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http://www.forward.com/blogs/campaign-confidential/14073/
Obama’s Still a Tough Sell in South Florida
Posted by Brett Lieberman, August 25, 2008, 8:27 pm
A panel discussion on the issues that matter to Jewish voters and which way they’ll vote in this year’s presidential election quickly descended into a harsh criticism of the lack of understanding of the challenges Barack Obama faces winning over the “condo” vote of older South Florida voters, a potentially key group in a battleground state.
“We need to recognize that there is a problem,” said State Sen. Steven Geller, the Florida state Senate minority leader.
Geller and his colleague, state Senator Nan H. Rich, told a crowd of about 150 people attending a discussion the National Jewish Democratic Council organized of a hostile environment in which a mob mentality has taken hold. The problem is primarily among older residents living in condominium communities and more religious voters in Broward, Dade and south Palm Beach counties, where most of the region’s Jewish population lives.
Interpretations that Obama’s struggles to win over Jewish voters is due to Jewish support for Republican John McCain ignore what they described as an anti-Obama reality on the ground.
Rep. Robert Wexler, a Florida Democrat and key early Obama backer, “has almost been attacked” in strongholds of his South Florida district, Geller said. ;D
Rich told a similar story of Senator Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey being verbally assaulted when he came down to promote Obama.
“He walked away shocked,” said Rich, who faults misinformation campaigns by groups such as the Republican Jewish Council and debunked rumors spread via the Internet about Obama being Muslim, not saluting the American flag or being anti-Israel.
Obama’s support in polls is at the low-end of the historical curve of Jewish support for Democratic candidates, and especially low for Democrats since the early 1990s, according to pollsters Mark Mellman and Anna Greenberg. But Obama’s difficulties are hardly limited to Jewish voters. The pollsters and other panelist noted that Obama has generally drawn less support among white voters and older voters.
Obama supporters have had some success countering what they view as inaccurate information in small groups, but “when there is 300 people in a room they feed off each other and don’t want to listen to us,” said Geller, adding that the misinformation festers in these communities.
Rich urged Obama to spend time in South Florida doing a “condo tour” to dispel the misinformation and help these residents grow more comfortable with him.
Appearances by Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman, who remains popular, on behalf of McCain and the lack of Obama surrogates of comparable stature have exacerbated the problem.
“We probably don’t have anybody of that stature down touring,” said Geller.
Obama’s selection of Joseph Biden as his vice presidential running mate may make a dent because of the Delaware senator’s long-time support for the Jewish community. But even that likely isn’t enough.
“Senator [Hillary] Clinton and Bill Clinton might be the only people who could make a difference,” he said.
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What misinformation? They don't like obama because they have the correct information. O0
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What misinformation? They don't like obama because they have the correct information. O0
Thats true he does'nt have to be an Islamic pig to be anti Israel .WE HAVE MANY JEWS IN NAME ONLY SWINE IN THE U.S. ALTHOUGH SMALL IN NUMBERS THAT SUPPORT THE MOSLEM SONS OF PIGS AND WHORES BRIT TZEDEK V'SHALOM OR THE ISRAERL POLICY FORUM WHO SUPPORT THE FILTHY MOSLEMS.MAY THESE LEFTIST JEWS LIVE TOO SEE THEIR WIFES AND CHILDREN TORTURED AND KILLED BY MUZZIES
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Mord this one is EXCELLENT too, I forwarded it to a peron who has a political blog that is out to DESTROY this terrible person.
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Barack Osama is not compatible with Jews. But then again, he's not compatible with Americans either.
He would, however, make a good toilet bowl cleaner.
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Barack Osama is not compatible with Jews. But then again, he's not compatible with Americans either.
He would, however, make a good toilet bowl cleaner.
or landscaper :::D
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Mord this one is EXCELLENT too, I forwarded it to a peron who has a political blog that is out to DESTROY this terrible person.
O0 O0 O0 O0 O0
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OR A BELL HOP OR MENS ROOM ATTENDENT
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What misinformation? They don't like obama because they have the correct information. O0
Thats true he doesn't have to be an Islamic pig to be anti Israel .WE HAVE MANY JEWS IN NAME ONLY SWINE IN THE U.S. ALTHOUGH SMALL IN NUMBERS THAT SUPPORT THE MOSLEM SONS OF PIGS AND WHORES BRIT TZEDEK V'SHALOM OR THE ISRAERL POLICY FORUM WHO SUPPORT THE FILTHY MOSLEMS.MAY THESE LEFTIST JEWS LIVE TOO SEE THEIR WIFES AND CHILDREN TORTURED AND KILLED BY MUZZIES
There ought to be a means to excommunicate Jews that act against their people. An orthodox rabbi could send them a notice that they are no longer accepted as a Jew by Jews (although, not to worry, they will still be hated by anti-semites). Maybe even some physical torture would do nicely.