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Florida - The Great Schlep is an online campaign urging young U.S. Jews to urge their grandparents in Florida to vote for the Democratic presidential ticket of Barack Obama and Joe Biden in the Nov. 4 election against Republican John McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin.
To do so they have enlisted the aid of comedian Sarah Silverman to plea Jews to fly to Florida to visit grandma and grandpa and sell the idea of Obama in the White House to them.
Florida is seen as one of about 10 closely contested states where the most exciting White House race in a long time will be ultimately decided. The state has a sizable Jewish population — about five percent of the state’s population by some estimates — and also has a large elderly retiree population.
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Sep 27, 2008 at 09:55 PM Anonymous Says:
Is there some reason to explain the different mind of the generation?
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Sep 27, 2008 at 09:53 PM Anonymous Says:
My grandmother is voting Obama. McCain might be around the same age as her, but Barack is better for her (and the country).
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Sep 27, 2008 at 10:02 PM Anonymous Says:
@1 - as the saying goes: If you're not a liberal when you're 25, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative by the time you're 35, you have no brain
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Sep 27, 2008 at 10:01 PM Jews 4 M Says:
How can anyone think of voting for Osama??
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Sep 27, 2008 at 09:58 PM Jacobishtam Says:
Before this post, I saw the 5 minute video of Silverman promoting Obama. It reallly is ugly and devoid of any intelligent thought at promoting Obama. I wish that all Mcain supporters would have the same or more passion as the Obama suppoters. Or at least recognize what kind of a war the democrats are waging. All she is trying to do is be provocative and win over the uninformed and ignorant populace. Please counter and tell your grandparents, relatives, friends etc. how much better it will be for jews/Israel and the country if Mcain is elected. Remember, Florida is a swing state. Explain to whomever that this is the first time in American history that not just a liberal is running but also a leftist. (even Clinton was considered a moderate) He is against all the values we jews hold sacred.
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Sep 27, 2008 at 10:04 PM Anonymous Says:
iam defently not voting for obama.
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Sep 27, 2008 at 09:48 PM mark levin Says:
GEVALD!!!!! What do these people see in Obama??????
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Sep 27, 2008 at 10:28 PM Babishka Says:
This is a group of people with absolutely no shaichus to Yiddishkeit, who think that using words like "Schlep" makes them Jewish. Any Jew with a scrap of intellect and Yiddishkeit will realize what a disaster Obama is for the Yidden. McCain/Palin!
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Sep 27, 2008 at 10:24 PM Shmilfke Says:
What is the hava amina to vote for Osama Hussein - sorry, Hussein Obama?
What, he says hope and change, change and hope all day?
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Sep 27, 2008 at 10:23 PM r u serious Says:
C'mon you can't underatand why people would vote for obama ?!
The GOP have run the country into the ground. The wasted 12 billion a month on getting in the middle of a unwinnable civil war while the U.S. Infrastucture and finance industry collapses. What people in their right mind would reward this party 4 more years. Obama represents change which this country needs.
I am not going to v ote for hime because of Israel but I am stunned when people fail to understand his popularity.
And please enough of the barak HUSSIEN obama stuff. You all sound like billy cuningham !! Its stupid shtick.
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Sep 27, 2008 at 10:47 PM ruvainboruch Says:
If we elect Senator Barack Obama, Israel will be in a very vulnerable position.
If you listened to the debate, you heard Senator McCain talk about the need to protect the only true ally we have in the region... Israel...
Senator Obama really doesn't care about Israel at all.. he just says enough to appease some Liberal Jews who are happy to hear him say anything.
