING FOR COL SANDERS!
Age: 59
Good to have you back, Bones.
I became 70 last Sunday.
I wouldn't vote for Obama if he were the only name on the ballot!!!
Let us remember, "God is in control"
Eliyahu, you have taken McCain's statement entirely out of context, and then tried to pass on the rhetoric of four more years of Bush. They are not alike.
Furthermore, I am really getting tired of being told that I am either afraid to elect a black man (seems to me his mother is white?) or that I am prejudiced because I do not like nor trust him.
That is entirely nonsense. If he were red, yellow, white or polka dot spouting the same sound-bytes and promising 'the moon' at my tax dollar expense to boot, I would feel the same way.
I am also tired of the 'secret Muslim' stuff. My opinions are not based on his name or his color, but his words and lack of substance, high on sound-byte jargon that goes well in commercials. My opinion is also based on his voting record in Illinois, his Illinois friends and associates, and his lack of much of a voting record in the US States Senate.
Amazing, just simply amazing. The percentage of Democrats who refuse to vote for Obama now that Hillary is out of the race. These "Democrats" are all "DINOS" in my humble opinion - that is Democrats In Name Only. Going for McCain now that Hillary is out of the run is like saying, "well, given the troubles at Rubashkin's plant in Iowa, I think I'll just eat treif until it all blows over . . . " This is preposterous. Furthermore the extent to which American Jews are one-issue voters - i.e. Israel, is TRULY infuriating. In fact it's deeply embarrassing that people who call themselves Americans will put Israel at the top of their priorities before the real and urgent issues facing ALL Americans today. Shall I give you the whole list or just the top 10?
Classroom size in public schools
The lack of empowerment of inner-city youth
The mortgage crisis
Poverty
Inflation
De-industrialization (union busting, low-wage labor, etc. . .)
The aging infrastructure (roads, electrical grid, etc. . . )
The endless and failed war in Iraq
The failed war on drugs
The wealth gap
My Jewish heritage and sense of peoplehood does not preclude my fervent ire regarding the fundamental lack of both social consciousness and justice for all pervades the voting public. Quite the opposite; our sages teach us to prioritize the needy, the widow, and the orphan in our own midst.
Now to Israel. I love Israel. My mother is an Israeli. The majority of my family lives in Israel. What I know for certain is that Israel is a wonderful country populated by some of the brightest, best-educated, and thoughtful people I've ever encountered. Israel is also a place where the political conversation is WAY more nuanced and interesting than it is in this country. Israel is also a very powerful player, in proportion to its geographic size. In short, it's a modern, Western country replete with intellectual and military resources. I don't subscribe to the notion that Israel is simply "Yad Vashem with an airforce," as some gadflies would contend. That is an unfair over-simplification. Israel offers much to its citizens and to the world. Its own racial / ethnic issues vis-a-vis Israeli-Arabs and even inter-Jewish class warfare are absolutely critical.
American politicians are wed to Israel, regardless of which side of the aisle they find themselves. Obama would abandon Israel about as quickly as Bush would abandon the little hand bible on his dashboard. Support for Israel is a fixture of election politics in the US, and that unto itself makes me WAY more nervous than Senator Obama ever will. It fuels the fires of those who wish to paint the US as a puppet for Jewish interests, as absurd as that is.
Jewish support for McCain's candidacy, however, not only makes me nervous, it disgusts me beyond all measure. Wake Up Folks!!! Obama is for America - ALL OF AMERICA!!!! Americans are not only white and the number one issue is not only ISRAEL! Obama will fill the hearts of so many non-white kids with pride, and the minds of so many people with sophisticated, non-pat response to the issues - these are things McCain will never do in his wildest dreams. McCain is old damaged goods. Obama is the new face of America. Deny it and you prolong the pain which this country is mired in.
I’m 48; my name's Ruth.
Of course I’m wary of Obama, I’m wary of anyone who has managed to get this far in the process. By this time, the most uncorrupted candidates have been weeded out.
But McCain scares the I-don’t-know-what out of me. Consider the character of the man who might have his finger on the red button.
