[By Chaskel Bennett]
As primary Tuesday finally descends on New York, there are those in the Jewish community who are contemplating supporting Bernie Sanders as the first Jewish candidate to nearly reach the vaunted tier of Presidential nominees in American political history. Nostalgia aside, that vote would be a terrible mistake. The Sanders campaign and the candidate himself is based on out -of- the mainstream, far left policies that has no semblance or connection to Judaism or for that matter, American exceptionalism. Alarmingly, Mr. Sanders espouses a radical anti-Israel platform that has gleefully emboldened pro-Palestinians activists and haters of Israel. Additionally, the hiring (now suspended) of a virulent anti Israel leftist, as national director of ‘Jewish’ outreach amplifies just how out of touch Team Sanders is when it comes to the sensitivities of the very diverse American Jewish community.
For those blinded by Bernie’s folksy, grandfatherly style, remember that a candidate is judged by their words, positions and the company they keep. Sanders fails on all counts. Whether motivated by his scorched earth pronouncements or naively clinging to the misleading slogan of hope and change, socialists, anarchists, and benign do- gooders have set out on a mission to dramatically alter America as we know it. They need to be stopped. Right here,right now.
To be fair there are many who are legitimately disillusioned by politics as usual. Some have theorized that they intend to vote for Bernie as a protest vote against the Democratic establishment. While that idea might have sounded like a reasonable course of action just a few weeks ago, it must be noted that New York is now surprisingly in play and the country is playing for keeps. With the rise of the Sanders radical fringe in the Democratic party and the tightening of the race for the nomination, the stakes are simply too high to waste valuable votes on protests alone. Bernie and his growing gang of societal malcontents are dangerously inspiring a new generation of haters. This is no time for an election day laboratory experiment. New York Jewish Democrats must recognize the moment and do their part to soundly defeat Mr. Sanders.
Chaskel Bennett is a noted communal advocate involved in numerous Jewish causes. His advice and counsel on Jewish communal issues is sought by elected officials and key opinion makers. Twitter @ChaskelBennett
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And what makes Hillary better?
Great question. Guess her kissing arafats wife after she accused isreal of spreading AIDS
Or maybe her statement we need to raise taxes by one trillion yes she said trillion dollars to find her agenda
I am voting for Sanders now even more so, Bennett is the 2nd Agudas Yisroel activist to support Hillary (as a Dem, does he have another choice)? Hillary supports the Iran Deal so don’t tell me she is pro-Israel and her husband is behind the Oslo Accords that are responsible for the 2nd and 3rd (current) intifada. Sanders wants to control the banks so they destroy the economy like they did under Bush. Go Sanders and he will take an oath on the Torah for the highest office in land.
Remember- most of the frum politicians are registered Democrats, but you hope that privately they prefer a Republican candidate.
So lets all vote for Bernie and hope he wins the nomination. It should make it easier for any Republican to win.
For all Bernie’s policy limitations, the american public has been rallying behind him
They’re collectively
wordlessly shrewdly
strategically playing the system
even they know that Hillary will probably win
to weaken Hillary in the longer run,
And to force her and the Democratic party who always attack the GOP on this & practice what they preach of focusing om the lower and middle sectors/classes and to really care
Jews pride themselves that they’re so smart and savvy politically,while they are once more proving to the world they really the stupidest
As the aphorism goes
“Jews live like WASPs, but vote like Puerto Ricans”
#1,2,3, come on! Read what Sanders and his people have to say about Israel and what Clinton says. Sanders and Co* are not even willing to pretend.
I personally am voting Ted Cruz as any frum yid should, but if ur a registered democrat u shud vote Sanders simply because he’s the easier candidate to beat in the general election
Aren’t
Agudah and OU Apolitical?!
Well, Rabbi G. was kissed on the cheek..
the arguement thats its worth voting for sanders since if he becomes the nominee he will drag the democrat party to socalisim for the future.
Vote for Sanders… Voting Sanders will help a Republican win later… All 3 are much better than hillary or Sanders