Tuesday, August 05, 2008



John McCain considers Jewish running mate

Those racist Republicans again!
"A young Jewish congressman from the battleground state of Virginia has joined the shortlist to be John McCain's vice-presidential running mate. Eric Cantor, 45, would be a dramatic choice for Mr McCain, who is running almost level with Barack Obama in national polls but whose aides believe he needs to shake-up the White House race if he is to prevail in November's general election.

Aides to Mr McCain revealed that Mr Cantor, the only Jewish Republican in the House of Representatives, had been asked to submit documents as part of a rigorous vetting process to hunt out any closet skeletons.

Mr Cantor would be by far the most exciting - though potentially risky - choice. A prodigious fundraiser with a young, photogenic family, support from evangelical Christians and strong backing from hard-line conservatives, he would shore up many of Mr McCain's weaknesses.

Mr Cantor would be the first Jewish vice-president, an historic milestone that Senator Joe Lieberman just missed in 2000 when Al Gore lost to George W Bush by 567 votes.

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This would be an amusing choice in a few ways. It would of course drive the Jewish conspiracy theorists out of their tiny brains but the real fun would be seeing how the Left would make this into a "racist" choice. Calling black white (Whoops! Am I allowed to say that?) has never been a problem for the Left.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

A conservative Republican jew? That would make him the rarest of the rare, like a mint Honus Wagner (sp.) card! This can't be for real! This must be some kind of diversion by the Obama team.

Anonymous said...

Wow... this really shows the state of First Amendment acceptance in the US. I'm not talking about legal application but social acceptance.
Religion has been a major topic of discussion in these polls - Huckabee, Romney, Obama have all had column feet devoted to the topic. Now Judaism gets a run. How is Rep. Cantor's Jewishness relevant to the job of VP? Why is it discussed as some form of qualification? (and how is it that a Jew has evangelical Christian support and a Mormon doesn't?) Has the US come any further since Kennedy's Catholicism???

Anonymous said...

Why did the autor refer to McCain and the other republican congressman as "Mr" instead of "Senitor" or "Congressman" but yet Joe Lebermen got a "Senitor" in front of his name?

Anonymous said...

You know it would be a cynical choice.

Whenever a Democrat raises up a minority to a position of power or responsibility, it is "recognizing his/her abilities, and responding in a positive way to the discrimination that have plagued the nominee their entire life."

When a Conservative nominates a minority, it is because either the minority is an "Uncle Tom," or the Conservative is being cynical and manipulative.