posted January 14, 2009 02:05 AM            

My GUESS is that the 1% were of the type that blame Jews for everything, don't like Obama and see that he's powerful, and so figure he must be Jewish, QED. That's the best I can come up with.

posted January 14, 2009 05:15 PM            

And there are other reasons to choose her, especially given the rest of his choices (she fits right in).

posted January 14, 2009 11:33 PM            

For when that YT vid is deleted, here's the CNN story it linked to describing the vid:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/13/great.schlep/index.html

If the facts in the vid are true, then yes, there's a very strong connection (as opposed to him being Jewish).

But I'm not sure it matters, because many others--from Hillary to McCain--were pretty firmly in the pro-Israel, anti-Iran/Hamas camp for their own reasons. McCain because conservatives have long seen Israel as an ally against Commies (traditionally) and Muslims (and many radical Christian fundies that have pull with people like McCain have reasons relating to Bible prophecy to support Israel & oppose Islam or some such, too) while Hillary has always been something of a war hawk over ideals. For example, in the 90s, Hillary urged Bill to strike at the Taliban for how women in Afghanistan were treated, so given that, and contrasting to how women are typically treated in Israel vs. Palestine and by Hamas, the side she supports is also not a surprise. (She struck me as almost eager to take on Iran, too.)

That, and the protests against Israel include plenty of Jews with signs "not in my name" and the like. Even Jews have their own factions that disagree with each other, and I'm sure they disagree with each other on how best to resolve their problems in Israel now. So being connected to the Jewish community doesn't necessarily mean that you're going to support everything Israel does (anymore than being Jewish--or even an Israeli--means you'll automatically support everything Israel does).