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...writing in response to Ilana Sichel’s recent column, “Who is the Jewish Vote?” (Nov. 5) The column posits a correlation between sabbath-observance and “being anti-choice, discriminating against gay people and supporting tax cuts for the rich.” Such a claim is simply false. Furthermore, it is harmful to all sabbath-observant Jews, who will now be presumed to be bigots by all of Sichel’s liberal readers...
...based on the moral belief that people had the right control their own economic activity and destiny without being fettered by the government. Democrats often erroneously charge that Bush has no mandate to implement his policies on economic or social welfare issues like Social Security and the tax code because, they claim, Bush didn’t adequately discuss those issues in the campaign and voters’ true economic interests aligned with Kerry. But the facts indicate just the opposite. Exit polls showed more voters trust Bush to handle the economy than Kerry. The privatization of Social Security...
...will bring down the specter of big government, allow people to achieve greater benefits through social security, work for school choice, fund faith based initiatives, and make the tax cuts that improve our economy permanent...
...people were free to evaluate the Bible on their own, they might conclude that the Democratic Party better fulfills Christ’s teachings. Bush claims to be compassionate, yet there is nothing compassionate about giving $89 billion in tax relief to the richest 1 percent of Americans, while 500,000 kids lose their afterschool programs. He cut benefits for veterans, many of whom lost arms and legs while fighting for their country, something Kerry vowed to reverse. Bush chose profits for drug companies as opposed to affordable prescription drugs for seniors, while Kerry promised to import lower-cost drugs...
...certainly hasn’t earned my trust—and my objections far transcend the Israel issue. As an Orthodox Jewish friend inquired about our Republican-friendly community members: What is it about observing the Sabbath that warrants being anti-choice, discriminating against gay people and supporting tax cuts for the rich? I, too, am at a loss for an answer...