Political and social observations from two aspiring hedgehogs who love the Isaiah Berlin essay.
posted by The Kosher Hedgehog at 2:04 PM
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"The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing." --Archilochus
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."
--John Adams, 'Argument in Defense of the Soldiers in the Boston Massacre Trials,' December 1770.
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I was born in Chicag in 1937. World War II and the Holocaust shaped my thinking. I am grateful to the Jewish Press for endorsing John McCain. I have left a party that I associated with civil rights because it has become uncivil and threatening to Jews. And I am merely a gentile! I don't trust anyone who allies himself with Israel's enemies! I've seen it before. We don't need a perfect candidate as much as we need an honorable American candidate who will not compromise Israel's security. Nancy Dieterle from PA
Haaretz is reporting Jewish voters favor Barack Obama over John McCain by more than 3 to 1, with 74% saying they will vote for Obama over 22% for McCain.
Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1031176.html
New Gallup poll shows 75% of U.S. Jews plan to vote Obama
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1031176.html
Scott and Anonymous: The HaAretz poll almost certainly reflects a voting pattern that has been commented upon in the past, on this blog and elsewhere--The less religiously observant a Jewish voter is, the more likely that he or she will vote for a liberal Democrat. Conversely, the more religiously observant a Jewish voter is, the more likely that he or she will vote Republican. Because the vast majority of American Jews are not only not religiously observant, but indeed are incredibly uneducated about their own religion, the Democrat Presidential ticket nearly always garners in excess of 70% of the Jewish vote. I am still predicting, however, that Barack Obama will end up with less than 70%.
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