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Joe should not be surprised to find Jews leaving him. For the most part (us) Jews are Democrats, strong on an effective defense, but weak on optional wars of aggression that kill our kids and other innocents. We also don't take kindly to people that want to gut the social contract as Joe has opted for with his stances on social security, bankruptcy, emergency contraceptive, etc.

And I know that a lot of us, that do go to synagogue, were more than a little annoyed with Joe's holier than thou attitude.

Good riddance Joe, may they name a baby after you!
 

Maybe most jews have decided that it is better to have a Democrat?

Lieberman Praises Bush, Chides Kerry

Dave Eberhart, NewsMax.com
Friday, Oct. 15, 2004

Democratic Senator Joe Lieberman took the unusual step of praising President Bush while chiding John Kerry during a campaign stop in Florida Wednesday.

Lieberman, with just three weeks left before the election, praised Bush strongly for his support of Israel, America’s lone democratic ally in the Mid-East.

"We are dealing with a president who's had a record of strong, consistent support for Israel. You can't say otherwise,” Lieberman told an audience of 600 near Delray Beach, Fla, the Palm Beach Post reported in editions Thursday.

Lieberman also added that any criticism of Bush vis-à-vis Israel would be “unjustified.”

After the speech, the paper said Lieberman spoke to reporters and suggested that “Bush appears to have made inroads with Jewish voters, who voted Democratic by an estimated 4-to-1 margin in 2000.”

But Lieberman indicated Kerry’s support among Jews may be softer, and he chided the Democratic nominee for not coming out more strongly for Israel.

“And I think John Kerry, to reassure people, has to himself be explicit" rather than having surrogates deliver the message, the Post quoted Lieberman as saying.

Lieberman alluded to worries among Jews about Kerry’s position on Israel. Lieberman bluntly revealed that he has asked the Kerry campaign to have John Kerry himself discuss his views on Israel because "only John Kerry can eliminate those doubts."
 

Some Jews don't make their religion their number one priority when voting for a candidate, but rather, the candidate's stand on this little thing called "issues." I find Droney's comments more than a little patronizing with undertones of anti-Semitism. Not surprsing that "Judgmental Joe" would align himself with such a schmuck.

Bad Jews! Bad Jews! Is Droney going to swat the Connecticut voters with rolled up issues of Ha'aretz next?
 

As a former Minnesotan, I can't help but be reminded of the 1990 U.S. Senate race, when Paul Wellstone (may he rest in peace) came out of nowhere to unseat Republican Senator Rudy Boschwitz. The wikipedia article on Wellstone describes it accurately:

"In 1990, Wellstone ran for the U.S. Senate against incumbent Rudy Boschwitz, beginning the race as a serious underdog. He won the election, after being outspent by a 7-to-1 margin. Some credit the upset defeat to a letter Boschwitz supporters wrote, on campaign stationery, to members of the Minnesota Jewish community days before the election, accusing Wellstone of being a "bad Jew" for marrying a Gentile and not raising his children in the Jewish faith. Wellstone's reply, widely broadcast on Minnesota television, was, "He has a problem with Christians, then." Boschwitz, like Wellstone, is Jewish."
 

What watertiger said.
 

"It's time for Democrats who distrust President Bush to acknowledge he'll be commander-in-chief for three more years," the senator said. "We undermine the President's credibility at our nation's peril."

Judenräte.
 

This guy Droney is someone who is corrupt as they come. He traded his influence to cash in. He was part of the National Smokers Alliance, a sham organization set up by industry insiders to pretend there was a ground swell of support for smoker rights. The board included Lyn Nofziger (Republican Operative). Lieberman should repudiate him.
 

My grandmother [Scandinavian], bless her heart, would vote for a Scandinavian-sounding individual if she didn't know who else to vote for; I think she was trying to vote for someone with a similar cultural perspective. Unfortunately, a familiar-sounding name doesn't guarantee an individual's politics are in line with your own any more than would voting for the supposed 'born-again Christian' in an election rather than someone who wasn't as vocal about their faith, as evidenced by politics in recent years.

Without a thorough examination of the candidate's views, a vote based on religious affiliation is as meaningless as picking the left-handed candidate or the more photogenic candidate. Jewish voters are right to question Lieberman's creds now that he's shown himself as nothing but a BushBoy.
 

No more Joe boy.
 

It'll be interesting to see the amount of Joe's Jewish support if he really does run as an Independent against the Democratic candidate. He may not even be able to hold onto 41% once they realize he's sticking it to their beloved Democratic Party. I don't mean to sterotype, but Ralph Nader found that liberal Jews can be very vicious when you threaten to take votes away from the Democrat as a third candidate. Joe could be facing a Jewish Tsunami in November--oy gevalt!
 

Joe proves that one can always find willing camp guards . . .
 

Jews should either support U.S. interests - meaning we should be running as far away from supporting Isreal for being a colonial enterprise bend on "wiping" Palestine off the map - or they should emmigrate to their beloved promised land and leave us the hell alone. Liberman, Schumer, Koch, Krouthammer, Crystal et.al.'s holy alliance with the white Christian right is literally killing us. We need to take this country back!
 

Angelo, that comment is downright anti-semitic and smacks of the old tired charge of duel loyalties. Most Jews do not believe there is a conflict between the interests of the US and of Israel, and to suggest they are any less loyal to the US because they also support Israel, is little bit like when the right accuses Mexican-Americans of being anti-American.
Charlie