Jews: Not "Values Voters"?

[babsbunny]

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/09/jews-not-values-voters

— By Stephanie Mencimer | Tue September 15, 2009 6:31 AM PST

This weekend, thousands of "values voters" will convene in Washington for their annual summit sponsored by the Family Research Council (motto: "Defending faith, family and freedom"). All of the conservative luminaries will be there: Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, and maybe even Sarah Palin. (South Carolina Mark Sanford was, sadly, disinvited over the summer.) One group of voters won't be too well represented, however. Event organizers have conveniently scheduled their big DC summit for Rosh Hashanah, meaning that most Jews will be elsewhere, celebrating their biggest holiday of the year just as Bill O'Reilly kicks off the summit's Friday evening plenary session. Not that many Jews were likely to come anyway; the Family Research Council isn't known for its interfaith outreach. But still, for a religious group, the scheduling seems a little insensitive. Perhaps it was intentional, you know, to keep out the mainstream media.

[marmar]

1. How many Jews would be there anyway?

I don't think there will be much outrage in synagogues over missing this prize event.

[Ozymanithrax]

2. Rosh Hashanah is not the "their biggest holiday of the year."

And since Spector changed sides, Minority Whip Eric Cantor is the only Republican Jew elected to national office. Clearly, Jews are under represented in the Republican Party.

And I have no idea what Cantor's Rosh Hashanah plans are.

[old mark]

3. I'm going to the Main Line to my cousin's house for dinner - Doubt I'll

see any politicians there, though - just a bunch of lawyers, restauranteers and teachers.

Happy Holiday - Happy New Year!

mark

[HopeHoops]

5. Cantor sould his soul to Satan - he has no claim to the celebration.

He's a Santorum wanna-be, but he whines more.

[surrealAmerican]

4. Since "defending faith" usually means ...

... advancing their Christianity at the expense of other religions, there wouldn't be many Jews who would want to attend anyway.