Friday night’s first presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain is still on. But it comes after the start of Shabbos. This concerns Obama who wants the news networks to re-air the debate on Motzei Shabbos.
He sent the following letter to the Commission on Presidential Debates:
The Honorable Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr. The Honorable Paul G. Kirk, Jr. Commission on Presidential Debates 1200 New Hampshire Ave NW Washington, DC 20036
Dear Mr. Fahrenkopf and Mr. Kirk:
Joe Biden and I are looking forward to participating in the upcoming debates, and I appreciate the hard work you and your team have put forth to bring them about. They promise to be some of the best opportunities for the voters to assess the candidates and their views prior to Election Day.
I want to raise one issue, and ask for your assistance. Due to the schedule set by the Commission and presented to the campaigns, the first debate falls on Friday night after the Jewish Sabbath has begun. Unfortunately, that means many Jewish Americans will not have the opportunity to watch the debate live. Because I know there is strong interest in this debate in the Jewish community, and to be as inclusive as possible, I ask for the Commission’s help in encouraging the television networks covering the debate to rebroadcast it on Saturday night after the Sabbath has concluded.
(Source: Forward / JTA)
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29 Responses
Pandering.
Obama you idiot, we don’t have televisions either.
Why did he only think of this now?
I think its commendable.
I do!
# 2, You have computer, that maybe more worth than television…
#2
Veim Toomar;
If you have no TVs, then you also should have no Internet?
Don’t worry! Yeshiva World’s been posting all the recent political speeches. . .
#2
i dont think you have the time to take to count the number of tv’s and internrt connects that exist in the frum comunity, both chaddish and litvish.wake up.
What’s the difference??? The number of shomer Shabbas Jews that will vote for Obama is, B”H, a joke!
Simple formula: he’s a goy, therefore whatever he said is bad and wrong and stupid.
This can’t be real! Do you the the BIG networks will replay it because a few(relative to the total U.S. population) frum jews couldn’t see it?
commendable, perhaps. appreciated, surely. lucky break, most definitely. perhaps whomever tipped him off to this benefitting the jews could also remind him of all the other things the jews and particularly israel need…the things that he is someway or another avoiding or preventing.
It’s a trick of the Yetzer H.
There are far better things to do on Motzei Shabbos, especially before Rosh Hashana.
are they waiting 42 or 72? or maybe 90?
Hey barack,
I can get my shabbos goy to turn it on!
Better yet, I will set my televisia on a sabbath clock!
It’s always the Jews fault. Besides, I can’t interupt my melave malke.
commendable, perhaps. appreciated, surely. lucky break, definitely. maybe whomever tipped off obama about the jews needs in this case should also remind him of the many other things that the jews — especially israel — need…he’ll remember…you know, the things he is somehow or another avoiding or preventing from happening…
#2, Orthodox Jews have TV’s. BTW, what are you doing on the internet?
#2 is right! What’s the point in rebroadcasting a show that can e-zly be seen via the Internet!
illini07 –
When a Jew does something wrong, you’re quick to point out his faults.
I guess b. Hussein obama is better than a Jew.
Get a LIFE
obamas amazing and the fact that he considers frum yiddens needs should be commended not knocked…
The nasty comments were mostly if not completely not called for. You can be don lekaf whatever, but public statements can be made with derech eretz.
Just because you, we, do not agree with many of his positions does not mean that he necessarily
has to be charactarized as a demon. This is true of most other politicians as well. There is a tendency to exaggerate the good and the bad – not always but often. We can be better than the rest of the world in this regard of how we express ourselves also.
I’m sure people’s religious obligations are Obama’s top concern -(more like he wants a big an audience as possible)
This McCain voter is not very impressed . 🙂
Obama: Big, big speaker.
Nothing worth listenin to ! 🙂
Ha. You can always turn to YWN commenters for a nasty spin on anything. Good for him. I’m impressed.
some of you are pathetic! 15# trick of the yetser hara?! you know what there are many people that realize this years debate is a big one….do you want a not so perfect presidant ( like the rest)or bin ladins cuzin?! #21 you sound like u’ve bin poisoned go to the dr. to get your head checked. Everyone wake up! hes trying to get on our goodsides….’he cares about minorities, hes not an antisemite…)
I wonder if he had this on a telepromptor too? Or was the original letter full of uh uh uh er em uh er ah ya know em um um im mmm.
McCain will wipe the floor with Mr. Empty Suit who never did anything to warrant being the Prez of this country.
luckily most people have TIVO so there is no need for a re-broadcast.
#21 – In a a very amsuing spin one might wonder how such a Lover of Yidden such as Obama would associate so very long and defend the very blatant Soneh Yisrael Rev. Wright.
On an amusing note, Obama did drop his long time friend and pastor once association with him was threatening to cost him the election.
Too little . Too late.
NObama for this voter!
sounds just like Achashverosh