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Jewish Republicans as an oppressed minority
By Bradley Burston, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: israel, blog, burston, jews

This year, I've decided to do something about bigotry, starting with my own. I want to examine and root out some of the most deep-seated of my personal prejudices. This week, for example, I am resolved to take a look at the irrational queaze I feel when I consider the idea of Jews voting Republican.

As oppressed minorities go, the Republican Jew may appear to be anything but downtrodden. The stereotype, that of the upwardly mobilized breathing the rarified air of the American Dream, was already in place in the early 1960s, when satirist Allan Sherman set the tune of "Hava Nagila" to a family saga that took a New York Jewish couple from relatively humble Kennedy Democratic activist beginnings to the shiny Jaguar poolside lifestyle of Lalaland:

Harvey and Sheila moved to west LA
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arvey and Sheila flew TWA

Traded their used MG for a new XKE
Switched to the GOP
That's the way things go.

As ostensibly idyllic as this may have sounded in the 1962 live recording, one can pick up a decided note of reproach in the near-angry audience guffaws that greet the end of the verse. Simply stated, there's a sense that there's something fundamentally wrong here. There's a sense of dissonance and even discomfort in the idea of the Jewish Republican. And clearly, that sense has never really gone away.

Just this month, addressing a major conference of the Republican Jewish Coalition, presidential hopeful Rudolph Giuliani struck a chord with many in the crowd when he said "A lot of you get grief for being Republican, right?"

For this softest of all soft targets, the grief, of course, comes from a number of directions. There are the Jews who suspect the motives of the White Anglo Saxon Protestant Males who run the party, and of the Evangelical Zionists who back them. There are the Jews who suspect the motives of the Jews who left the New Deal, the New Frontier, and the Great Society in order to invent, expound, embrace and/or institute one form or another of neo-conservatism. There are the Jews who mistrust the Brooks Brothered zeal of young Jewish Republicans who see in their party an American revolution of historic dimension. There are the Jews who see Jewish Republicans as exponents of Sammy Glickism, willing to shed their background for the sake of political and economic assimilation into the Valhalla of golf shoes and perfect teeth.

And then there are the Jews - as well as certain White Christian leaders of the Republican Party - who simply don't like them.

Jewish comedian Lewis Black, a commentator on the Daily Show, was asked by the Los Angeles Jewish Journal if he thought Jewish Republicans were "visionaries or blind?"

"If you're a Jewish Republican, the level of stupidity is beyond belief," humorist Lewis Black, a Daily Show commentator, told the Los Angeles Jewish Journal. He was answering a question which itself betrayed no small animosity toward the Jew who votes R. The question was "A higher percentage of Jews are voting Republican. Do you think Jewish Republicans are visionaries or blind?"

"It's like being a gay Republican or a black Republican," Black replied. "Do you need your money protected that badly?"

All too often, the price paid by Jewish Republicans for their political choice has been the need to shoulder a high tolerance for intolerance. The intolerance of their party chiefs, that is. All too often, Jewish Republicans have been forced to swallow - or worse, perhaps, to explain away - the manifest Jew hatred of certain of their party superiors.

The most familiar of these, of course, is an observation by the first president Bush's secretary of state, James Baker,who was widely quoted as having told a colleague prior to the 1992 elections: "Fuck the Jews, they don't vote for us anyway."

But Baker's irritation with the Jews pales when compared to the level of grand old anti-Semitism revealed by Oval Office audio tapes of Richard Nixon.

The Jewish Republican of today would be expected to shrug off these comments - not without justification - as ancient history, irrelevant to the current reality. In fact, the Jewish Republican of today might well argue that the Republican incumbent of the presidency is the greatest friend Israelis have ever had in the White House. Depending on what Israelis might be looking for in a president, the Jewish Republicans might just be right. That same Republican would be expected, no less, to wave away the John McCain's recent characterization of America as a Christian country, and Ann Coulter's vision of an ideal America where Jews are "perfected" into accepting Jesus as their lord and savior and all Americans are Christians.

Detour: Has George Bush, in fact, been a peerless friend of Israel? It could, in fact, be argued that Bush has been bad for Israel-lovers of both the right and the left. On one hand, he supported Ariel Sharon's expulsion of settlers from Gaza and the northern West Bank. On the other, his years of non-involvement in the peace process are only magnified by the current diplomatic surge, far too little and much too late.

In retrospect, moreover, the Iraq debacle has proven especially bad for the Jews. Not only because "the Jews," in the person of the neo-com corps, were unjustly blamed for instigating the war. Primarily, the war was bad for the Jews because it strengthened and emboldened Iran as a regional power, at the same bolstering Hezbollah and paving the way for Lebanon II. It was also the Bush White House, it may be recalled, which pushed for the elections that brought Hamas to power.

