The Perils of Coalition Politics
Political coalitions often unite people who otherwise want nothing to do with each other. Thus, in today's Democratic Party, we get one of the oddest of all coalitions -- Jews, who overwhelmingly vote Democratic; and left-wing anti-Semites, who blame Israel (and Jews in American government) for all the world's ills.
Enter Obama, whose base is his party's hard-left wing (home of the party's anti-Semitic minority), doing what all party nominees must do in the general election -- moving to the middle.
Israel, whatever its faults, is by far the most rationale, humane state in the Middle East. And a would-be president ought to be able to say as much. But for Obama, it's tricky, because doing so means alienating his fan base in the left-wing blogosphere.
I say this with love because my brother and i both voted for Bush..twice. However, only an idiot would vote for the same party that put us in this **!* mess! If you make over $250,000 a year and are grumbling because you are looking at paying higher taxes to help out the middle class. You should be ashamed of yourself!