So now it's Jackie Mason's turn to sell Florida Jews on McCain, it seems
In the ongoing struggle for the Jewish vote, as our blogging buddy Frank James has noted over at the Swamp, comedian Sarah Silverman has made her profanity-laced pitch to young Jews to withhold visits to their grandparents if they refuse to vote the correct way: for Barack Obama.
The freshman Illinois Democrat is not doing as well among older Florida Jews as even Bostonian John Kerry in 2004. And they are a crucial voting bloc.
So now, thanks to Mark Silva, here comes Jackie Mason who seems to favor John McCain, but sometimes it's hard to tell.
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During the debate Sarah spoke about protecting Israel from Iran.
Which I agreed with 100%. Iran is a real and serious threat. How
could she reduce the dire situation in Iran and Korea by putting
the Castro brothers in that category(nuclear threat). The only answers I could come
up with is 1)She may Be thinking that the Castro brothers are #2 and #3on the deck of cards behind UBL and they are somewhere in the Middle East or
2)Oops, Florida is a swing state lets play games with the Cubans and shore up the
vote Karl Rove style.
Posted by: kb | October 14, 2008 at 06:08 AM
Obama has been relentless in seducing America's youth, and controlling the media. What's next? ... teaching our children to turn their parents in to the Gestapo? These tactics have been used before ... and, they're right out of the Nazi and Islamic/madrassa play books. Wake up America ... the price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
Posted by: Howard | October 20, 2008 at 01:03 PM