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For the sake of Jewish unity, I have looked deep within myself, and have re-educated the inner child. I have gotten over the idea that Jews should vote Democratic as a matter of course. I now believe that Jews should vote Democratic as a matter of principle.

I believe that there is a reason why the members of this miniscule but crucially important minority, just two percent of the population of the United States, still vote Democratic by a factor of three to one. They believe that there is something to be said for a society which favors the common good over the corporate good, compassion over competitive wealth, respect for opportunity over respect for rapacity,

There are many ways of looking at the American Dream. There was a time when the Jewish way held that the dream should be offered to as many people as possible, people of all races, religions, socio-economic backgrounds. Perhaps, in this era which enshrines bonfires of a range of vanities, we have left the underclass to sink in its morass of unsafe and unsupported public schools, its plagues of drugs and despair and darkness.

Perhaps the Republican way has begun to suit us, after all.


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Previous blogs:

Ann Coulter's dream of a Jew-free America
Yes, Sen. McCain, America is a Christian nation
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  173.   S # 164 18:20  |  American in NY 23/10/07
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  207.   American Nazi in New York 16:46  |  Ibn Musa 24/10/07
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  211.   S # 199 2 of 2 20:03  |  American in NY 24/10/07
  212.   dana # 180 20:13  |  American in NY 24/10/07
  213.   Dana 20:47  |  American in NY 24/10/07
  214.   American in New York #211 21:24  |  S 24/10/07
  215.   Re #138 un-American 21:39  |  DJStahl 24/10/07
  216.   Lee #181 - More on angry Americans and happy ostriches 22:45  |  dana 24/10/07
  217.   Deborah #206 - Adding pro-life jihad to the Republican platform 23:16  |  dana 24/10/07
  218.   S #208 - the matter with dana 23:36  |  dana 24/10/07
  219.   American in NY #209 You Blew Your Chance Again ANY - Part 1 01:08  |  Tim R 25/10/07
  220.   American in NY #209 You Blew Your Chance Part 2 of 3 01:30  |  Tim R 25/10/07
  221.   American in NY #209 You Blew Your Chance Part 3 of 3 01:38  |  Tim R 25/10/07
  222.   American in NY Making Assertions And Allegations 01:53  |  Tim R 25/10/07
  223.   American in NY: Here Is a Challenge for you.. 02:06  |  Tim R 25/10/07
  224.   DJStahl #215 1 of 2 03:06  |  American in NY 25/10/07
  225.   DJStahl #215 2 of 2 03:06  |  American in NY 25/10/07
  226.   Mr ASStricks BEN JABO, If I may use your first name 03:13  |  American in NY 25/10/07
  227.   Deborah # 206 03:27  |  American in NY 25/10/07
  228.   American in NY #220 And you Dare Accuse Me of Lying? Look At You! 03:44  |  Tim R 25/10/07
  229.   Vote Dem? 04:10  |  Joe 25/10/07
  230.   American Nazi in NY - failing eyesight?? 05:28  |  Ibn Musa 25/10/07
  231.   Re #219-220 various 08:59  |  DJStahl 25/10/07
  232.   Joe #222 Dual Loyalties, Caribou bashing in las Vegas 10:06  |  dana 25/10/07
  233.   Tim R # 155,158 - Hasbara revisionism re Hezbollah 10:17  |  dana 25/10/07
  234.   dana #218 10:39  |  S 25/10/07
  235.   Dana #225 Re Shuffling the Decks Huh Dana? 11:44  |  Tim R 25/10/07
  236.   #225 - American in NY 12:33  |  Deborah 25/10/07
  237.   #145 To Nuatlie from Fortuna FUNNY!!!! THANKS 13:48  |  Petra 25/10/07
  238.   #170 Group think Mexican American 13:53  |  Petra 25/10/07
  239.   #236 dEBORAH so, will you adopt unwanted babies or just spout off 14:08  |  Petra 25/10/07
  240.   #236 Deborahs pushing her unwritten book, Aborted? 14:14  |  Petra 25/10/07
  241.   Petra 15:03  |  Deborah 25/10/07
  242.   Petra again 15:38  |  Deborah 25/10/07
  243.   Every people has their uncle toms 16:05  |  American 25/10/07
