AWR HAWKINS: LOOK WHO IS COMING TO SYNAGOGUE
On September 15, a New York Times article reacting to the Republican upset in NY-9 alerted readers to the efforts President Obama is making to win back Jewish voters. Apparently, Obama’s endless praise of Islamic nations that hate Israel and his speeches on how Palestinians are suffering at the hands of Israelis the way Jews suffered at the hands of Hitler has been somewhat disconcerting for the voting bloc Democrats thought they could always count on.
The question is, how far will Obama go to try to win Jewish voters back to his side?
The Democrat National Committee has already launched a “Jewish outreach program” and David Axelrod is hastily emailing Jewish constituents a link to the one speech he could find that showed an Israeli leader saying something positive about Obama.
But what will Obama himself do to win Jewish voters back in time for 2012?
That he’s going to have to something is beyond question, because Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seems to have had his fill of Obama’s antics. The Times article from September 15 reveals that Netanyahu has been putting “more energy into cultivating [relations with] the new Republican majority in the House than into his relations with the president.” And if that doesn’t pressure Obama into stepping outside to smoke another couple cartons packs of cigarettes, the Times’ reminder that no Democrat running for president “since Jimmy Carter…has…failed to win a lopsided majority of the Jewish vote” should.
The good news for those of us watching from afar is that Obama usually gives us something to laugh at when he tries to win people over. It was just May of this year that he faked a horrible Irish accent to say “See, the sun’s coming out, I can feel it,” while in Ireland.
(Afterwards, I had a post on Big Peace dubbing him “Sean Patrick Michael O’Bannon Hussein McGonalan O’Bama.”)
Then, of course, there was his trip to Puerto Rico in June, where he stood before the people and over-enunciated the words “Puerto Rico” in what seemed like a strained attempt to sound like he was Puerto Rican.
(Afterwards, I had a post on Big Peace dubbing him “Juan de Barrack Miguel O’Malley Hussein Patrick McShea Jorge O’Bamasito Lupe de Guadalajara Jesus con Carne.”)
Now, in anticipation of the bar mitzvahs he’ll probably hold in the White House to assure Jewish voters he’s on their side, I’d like to change his name to something befitting the occasion.
How about “Boaz Hyman Goldstein Obama”?
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