Just Jews?! Jewish Dems losing faith in Obama

Obama telegraphed his favoritism to the Muslim world over Israel (and some would say over the US) in his 2008 Campaign. Why would anyone be surprised about Jews not trusting him. Who does?

If you want some background on the lurking anti-Semitism, just review some of what the Rev. Wright said from his pulpit and to reporters. Those are the things Obama "never heard" from his Pastor, the one who performed his wedding, over the twenty plus years Obama attended Wright's sermons.

The Jewish friends I know voted Republican for the first time in 2008 because of Obama. That sense seems to be spreading. ♘

Jewish Dems losing faith in Obama - POLITICO.com Print View

By: Ben Smith June 29, 2011 04:32 AM EDT

David Ainsman really began to get worried about President Barack Obama’s standing with his fellow Jewish Democrats when a recent dinner with his wife and two other couples — all Obama voters in 2008 — nearly turned into a screaming match. Ainsman, a prominent Democratic lawyer and Pittsburgh Jewish community leader, was trying to explain that Obama had just been offering Israel a bit of “tough love” in his May 19 speech on the Arab Spring. His friends disagreed — to say the least. One said he had the sense that Obama “took the opportunity to throw Israel under the bus.” Another, who swore he wasn’t getting his information from the mutually despised Fox News, admitted he’d lost faith in the president. If several dozen interviews with POLITICO are any indication, a similar conversation is taking place in Jewish communities across the country. ... [Read the post at the above link.]