Two facts teach us a lot:
1. He has repeatedly started physical fights on the senate floor, and in other public places.
2. He suddenly turned on his wife in public, on camera, insulting her and calling her a c*** after a harmless remark.
This tells us:
1. He has no control over his temper physically
2. He has no control over his tongue
3. He severely lacks judgement
4. He has no respect for those who are close and support him (and who might advise and moderate him)
5. He lacks all respect for women (witness the chosen language)
6. His “family values” are detestable
7. His behavior would disgrace the USA internationally
8. He would be very likely to provoke international incidents or even start a war(s)
I'm 23 years old and Obama makes me durned nervous. My only nechama is that my father says maybe if Obama will come and act like the weak all talk no bite politician he is the arabs may make the mistake of thinking they can take it into all out war level and America will just stand by. Which my father says America would not do even under Obama. He gives some examples from American history with some countries in Europe - Maybe Russia or afganistan (what do I know about ancient history)
I am 32 and scared of both Sen. Obama and Sen. McCain, the same way I would be scared of Vladimir Lenin or Karl Marx. Sen. Obama is the most liberal member of the senate, is proposing 1.5 trillion in Taxes and 3 Trillion spending, this on top of the 53 Trillion in debt this country has before social security. The communism/socialism of the man scares me out of my skin. On the other hand Sen. McCain has limited my right to free speech more than any other man in history other than the partner Sen. Fiengold. Which am I voting for? Neither. I vote libertarian in any election where it is possible. I just wish their ticket was reversed.
The press in the US has been pushing Obama for president for two years now. I don't trust the press and I do not trust Obama. He is good looking and a good talker, but he is telling people what they want to hear. Some powerful people seem to be pushing his into the White House.
I am 55.
Age 17, my opinion of Mr. Obama is best summed up in the quote "Hitler gave great speeches too."
My grandparents call him the black lennin and i think its far far worse.
my worst fear though is not of him, but of the millions who want to and probably will succeed in electing him.
GPC USA. I am not Jewish, but am married to a fine Jewish Lady. It constantly amazes me the leftist Jewish bent. Don't you see that socialism or communism or any authoritarian state must rule its people with an iron hand and a gun. The reason of course is redistribution of one's earnings goes against human nature as does regulation of action of any kind. One's first instinct is provide for family and loved ones. By virtue of their philosophy the state puts itself above the individual and uses force or the threat of same to extract what it desires for redistribution. Since the machinery of state uses the largest share of this largese it is necessary to extort( sorry extract) vast amounts of our earnings, making properity difficult. Therefore citizen unrest must be appeased by creating an enemy be it terrorists or Jews or other(Jews traditionaly being the most common) No more space here, Think about it!!! What are you people doing? Vote freedom
Hey, Geoffrey, thanks for the history lesson. Fortunately, the US is not a totalitarian state. Furthermore we don't select our leadership via secret vote or by coup d'etat (even though what happened in 2000 in Florida is pretty, um . . . interesting. . . )
But anyhow, drawing the likeness between some kooky oligarchs and Obama is patently absurd. Obama is a populist, but he's also an intellectual. He will surround himself with the same type of people. He won't promise not to raise taxes, and he won't do feel-good, speeches. He's going to be real, he's going to work hard, and hopefully, he'll also get elected.
As to your "fine Jewish Lady," shall we assume that she stands in perfect contradistinction to all those Jewish ladies who happen to be "rough" or simply free from impurity? What were your other choices when dating? Hmm? Coarse, lumpy, or mealy Christians?
Unfortunately, for the last several elections, I haven't voted for anyone, rather against someone who REALLY made me nervous. This election is even more so, since they both make me nervous.
So if no one goes to the polls to vote, who would be president then?
I'm 47.
By the way, welcome back, Yaakov.
Shalom,
I am 22 and actually McCain scares me way more then Obama whilst I couldn't approve of either of them.
What I am afraid of with Obama is less that he could hurt the US on purpose then that his lack of experience could lead to him being manipulated. Personally I would welcome an Obama-Clinton team for each of them has what the other one lacks.
When it comes to Obama and Israel I really haven't found out what to think about it. The one day I think I know whether a Pres. Obama would ge beneficial or maleficial and the other day I have no idea. Yet would McCain be any better? I doubt it. Even a G.W. Bush hasn't been much of a help when it comes to Israel.
However fact is that things are rather messed up in the US and perhaps a radical chance could get a couple of stones rolling to the benefit of the country.