  244.   Tim R you try to cover one lie with another 16:31  |  American in NY 25/10/07
  245.   Tim R your continuing lies about history 2nd try 17:50  |  American in NY 25/10/07
  246.   Tim R and American in NY, pls do yourselves a favor and stop it. 18:44  |  S 25/10/07
  247.   mexican american 19:43  |  Connie 25/10/07
  248.   Jewish Republicans vs Democrats 20:15  |  Howell Streger 25/10/07
  249.   Proud Republican 20:15  |  Manny 25/10/07
  250.   American in NY #244 23:48  |  Tim R 25/10/07
  251.   Voting Democrat 00:01  |  Avram 26/10/07
  252.   S #246 I Understand Your Concern BUT... 00:02  |  Tim R 26/10/07
  253.   American in NY #245 England Received More Than Economic Aid 00:23  |  Tim R 26/10/07
  254.   America`s Other Option... Part 1 of 2 00:42  |  Tim R 26/10/07
  255.   America`s Other Option... Part 2 of 2 01:03  |  Tim R 26/10/07
  256.   tim R, still a liar, and a poor one at that, but a superb Bull sh 01:54  |  American in NY 26/10/07
  257.   Never vote for religious zealots.. muslims, jews. christians 02:16  |  omolll 26/10/07
  258.   Tim R, the Jewish Jedi and cyber hero 02:22  |  American in NY 26/10/07
  259.   Deborah #236 02:31  |  American in NY 26/10/07
  260.   omolll # 250 02:51  |  American in NY 26/10/07
  261.   #252 - American in NY 03:48  |  Deborah 26/10/07
  262.   American in NY #251 Don`t Kid Yourself Part 1 of 2.. 09:45  |  Tim R 26/10/07
  263.   American in NY #251 Don`t Kid Yourself Part 2 of 2.. 10:02  |  Tim R 26/10/07
  264.   American in New York - second try 10:24  |  S 26/10/07
  265.   American in NY #251 Your Costs Would Not Be Insignificant 10:38  |  Tim R 26/10/07
  266.   American in NY #253 You Can Keep Asserting All You Like 11:10  |  Tim R 26/10/07
  267.   American in NY: Since You Are So Critical Of Israel Are You Going 11:22  |  Tim R 26/10/07
  268.   Thank G-d for Roe Vs. WadeKEEP YOUR ROSARIES OFF MY OVARIES!!! 12:11  |  Petra 26/10/07
  269.   Re #258 "Qassams that cannot be targeted"? 12:20  |  DJStahl 26/10/07
  270.   American in New York to #259 Debroah EXCELLENT ANSWER, THANKS!!! 12:23  |  Petra 26/10/07
  271.   American in NY #256 Am I The One Who Is Disassembling? 12:23  |  Tim R 26/10/07
  272.   AMERICAN JOOS ARE DISLOYAL TO USA 12:52  |  Christian Crusader 26/10/07
  273.   American in NY #256 I`ll Keep My Promise to S and Keep It ... 12:52  |  Tim R 26/10/07
  274.   DJStahl #269 14:02  |  American in NY 26/10/07
  275.   American in NY: US Ships Attacked Before Pearl Harbor 15:47  |  Tim R 26/10/07
  276.   #268 & 270 15:58  |  Deborah 26/10/07
  277.   Furthermore, Petra 16:14  |  Deborah 26/10/07
  278.   Tim R #273 just one response 16:15  |  S 26/10/07
  279.   Tim R # 275 17:32  |  American in NY 26/10/07
  280.   YEP 17:56  |  Alone ben Caro 26/10/07
  281.   Tim R # 262 & 263 17:56  |  American in NY 26/10/07
  282.   #278, S 18:48  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 26/10/07
  283.   S #278 Actually I Don`t Think That We Disagree 18:59  |  Tim R 26/10/07
  284.   CJK # 282 20:09  |  American in NY 26/10/07
  285.   Carter Is a Jew Lover, NO? 20:11  |  Chris 26/10/07
  286.   Carter Is a Jew Lover, NO? 20:12  |  Chris 26/10/07
  287.   S # 264 20:29  |  American in NY 26/10/07
  288.   Cipora #282 21:30  |  S 26/10/07
  289.   article misinformed 21:30  |  AMB 26/10/07
  290.   American in New York #287 22:14  |  S 26/10/07
  291.   Tim R, #283 - I said it before - 22:23  |  S 26/10/07
  292.   Cipora #282 second try 22:31  |  S 26/10/07
  293.   American in NY #279 I Have No Problems With Your .. Part 1 of 2 23:08  |  Tim R 26/10/07
  294.   American in NY #279 I Have No Problems With Your .. Part 2 of 2 23:21  |  Tim R 26/10/07
  295.   S # 290 1 of 2 02:45  |  American in NY 27/10/07
  296.   # 3 Swiss Dino 05:27  |  Jim 27/10/07
  297.   American in NY #281 You Need To Count to 10 Before Writing Things 07:58  |  Tim R 27/10/07
