Opinion: So now it’s Jackie Mason’s turn to sell Florida Jews on McCain, it seems

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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.

--Andrew Malcolm