Simple Answers to Stupid Questions
Commentary‘s Jennifer Rubin asks “Why Jews Hate Palin” and then answers her own question:
As recent polling by Gallup amply demonstrates, Jews remain the most Democratic of any religious group (66 percent of Jews say they are Democrats or lean Democratic, compared with only 47 percent of Catholics, 43 percent of Protestants, and 20 percent of Mormons) and the most supportive of President Obama. Only African-Americans demonstrated a higher percentage of support (95 percent) for Obama’s candidacy and have remained comparably loyal. While there is a range of opinion within the Jewish community, as revealed by an AJC 2009 poll—which showed that majorities of Conservative and Reform Jews approved of the Obama administration’s handling of U.S.-Israel relations, while only 14 percent of Orthodox Jews did—only 16 percent of Jews now identify themselves as Republican.
This has been another edition of simple answers to stupid questions.
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1/6/10 6:46 pm | | Permalink | Tags: Jews, Sarah Palin
- Sarah Palin is a birther now because “it’s a fair question” to ask whether the President of America is a secret Muslim spy for global superpower Kenya. Also. (Ben Smith)
- Tim Kaine would like to extend health benefits to same-sex partners of state employees, an 18-month process, in the three or so weeks he has left as governor of Virginia. (WaPo)
- Three Secret Service agents have been placed on “administrative leave” for letting two uninvited strangers wander up to the President and Vice President of the United States. (USA Today)
- Hillary Clinton is the secretary of something, maybe having to do with the foreigns, but who cares! Your news media would rather ask her about planning her daughter’s wedding than, I dunno, NATO. (CNN)
12/4/09 11:52 am | | Permalink | Tags: Barack Obama, birthers, Chelsea Clinton, healthcare, Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, Secret Service, Tim Kaine, White House gatecrashers
- Utahns do not care so much for their Sen. Bob Bennett. But more importantly, so that’s how you spell “Utahns.” (Deseret News)
- Chris Matthews has apologized for saying that Barack Obama, the commander-in-chief of America’s military was in the “enemy camp” when he spoke at West Point, one of America’s military installations. (Media Matters)
- Most Americans want a public option but are fairly certain that Congress will not pass effective healthcare reform. Looks like we are getting smarter, as a nation. (Reuters)
- Your American news media caused actual diplomatic emergencies because they are too incompetent to accurately cover Obama’s Afghanistan policy. But, ooh look! Tiger Woods! (LA Times)
- The Mall of America apologizes for being caught trying to ban foreign reporters from covering Sarah Palin’s book tour stop at the mall. Little do they know that Sarah Palin does not speak to reporters, so no problem anyway! (AP)
12/3/09 9:52 am | | Permalink | Tags: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Bob Bennett, Chris Matthews, healthcare, Mall of America, media, public option, Sarah Palin, UT-Sen, West Point
Deep Thought
Major media organizations pay people to watch Sarah Palin’s Facebook profile all day.
