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Jewish Group Launches Online Campaign Against McCain/Palin

By Jeralyn

The National Jewish Democratic Council has begun an online campaign to oppose Sen. John McCain's choice of Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate:

Senator John McCain made a poor choice in his first critical presidential decision with his vice presidential selection of Governor Sarah Palin. We, in the Jewish community, have to question McCain’s judgment for choosing a right-wing religious conservative with absolutely no foreign policy experience and a brewing scandal which is being investigated by the Alaska state legislature.

It is ironic that McCain, who turned 72 last week, has said, “The fundamental principle behind any selection of a running mate would be whether that person is fully prepared to take over.” And then McCain selected Palin???

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Among the objections to Palin:

- Palin believes that creationism should be taught in our public schools.

- Palin is against reproductive choice and is against abortion even in cases of rape and incest.

- Palin does not believe climate change is man-made.

- Palin says she is against wasteful government spending, yet she endorsed the “bridge to nowhere” and then flip-flopped when it became a political liability.

Additionally, just last month, Palin was at her church, the Wasilla Bible Church, where she attended a speech by David Brickner, the Executive Director of Jews for Jesus. During the speech, Brickner described terrorist attacks on Israelis as God's "judgment of unbelief" of Jews who haven't embraced Christianity.   

If she is such a supporter of Israel, why didn’t she condemn Brickner’s speech at the time?

Do we really want Palin to be one heartbeat away from the presidency?

You can sign their petition here.

More reasons for Jewish voters to oppose McCain/Palin are here. Politico had this last week on the topic.

In reality, Palin's record on Israel, while friendly, is as thin as you'd expect from the first-term governor of Alaska.

Here is the NJDC's Factsheet on Obama vs. McCain. (pdf)

Full post as published by TalkLeft on September 05, 2008 (boomark / email).