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To: JohnM who wrote (53623)	3/14/2008 7:13:55 PM
From: Bearcatbob	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 543210

"The Irrelevance of Obama's Minister" If a Republican belonged to an organization lead by someone who happened to be a member of the kkk do you think it would be an issue? LOL It is great fun to see this Democratic cat fight!

To: JohnM who wrote (53623)	3/14/2008 7:47:26 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543210

In 2000, when Joe Lieberman ran, do you recall articles about the political views of his rabbi? I don't know who his rabbi is (that tells you something) but Orthodox rabbis are invariably very conservative on the same issues on which Democrats are very liberal. They also tend to feel strongly that Jews and non-Jews should not marry each other or even date each other. Some Orthodox rabbis will tell you that dietary laws prevent Jews and non-Jews from even having a meal together except in a kosher locale. So what. That's religion. Lieberman's politics (not his moderately liberal politics then or his conservative politics now) has nothing to do with his rabbi. Lieberman is pro-choice, pro-gay rights, pro-feminist, all the things Orthodox rabbis tend not to be. There is a good chance Joe's rabbi is against the Iraq war (75% of Jews are) but Joe sure isn't. But, as I said, Joe's rabbi, whoever he is, was never an issue. Obama's is. Why is that? Great article, thanks for posting it. M.J. is dead on. The comparison to the KKK that one of the previous posters made is specious at best. Some people are just grabbing onto any "argument" they can find that might possibly have traction and trying it out to see if they can derail Obama. It is ridiculous to see Democrats acting "tough" like Republicans.