Israel situation is going to hand Rs elections for a while

[Anonymous]

I'm Jewish and went to services tonight. Was talking to a friend who wants to put together a "cheat sheet" on how to vote in the school board election. We were talking about how the one guy is very anti-trans and she basically said - I don't care about anything except Israel right now, I'm putting pro-choice/pro-life to the side, I'm now a one-issue voter about Israel and anti-semitism.

Guessing that feeling will become more and more prevalent the longer things drag on and lots of one-issue voters are going to change their issue.

[jsteele]

Of course school boards famously have a tremendous influence on foreign policy.

[Anonymous]

I agree OP. Arab Americans in swing states are feeling betrayed by the administration too. They may not vote for republicans - I believe they just won’t vote. If you also have Jewish Americans mad at the democrats (can’t figure out why), it is what it is.

[Anonymous]

This must be in Fairfax ….

[Anonymous]

I suspect all the Dems who just voted against the antisemitism legislation (stemming from the college protests that seem to be led by liberals) are prompting this response and this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I suspect all the Dems who just voted against the antisemitism legislation (stemming from the college protests that seem to be led by liberals) are prompting this response and this thread.

You think all the congressional democrats immediately come here to sway this obscure set of people? Okay.

[Anonymous]

Seeing the antisemitism from a large group of the “squad” and liberal groups on campus are making me look at voting for Republicans.

All those hijab wearing protesters are not republicans. Def democrat voters and I don’t want to be associated with people who want to kill me…

[Anonymous]

OP, I was a liberal Democrat about five years ago, maybe less. It was a combination of the party changing and me changing. I think you'll find that just like most Democrats are not AOC, most Republicans aren't Lauren Boebert. In other words, if you occupied a centrist position as a Democrat, you'll find that being a centrist republican isn't that far of a reach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I suspect all the Dems who just voted against the antisemitism legislation (stemming from the college protests that seem to be led by liberals) are prompting this response and this thread.

You think all the congressional democrats immediately come here to sway this obscure set of people? Okay.

?

I think Jews and anyone baffled by the rabid antisemitism happening on campus was upset by how many Dems voted against rather a commonsense statement to the point of jumping ship. I can see why a Jewish person might make this a benchmark for evaluating future candidates.

Signed,

Catholic Dem who is baffled by everything at the moment

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm Jewish and went to services tonight. Was talking to a friend who wants to put together a "cheat sheet" on how to vote in the school board election. We were talking about how the one guy is very anti-trans and she basically said - I don't care about anything except Israel right now, I'm putting pro-choice/pro-life to the side, I'm now a one-issue voter about Israel and anti-semitism.

Guessing that feeling will become more and more prevalent the longer things drag on and lots of one-issue voters are going to change their issue.

So lemmi get this straight. Israel underwent the worst attack with massacre or Jewish people since its creation, under the watch or a corrupted right wing PM who clearly totally blundered the defense (including moving troops and money and attention to the WB supporting a settlement enterprise that contributes to inflame relations with the Palestinians). The Dem administration reacted promptly providing support, moving troops and naval support, the President himself flew to Israel and publicly embraced Netanhyau (who never missed an opportunity to slight him before even during the Obama admn) and gave a great speech of support, secretary of state flew multiple times. Biden is staunchly supporting Israel on the world stage, even as the situation or civilians in Gaza becomes more desperate and countries start pulling away from the initial support. Biden himself declared that he was a zionist, which is something pretty strong and far beyond just supporting a country attacked. His administration promptly proposed a aid package that would been approved long ago but for three weeks of mess in the House created by republicans and then some idiotic political shenanigans by the new Speaker, who went against even republicans in the Senate. The Biden admn in general has put fighting antisemitism on its agenda, see also the role or Harris’ husband who is Jewish. On the other side you have a guy (because the GOP now is Trump) who first thing said that it was Netanyhau’s fault and that Hezbollah was smart. When neonazi marched in Charlottville chanting “Jews will not replace us” Trump is the one who said there were good people in both sides. And after al this, you want to vote GOP and and an anti- trans in the school board because of Israel?