12/1/09 4:08 pm | | Permalink | Tags: media, Sarah Palin
- Switzerland is trying to vote Muslims out of the country by banning the construction of minarets, which are pretty important for the whole prayer thing. So much for neutrality. (NYT)
- Last Thursday, Thanksgiving, Glenn Beck suggested that maybe Sarah Palin should go back to the kitchen. Haha, such wit! And yet, nobody laughed at his hilarious joke, and it is the terrible liberals’ fault. (Raw Story/ThinkProgress)
- In a nationwide poll for America’s Next Top Conservative, literally one person picked Dick Cheney. And it was probably on a dare. (WaPo)
- There will be a Congressional investigation into how a Great Falls couple snuck past the Secret Service into a White House state dinner. Those always produce useful results! (Bloomberg)
- A man walked into a Seattle-area coffee shop and killed four cops yesterday, so of course the important thing is how this will affect Mike Huckabee’s political career. (All of your American news media)
11/30/09 11:36 am | | Permalink | Tags: Dick Cheney, Glenn Beck, Mike Huckabee, Muslims, Sarah Palin, Secret Service, sexism, Switzerland
- Barack Obama is going to Copenhagen next month for the “Climate Change Olympics.” Like the real Olympics, conservatives will be super-excited about them when we lose. (WaPo)
- In Glenn Beck’s America, we just summarily execute detainees so we don’t even have to worry about where those pesky trials will be held. (Media Matters)
- Actual war has been declared between Majority Leader Harry Reid and ancient pundit David Broder. Maybe something can actually get done now, while everyone’s distracted. (TPMDC)
- Contrary to what Sarah Palin thinks, it helps to have an actual job while running for president. So, Lou Dobbs will run for Senate against Robert Menendez (D-NJ), the only Hispanic Senator. (AP)
- Sarah Palin has some suggestions for Canada’s healthcare system, which, much like America’s healthcare system, she knows nothing about. (The Canadian Press)
- Also too, Palin and certifiably crazy Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) will highlight the teabaggers’ national convention, Baggerfest 2010. It is the wingnut respnse to ComicCon. (CNN)
11/25/09 2:33 pm | | Permalink | Tags: Barack Obama, Canada, climate change, David Broder, Glenn Beck, Guantanamo Bay, Harry Reid, healthcare, Michele Bachmann, NJ-Sen, Robert Menendez, Sarah Palin, teabaggers
I am getting on an airplane, so here are some news clips.
- Wingnuts who, like Sarah Palin, aren’t big fans of the whole “book-learnin’” thing are confusing Palin’s memoir Going Rogue with satirical collection of essays Going Rouge. (NY Post)
- In preparation for his presidential campaign, Lou Dobbs says he is reaching out to Latino groups, probably to tell them to get out of his ‘Merica go back to Mexico, or wherever. (Think Progress)
- The White House revealed the magic number of new soldiers for continued war-making in Afghanistan: 34,000. (McClatchy)
- The City of Baltimore will require “crisis pregnancy centers” that do not offer information about abortion to post signs saying so in their waiting rooms. Empowering women to make educated decisions about their bodies is, of course, highly controversial. (WJZ)
- Here is your thing to be thankful for this week: Tom DeLay will return to Dancing with the Stars to preform in the season finale. (Politics Daily)
11/24/09 12:49 pm | | Permalink | Tags: 2012, abortion, Afghanistan, Dancing with the Stars, Lou Dobbs, Sarah Palin, Tom DeLay
Certainly Not Balanced
“How will Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee, and Mitt Romeny split the 193% of GOP primary voters?” wonders this handy FOX News chart! Sure, 70% of Republicans supporting Sarah Palin seems like a landslide victory for America’s Governor Media Personality™–but wait! Mike Huckabee is closing in with 63% percent of the vote and Mitt Romeny is right behind him at 60%… WHAT DOES THIS CHART EVEN MEAN? Clearly, ACORN has tampered with the results of this poll.
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11/23/09 1:23 pm | | Permalink | Tags: 2012, FOX News, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin
- Just now! Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) will vote for debating on the Democratic healthcare bill. (Twitter!)
- A thousand wingnuts were waiting in the cold all day for Sarah Palin to sign their books, but then Palin “went rogue” and left without signing all of their books, so now they will not vote for her. (RumpRoast
- In case you did’t figure it out during that whole presidential campaign, “maverick” just means John McCain changes his positions whenever it’s politically convenient. (The Plank)
- Much like her father, Liz Cheney is a liar, in this case, when it comes to her fake documentary about moving Gitmo prisoners to a small town in Michigan. (The Plum Line)
- Tea Party: The Movie. Seriously. Make sure not to have any food or liquids in your mouth when you watch the trailer. (Tea Party Movie)
11/21/09 12:25 pm | | Permalink | Tags: Guantanamo Bay, healthcare, John McCain, Liz Cheney, Mary Landrieu, Sarah Palin, teabaggers
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