  298.   American in NY #281 What Did Zeev And Andrew Watson Show? 08:14  |  Tim R 27/10/07
  299.   American in NY #281 A Bit Unkind .... 08:28  |  Tim R 27/10/07
  300.   American in NY #279 An After Thought.. 08:40  |  Tim R 27/10/07
  301.   #296, Jim 08:43  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 27/10/07
  302.   #292, S 09:16  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 27/10/07
  303.   S #290 re American in NY #287 - A little Pop Psychology 11:18  |  dana 27/10/07
  304.   Dana #303 You Are Such A Fair Person Dana (Sarcasm) 14:02  |  Tim R 27/10/07
  305.   # 11 and Jews and political allegiances 14:40  |  CSB 27/10/07
  306.   Tim R various 17:40  |  American in NY 27/10/07
  307.   #303 - Canada is on what continent, then? 17:59  |  Deborah 27/10/07
  308.   Debrah #306 - continents adrift... 20:07  |  dana 27/10/07
  309.   avaricious idiot, gw bush 22:27  |  akiva (zionist) 27/10/07
  310.   impeach the bastard(w)! 22:32  |  akiva (zionist) 27/10/07
  311.   Deborah #306 It Has Been A Long Standing Guessing Game For Them 22:32  |  Tim R 27/10/07
  312.   To all from American in Ny 01:04  |  American in NY 28/10/07
  313.   Tim R #310 - Mystery solved! 01:57  |  dana 28/10/07
  314.   To Dana re 303 - unfair assessment of Tim R 02:58  |  Lee 28/10/07
  315.   American in NY@#312 04:16  |  American in Chi-town 28/10/07
  316.   Dana #313 Where I Live.. 04:20  |  Tim R 28/10/07
  317.   #5 Gina 04:31  |  Fred 28/10/07
  318.   # 6, Natalie Durson by Gina 04:33  |  Billie 28/10/07
  319.   # 18, and #number 14 Natalie 04:40  |  Ann 28/10/07
  320.   American in NY #306 More Sloganeering .. 04:40  |  Tim R 28/10/07
  321.   Jewish Republicans as an oppressed minority 05:15  |  Gary Weinstock 28/10/07
  322.   S # 290 2 of 2 4th try 16:27  |  American in NY 28/10/07
  323.   Lee # 314 dana`s assesment was vry understated 17:21  |  American in NY 28/10/07
  324.   Tim R #316 17:35  |  American in NY 28/10/07
  325.   Tim R - Why they want to know where you are 17:58  |  Lee 28/10/07
  326.   Lee # 325 19:55  |  American in NY 28/10/07
  327.   #323, ANY 20:56  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 28/10/07
  328.   American in NY You May Know About American History But .. 22:00  |  Tim R 28/10/07
  329.   American in NY #324 Lobby Groups 22:10  |  Tim R 28/10/07
  330.   American in NY - The Great Historian With Myopic Views 22:20  |  Tim R 28/10/07
  331.   Lee #325 Why They Want To Know Where I Live 22:28  |  Tim R 28/10/07
  332.   American in NY #323 23:31  |  Tim R 28/10/07
  333.   Lee Re American in NY #323 I`ve Gotta Laugh .. 00:01  |  Tim R 29/10/07
  334.   Tim R, the absent minded # 328 02:26  |  American in NY 29/10/07
  335.   Tim R the military veteran of the Hiafa bars 02:36  |  American in NY 29/10/07
  336.   American in NY #322 I`ll Tell You What IS DISGUSTING.. 02:45  |  Tim R 29/10/07
  337.   GWB is an anti-semite 03:04  |  margaret 29/10/07
  338.   Tim R - An Idea 03:32  |  Lee 29/10/07
  339.   American in NY 03:56  |  Lee 29/10/07
  340.   American in NY #334 Lucky That You Are Not America .. 04:01  |  Tim R 29/10/07
  341.   American in NY 04:30  |  Lee 29/10/07
  342.   American in NY 334 04:52  |  Lee 29/10/07
  343.   Civil rights votes assured republicans from democrats 10:58  |  Petra 29/10/07
  344.   @277 Deborah until you adopt, sit down and shut up 11:15  |  Petra 29/10/07
  345.   #24 Chris your spelling is atrocious. Seek education. 13:08  |  Petra 29/10/07
  346.   pETRA SHOULD HAVE SPELLED ABORTION 13:24  |  Petra 29/10/07
  347.   GWB IS AN ANTI SEMITE GOOD FOR THE JEWISH GIRL 13:25  |  Petra 29/10/07
  348.   #319 ANN stay on the subject. 13:31  |  Petra 29/10/07
  349.   Lee # 338 14:15  |  American in NY 29/10/07
  350.   #344 - Petra 14:24  |  Deborah 29/10/07
  351.   Tim R # 340 It`s all in your mind 14:52  |  American in NY 29/10/07
  352.   American in NY 349 16:39  |  Lee 29/10/07
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