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Henry Waxman Claims Jews Do It For The Money

Holy cow! Henry Waxman says Jews are voting GOP because they want to protect their wealth.

I guess we have to let him get away with it because he is Jewish, but Great Lord in Heaven if someone else had said it was all about Jews and their money the ADL would be out in force demanding the person resign.

“I think Jewish voters will be Democratic and be for Obama in 2012, especially if you get a Republican candidate like [Texas] Gov. [Rick] Perry,” he said. “But there’s no question the Jewish community is much more bipartisan than it has been in previous years. 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.”

It’s bad when even left-wing Jewish Congressmen push the “Jews and their money” stereotype. Pathetic really. How about just telling the truth — they hate the job Obama is doing.

COMMENTS

  • http://redmeatconservative.blogspot.com/ Daniel Horowitz

    Aside for being pathetic, it is plain wrong. The irony is that NY-9 is really a middle-class, even lower-middle class district. It is exactly this type of demographic that is opposing Obama. The rich districts (both Jews and Christians) in places like Manhattan, Chicago & LA suburbs, and south Florida will continue to vote for Obama.

  • pttx333

    who is surprised at anything he would say. One big joke is he.

  • Repair_Man_Jack

    It’s amazing how failures always hate Jews.

  • http://VocalMinority.typepad.com EricTheRedVM

    In a way Waxman could be right: The constituents of NY-9 may want to protect their wealth, in a way that a mugging victim wants to protect his. Waxman phrases it as if it’s a bad thing, with a Marxist-socialist overtone, i.e., they’re being selfish and don’t want to “pay their fair share.”

    Don’t you find it funny, though, that Democrats have all these pet “victim” groups … until, that is, they abandon the Democrat plantation. The Democrats have been perfectly content acting as protectors of American Jews from all the bogeymen of the Republicans. Then, as soon as Jews vote against them, they’re smeared and accused of being stereotypical selfish money grabbers.

    That’s the same way they treat blacks: They’re little helpless pets who and the Democrats believe they’re the only ones protecting the welfare of blacks from those raaaaacist Republicans who want them “hanging from a tree.” Then when a black person wises up and leaves the Democrat plantation, they’re smeared as stupid Uncle Toms and house slaves.

    I’ve also them do that to seniors: One minute they’re poor helpless victims of eeeevil Republicans who want to steal their Medicare and Social Security and who want to push them over the cliff. Then, as soon as you see Tea Parties filled with seasoned Americans who don’t want to see their children’s and grandchildren’s lives ruined, the Democrats smear them as selfish, crotchety, angry old people.

    This is all done for political gain (= votes) of course. It is quite clear that Democrats don’t give a cr@p about Jews, blacks, or senior citizens. All they care about is their vote.

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  • fightnright

    actually the deeper you dig, the more it is obvious that failures hate everybody – except other failures.

    Tells you a lot about the leftist constituency, and what the leftist elites try to do to the lives of useful idiots, to create more leftists.

  • johnCV

    My first reaction was “dam right’ they voted to protect their money. And their liberty.

    Naturally waxman will never be asked by the media presstitutes why protecting their wealth is a bad thing.

  • ashland_avenue

    1. Did affluence play any role in reactions to Obama leaving the Israeli president to stew while having dinner with his own family?

    2. Other things equal, approval of homosexual marriage probably goes up with affluence, and with it approval of the Democrat candidate.

    3. Jews understand at least as much as the average citizen, and probably more, about the changing nature of health care under Obamacare. And they don’t like it. They certainly don’t like having unpopular policies jammed down a public throat.

  • conservativecpa

    was that Jewish people, by voting for Republicans, were voting for better economic policies. My 2nd thought was that Waxman was calling everyone in NY-09 greedy, rich people. East coast vs. West Coast?

  • romeg

    “…because of their misunderstanding of Obama?s policies in the Middle East…

    The problem is they understand those policies all too well.

    For amplification of that comment go here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904353504576568710341742174.html

    You will probably have to copy and paste the link.

    Be sure and read the comments appended to the article.

  • fightnright

    outlining the ways many leading Dems, liberals, leftists – in the U.S. and on the world stage – have very carefully kept their own money exceeding safe from the taxes that they love to impose on others, especially the working classes? Something titled in the vein of ‘Do as I say, not as I do’???

    The media almost never refers to any of that. either, though occasionally a stray bit gets leaked as with John Kerry’s safe-havened yacht, the Sulzburger’s 3.2 million duplex apartment transfer, and a few other ‘ooopses’.

  • YnotNOW

    that the Dem party has sold the Jewish nation down the road. The only Jews who should be supporting Dems are the liberal jews who gave up on their heritage and homeland a while ago. Those that are waking up realize they have a much more solid ally on the other side of the aisle.

  • Douglas Erley

    I’m still waiting for my appointment with the congressman. You remember last year when you told me the congressman would be in Richmond. Well, maybe you should take care of constituent business instead of spear fishing with Eric.

  • Locked and Loaded

    According to Henry, Jews who won’t vote for Democrats are either greedy or stupid; it’s just not possible that a Jew would fundamentally disagree with Democrat policies.

  • johnt

    when it doesn’t go to the Democrats. The 11th commandment, Thou shalt not protect your money, verily ye shall beggar yourselves for The O that cometh.
    Surely Waxman and the Democrtas have a living faith.

  • ashland_avenue

    ..

  • Return to Revolution

    … a custom that needs to end. Bigotry is bigotry. And Waxman is a bigot.

  • reggie1

    Some of my best friends are Jewish. So are all of my relatives. I am Jewish.

    And I see no reason why criticism of Waxman must come only from Jews.

    Anyone – Jew, black, lgbt, etc. – who views people by traits other than US citizen should be called out on it.

    Anyone can take Waxman’s assertion and turn it back on him – he is claiming that Obama is a threat to wealth, ignore the Jewish stuff.

  • dmacleo

    most people like sex but hate getting raped.
    and the public has been raped.

  • aesthete

    This is at around the same level as Helen Thomas’ statement about having Jews “return” to Israel — incredible. I have to assume that the quote goes on to have Waxman talk about all of the good Christians of Caucasian stock defrauded by the Jewish banksters who control the media…

  • rightwingmom52

    Such a short comment the other day from your hired underling writing on your behalf, and now words fail you. What is this world coming to?

  • aesthete

    In particular, Prov 17:28 :P

  • westcoastpatriette

    You mean Helen Thomas’ statement about having Jews “return” to Germany not Israel.

  • http://www4.webng.com/rickbull/lostlucky/ rickbull

    Herman Cain
    Condi Rice
    Alan Keyes
    Colin Powell (at least until he turncoated and joined them)
    Thomas Sowell
    Bobby Jindall

    Libs love ethnic minorities only for the free votes they can get out of them on election day. But let them join the Conservatives and you find out just how racist Libs can be.

  • aesthete