--- Jon Gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Which is approximately 50% of the world's population > and the entire > Jewish population of Israel. (Gautam may have known > that, but I thought > the 'irony' worth posting.) :(
I did, which is why I chose the number. > > and most of them are conservatives? > > I don't agree with this. I am a somewhat > middle-of-the road > conservative, and I haven't met a single New York > liberal who thinks the > jewish population in Israel should be wiped out or > that the Palestinian > terrorism isn't horrible. Yeah, but I don't think there are many people in Europe who think that the Jewish population in Israel should be wiped out - although there _are_ many who don't seem to have much of a problem with Palestinian terrorism. But the opinion poll statistics suggest - quite strongly - that, if you're not Jewish the single most accurate predictor of sympathy for Israel is being a conservative. Just compare The Nation's take on Israel to National Review's and you tell me which one you feel more comfortable with. > > In my opinion, you cannot judge all liberals or > democrats by articles > you read in the papers or hear on talk shows. Nor > can you judge most > Democrats' opinions by their leaders' agendas in > much the same way most > Republicans' opinions cannot be judged by every word > that falls from our > President's mouth. You live here. Do you think the > New York Post > speaks for every > Republican? > > Jon No, but according to every poll I've seen, Republicans are much more sympathetic to Israel than Democrats are. There's an interesting question of why that is, and a further one of how long it will be before that fact makes American Jews vote Republican more often, but that does seem to be the way the numbers work. ===== Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
