Well thank goodness, this quote from Congressman Henry Waxman doesn’t play into any stereotypes:
There are Jews who are trending toward the Republican Party, some of it because of their misunderstanding of Obama’s policies in the Middle East, and some of it, quite frankly, for economic reasons. They feel they want to protect their wealth, which is why a lot of well-off voters vote for Republicans.”
Don’t worry, he’s Jewish and he’s a Democrat so everyone will just assume he meant well. Nothing to see here.
And just because CMR has a newly instituted rule requiring any mention of Waxman must include a picture with the caption “Some Pig.”
September 15, 2011 at 2:25 pm
Hey,I'm Catholic, my ancestors were Jewish, and i'll think Jewish to protect my sheckels! BTW, Waxman does look like Porky Pig! Vote him out of office and "That's All Folks!" Scotju
September 15, 2011 at 2:34 pm
See, from another angle, he looks like a rat. Don't think I could vote for a guy who looked that much like a rodent.
September 15, 2011 at 3:47 pm
Hey! Didn't Hilter call Jews rodents? Careful, now.
September 15, 2011 at 4:30 pm
Why the need to comment ad hominem? God made him that way. His words clearly are fodder enough for comment anyway!
September 15, 2011 at 5:43 pm
Did he? I didn't know that! Anyway, Laura's right.
Thing is, I think with this scenario, I don't believe he really meant it the way it's sounding. I don't think he meant it to come out like all Jews care about it money. Sounds like he was asked about the Jewish voting block and he gave a reason. You could insert any other demographic in there and it would be a perfectly reasonable answer.
Then, again, maybe I am naive.
September 15, 2011 at 9:21 pm
He does not look like Porky Pig. I'm not sure what he is but he's definitely not cute little Porky.
September 16, 2011 at 2:44 am
LOL! In other words the Democrats will suck away your wealth. Let's hope he was speaking to wealthy sitting-on-the-fence-Democrats & wealthy undecided Independents.
ABO 2012!! (anybody but Obama)
September 16, 2011 at 3:05 am
Wait a minute. Fat guy calls funny-looking guy a pig–? Pot to kettle: "You're black!"
September 16, 2011 at 4:36 pm
Remember the Jews who aided the Nazis in the camps? Shmucks.
September 17, 2011 at 10:39 pm
I'm sure there are also Democrats who will vote for their spendthrift
party because they see it as their source of benefits and largesse. They
will also vote for 'their' party because they're protecting their wealth.
Personally, I think folks should vote for a party not because it can
benefit them in particular, but because they feel that party's platform
best serves the nation as a whole.
To me, that party certainly is not the Democrats.