Shalom,
I'm 27 and I can't stand either of the front runners in this race. I'm a Republican however my vote for president will be third party. I believe in the Bible when it says I Will Bless Those Who Bless You And Curse Those That Curse You. Israel is one of many of my top priorities for the sake of myself, my country and most of all to please G-D. My Vote Will Be For William Koenig This Year.
http://william2008.com/
Shalom. This week I turn 75, and I have been a passionate supporter of Israel since I was in Habonim in my teens before the State was reestablished and have supported AIPAC since Sy Kennan started it. Also, I have been active in American politics since the Truman administration.
And I have loved - and remember - wonderful Dry Bones editorial cartoons all the way back to Golda's complaining that Kissinger kissed Sadat on the lips.
The vast majority of your writers capture the anxiety that has been fed by rumors, many of which are malicious and tendentious. I suggest they read the detailed interview Jeffrey Goldberg had with Obama and reported in Atlantic Monthly. It will correct some of the distortions that have grown in the Jewish community.
Obama is a strong friend of Israel and will not compromise her security even if, inevitably, he acknowledges that some compromises will be needed to avoid a repeat Masada. He is NO Carter and has never been aligned with Carter, having absolutely NONE of the moral superiority arrogance (and anti-Semitism) of that Southern bigot. Indeed, Obama's black experience and work with Jewish groups in Chicago as he grew and developed make him the most solid supporter of Israel as it struggles in what is worse than a bad neighborhood.
This election is too important for its impact on Israel to allow American Jews to vote on the basis of rumor and bias. PLEASE, at least read the Atlantic Monthly interview in depth.
p.s. I continue to love Dry Bones...but I think you are too kind to Carter to call him merely a shmendrik.
I'm 18. Obama scares me. He's the quintessential "smiley face fascist."
A call to unity and action, often without specification of exactly what exaction will be take and what will result (i.e, "hope and change.")
The whole idea that the government needs to take action to save society, that the decisive action of a strong leader is all that can fix our problems.
Where will it lead? To a place where those who don't agree with the solutions and don't want to sacrifice for them are considered unpatriotic, discriminated against, harrased by the the government, spied on, beaten up, and finally thrown in jail. In effect, the loss of our freedoms. I won't accuse Obama of wanting that. But that's where that path leads, and if Obama won't go that far, a successor following in his foot steps may well.
Not to mention his naive approach to foreign policy, thinking he can appease evil and strike deals with those who only want our death or enslavement. I don't know his views on Israel, but even with the best of intentions, he is a danger. To Israel, America, and every other country that would prefer to, actually, ya know... stay alive and not end up as slaves to either their own government or a foreign one?
McCain isn't the greatest, but he's a lot better than Obama.
I am 43. And yes, I feel there is something off about the first pres candidate we've had who is such a darling of Muslims and who has raised so much money. He has now broken two promises he made - 1. Public Funds and 2. To meet John McCain anywhere and anytime. He can't even get thru the campaign w/o breaking trust...how can anyone trust what he says if he becomes president. Islam says it is okay to lie about your religion if you dont believe it in your heart as the means to an end. It also okays renegging on any truce, pact etc w/a non-believer. I just don't trust this guy AT ALL...
I am 35 and I am an Obama supporter. All of the fear springs from misinformation.
Bones is right, B. Hussein is scary. I'm eighty and he scares me worse than any previous candidate ever has and I can tell you why. He said this was the greatest country that ever was. And he wants to change it. He means it too.
All Marxists give me uneasiness.
- 28 years old
I don't like Obama at all. I think he's not really a friend to Israel at all, I think he's a raving liar and a lunatic and I'll be condemned to the fiery burning pits of Sheol before I ever willingly vote for the man.
I'm 26, by the way. :3
I'm from Illinois, I'm over 50, and a conservative Christian. I am not sure who is more scarey, Obama or the ones who are actually following after him. I think whoever wins, the global mindset will continue to erode what little is left of American national identity and will. Both parties abhor Christians except the ones they think they can use; they will use Israel too. So foolish; too bad.
Obama scares me because he is "an empty suit" a Roschach test showing the words "change" and "hope," leaving each one of us to impose upon the words our own, often unfulfillable, dreams.
By his own admission, in his memoir "The Audacity of Hope" he wrote "I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes PROJECT THEIR OWN VIEWS."
