Hopefully Ed Koch will be one of a huge number of Jewish voters who endorse Barack Obama and defect from their past support of the Republican Party. John McCain's selection of confirmed Christianist, Sarah Palin, as his VP running mate ought to terrify Jewish voters. Palin's church and apparent religious beliefs make the Chimperator's religious views look benign in comparison. If McCain were to die or become disabled in office, Palin would become president and the Christianist hold on the government would threaten religious freedom for all others. When asked by Politico why he decided to endorse Obama, Koch stated as follows:*
"The designation of Palin to be vice president," he said. "She's scary." He said he was alarmed by the report that she'd triggered a conflict with the local librarian in Wasilla, Alaska by inquiring about the possibility of banning books. "Any time someone goes to the library and says, 'I want to ban books,' and the librarian says 'no,' and she threatens to fire them -- that's scary," he said.
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Sadly, I fear that too many people are not paying enough attention to realize just how far Palin's beliefs are out of the mainstream. Here is Koch's official statement:
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I have concluded that the country is safer in the hands of Barack Obama, leader of the Democratic Party and protector of the philosophy of that party. Protecting and defending the U.S. means more than defending us from foreign attacks. It includes defending the public with respect to their civil rights, civil liberties and other needs, e.g., national health insurance, the right of abortion, the continuation of Social Security, gay rights, other rights of privacy, fair progressive taxation and a host of other needs and rights.
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If the vice president were ever called on to lead the country, there is no question in my mind that the experience and demonstrated judgment of Joe Biden is superior to that of Sarah Palin. Sarah Palin is a plucky, exciting candidate, but when her record is examined, she fails miserably with respect to her views on the domestic issues that are so important to the people of the U.S., and to me. Frankly, it would scare me if she were to succeed John McCain in the presidency.
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On a different front, the MSM seems to be again falling into a trend of carrying water for the McCain campaign. Today's New York Times has a story that the McCain folks must love about Obama's decision not to accept public funding. What was my response? I made a contribution to Obama as my way of flipping the bird to McCain/Palin. To make a donation to Obama/Biden, go here: https://donate.barackobama.com/page/contribute/splashtshirt
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