[Anonymous]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12707147/Over-TWENTY-Democrats-including-AOC-Rashida-Tlaib-vote-against-resolution-condeming-surge-antisemitism-college-campuses-wake-Hamas-terrorist-attack.html

If Republicans are standing up against this nonsense while dozens of Dems aren’t, it isn’t surprising to see Jewish Dems jump ship.

As a Dem, it’s worrisome.

And it’s just getting started. Hezbollah is eager to fight, and they are far better equipped than Hamas. They are also fixating on America…not just Israel and Jewish people, but all Americans.

Republicans tend to do well during military crises. They are pro-military and go all in on the tough talk. If the average American is fearful, R’s tend to benefit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm Jewish and went to services tonight. Was talking to a friend who wants to put together a "cheat sheet" on how to vote in the school board election. We were talking about how the one guy is very anti-trans and she basically said - I don't care about anything except Israel right now, I'm putting pro-choice/pro-life to the side, I'm now a one-issue voter about Israel and anti-semitism.

Guessing that feeling will become more and more prevalent the longer things drag on and lots of one-issue voters are going to change their issue.

So lemmi get this straight. Israel underwent the worst attack with massacre or Jewish people since its creation, under the watch or a corrupted right wing PM who clearly totally blundered the defense (including moving troops and money and attention to the WB supporting a settlement enterprise that contributes to inflame relations with the Palestinians). The Dem administration reacted promptly providing support, moving troops and naval support, the President himself flew to Israel and publicly embraced Netanhyau (who never missed an opportunity to slight him before even during the Obama admn) and gave a great speech of support, secretary of state flew multiple times. Biden is staunchly supporting Israel on the world stage, even as the situation or civilians in Gaza becomes more desperate and countries start pulling away from the initial support. Biden himself declared that he was a zionist, which is something pretty strong and far beyond just supporting a country attacked. His administration promptly proposed a aid package that would been approved long ago but for three weeks of mess in the House created by republicans and then some idiotic political shenanigans by the new Speaker, who went against even republicans in the Senate. The Biden admn in general has put fighting antisemitism on its agenda, see also the role or Harris’ husband who is Jewish. On the other side you have a guy (because the GOP now is Trump) who first thing said that it was Netanyhau’s fault and that Hezbollah was smart. When neonazi marched in Charlottville chanting “Jews will not replace us” Trump is the one who said there were good people in both sides. And after al this, you want to vote GOP and and an anti- trans in the school board because of Israel?

That’s not the point.

People are focusing on what a couple dozen Dems just did (or didn’t do) on the Hill. Keep up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I was a liberal Democrat about five years ago, maybe less. It was a combination of the party changing and me changing. I think you'll find that just like most Democrats are not AOC, most Republicans aren't Lauren Boebert. In other words, if you occupied a centrist position as a Democrat, you'll find that being a centrist republican isn't that far of a reach.

I can’t separate Republicans from their anti-abortion position.

[Anonymous]

They, them, most of those, all them, many of those, all them hijab wearing protesters.... blah, blah, blah. What's going on here? How did the I, me, myselfs get on such high pedestals?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, I was a liberal Democrat about five years ago, maybe less. It was a combination of the party changing and me changing. I think you'll find that just like most Democrats are not AOC, most Republicans aren't Lauren Boebert. In other words, if you occupied a centrist position as a Democrat, you'll find that being a centrist republican isn't that far of a reach.

I can’t separate Republicans from their anti-abortion position.

There's a lot more to life than abortion. The vast majority of women will never get an abortion. Half the angry abortion protesters you see seem to be women who haven't figured out you need to have sex first to get pregnant. At this point I have simply stopped caring about abortion and never vote on it. But how people or certain parties have responded to something genuinely evil is definitely making me think long and hard.