I am way over 50, but I think I would have recgnized that frightening flaw in a candidate for President of the United States when I was 30.
I'm exactly like Shuldig. He makes me nervous but I'm not exactly sure why. Trouble is, McCain terrifies me. I'm 62 and a dual-citizen. I keep wanting to believe Obama but there's this huge doubt circling all around like a flock of crows waiting to attack a corn field. Things are so uncertain and scary right now. Oh, for the good ol' days. I'm 62!
I live north of the border, so I can't vote in your upcoming election, but whoever gets in, it'll affect Canada too. You really haven't got good choices in the front runners, sadly.
I've read a bit about McCain's temper, that would make him a fool, Obama has shown lots of self control, but no integrity.
God help you!
I am Canadian, 59 years old and follow the American scene.
My main worries are:
1. I worry more that OB is a liberal socialist big spender and big taxer
2. I worry that John Mccain is not a suitable alternative, he is too old and lacks a true understanding of the key economic issues
He's a bigger threat to America and Israel then Jimmy Carter; there's a whole lot at stake if he's elected.
- age 31
I'm only 24 years old, but I consider Obama a silver-tongued demagogue whose voting record has yet to be seriously scrutinized despite his close proximity to the office of president.
A lot of people are buying into his buzz word talk about hope and change without the wisdom to check up on whether he's actually anything of who he claims to be.
Satan himself is a good talker who presents his ministers as angels of light. People aren't looking into, for example, Obama's support for partial-birth abortion and the murder of children who survive late-term abortions.
I'm afraid it may result in the next Hitler.
I'm 31, and while he doesn't make me nervous, his lack of foreign policy experience worries me.
But 4 more years of Republican leadership in this country outright scares me. Between destroying our civil liberties and running the economy into the ground, it leaves one uncertain if there even will be an America if things aren't changed immediately.
I think Obama is popular because so many people are sick of the establishment and are desperate for change, even if it's not assuredly change for the better.
He has a track record of fiscal conservatism at a time when even the conservatives seem to have forgotten what that means.
He also has an understanding of modern technology that appeals to a younger demographic - he has an actual tech policy, while McCain (and Clinton) want to ban video games.
If only the John McCain of 2000 was running today, instead of the one who spent far too much time kissing up to the worst President my lifetime.
I should mention that far too many people here are emphasizing Obama's middle name, as if that somehow automatically makes him evil.
Shalom;
Obama since entering the senate 2 years ago has been
running for President, instead of concentrating on his job as a senator.
To me this is an indication that -he will act the same as President - concentrate on something else.
I'm 76.
As a nice Jewish boy and the only conservative in my family, I can honestly say that if o. hussein o. is elected, America will become another cheap 3rd world country and Israel will get no hope from him. Lets hope his plane crashes and soon.
What is this nonsense about being scared of McCain, a man of enormous character and experience? He used to be the democrats favorite republican. And, as far as I can see, the right wing hates him because he's too moderate. Obama is totally unqualified.
I am 47 and there is not a snowball's chance that I would vote for BHO. The man has absolutely zero experience other than the cesspool of Illinois' political machine. Soulreaverssanctum, thank you for reminding me that BHO is first and foremost a racist!
Am I crazy about McCain?
No.
I will hold my nose and vote for him over the inexperienced liar BHO any day!
I work hard and actually EARN my money, working long hours and sacrificing my time. I pay my taxes. BHO wants to take MORE of my money and give it away?
MITX
Obama keeps changing every day. He would be a disaster for the country
He scares me for so many reasons. And on so many levels. No one seems to point out that his cousin in Kenya is a rebel-rouser and is causing that government havoc. He just seems to have a way of making so many things just get covered up or go away. The fact that the American media loves him is scarey enough! I am almost 52, but I don't think its just the age factor. I agree with the last post, for Israel and America I hope he does not get elected.
I am 73. I cannot "not" vote because I refuse to make difficult choices. I do not trust Obama. I am heartsick for the future of our country in this time of 'politically correct' thinking. We have lost our sense of honor, and courage. We refuse to to confront deception. I am ashamed of our poor schools, our simplistic thinking. Where is the next Truman? Where is the next Lincoln? Jefferson?
How dare we settle for so little when we have been the inheritors of such abundance? What legacy are we leaving for our grandchildren's grandchildren? Have we no shame?
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