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Sep 27, 2008 at 11:06 PM Anonymous Says:
obame will finish us financialy with his brainstorm changes
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Sep 27, 2008 at 11:04 PM Charlie Hall Says:
"If you're not a liberal when you're 25, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative by the time you're 35, you have no brain"
I've never been a real conservative, but my politics have moved to the left somewhat as I have become more observant and my learning has increased. The mitzvot that our rabbis decreed should be taught to all prospective converts are leket, shich'chah, peah, and maaser oni, not Shabat and kashrut. Your right to private property is not inherent in the Torah; it exists because the Torah forbids me from taking it from you -- but it permits a beit din to declare your property or my property ownerless! And the Torah prohibits a free market for land in Eretz Yisrael, prohibits charging interest on loans to other Jews, and requires remission of some debts at the end of the shemittah cycle. These are not consistent with laissez-faire capitalism!
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Sep 27, 2008 at 11:09 PM Shlumpy Says:
These people wearing Obama yarmullkehs reminds us of the people that wore dinkins yarmulkeh when he was running for mayor of New york city. New Yorkers got riots and years of hell. Is this what you want under an Obama adminitration?
Obama advisors in the whitehouse would include: Jesse Jackson,Rev Sharpton,Rev Wright, Dinkins,Weesy Jefferson, and Bill Clinton somewhere in the mix. (under a desk?)
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Sep 27, 2008 at 11:35 PM formaly Says:
“ How can anyone think of voting for Osama?? ”
well I guess you must feel that the last eight years bush and the republicans did a bang up job?
the US owes more money to foreign countries then ever before. he says he will veto any bill that will help people with unemployment because of the current crisis but somehow has 700 billion for wall street, what a mess in Iraq, these are only some issues the last eight years has driven the us into bankruptcy and maybe lost all our allies
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Sep 27, 2008 at 11:27 PM Anonymous Says:
charlli how can u move to the left when ur more observent. same sex marrige & abortion is not torahdig,all those mitzvos is for jews only & its only in eretz yiruel
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Sep 27, 2008 at 11:24 PM Anonymous Says:
With the destruction of the Twin Towers a few years behind us, it seems so many have forgotten. To all these people I call out and say "Remember"
How can you vote for someone who is affiliated with so many questionable people?
a church filled with hate? a muslim backround! and the list goes on........
He doesn't say that their way of life is wrong, merely he is no longer affiliated!
What is it going to take to wake you people up? What I know is that McCain is surely an American who has a true love for this country and is not shored up with a bunch of people who hate America!
The "right" to vote is great, but vote for what is good for your country not for your own pocket!
Voting for Obama shows the world just how smart we Americans are!
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Sep 28, 2008 at 12:09 AM Anonymous Says:
“ This is a group of people with absolutely no shaichus to Yiddishkeit, who think that using words like "Schlep" makes them Jewish. Any Jew with a scrap of intellect and Yiddishkeit will realize what a disaster Obama is for the Yidden. McCain/Palin! ”
how can you say that any jew has no connection to judaisim? that mere fact that they are jewish means they are as much connected to judiasim as any other jew is.
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Sep 27, 2008 at 11:50 PM Heshy Says:
Many of these young secular Jews who support obama are Jews with no Jewish education. They are brainwashed by the drive by media. But thank G-d for the orthodox Jews who will be voting McCain all the way and are not fooled by liberal left wing self hating Jewish Democrats. When Obamo scares senior citizens in Florida that they will lose their social security if they dont vote for him ,he is no different than the blackmailing radical creeps like Al Sharpthon and Jesse Jackson. We dont need a lowlife in the white house. The choice is clear as day VOTE McCain
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Sep 28, 2008 at 12:13 AM Shmuel Tzvi Says:
If you love Israel, vote McCain/Palin, they are looking after us for the good.
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Sep 28, 2008 at 12:19 AM Yechiel Wax Says:
“ Many of these young secular Jews who support obama are Jews with no Jewish education. They are brainwashed by the drive by media. But thank G-d for the orthodox Jews who will be voting McCain all the way and are not fooled by liberal left wing self hating Jewish Democrats. When Obamo scares senior citizens in Florida that they will lose their social security if they dont vote for him ,he is no different than the blackmailing radical creeps like Al Sharpthon and Jesse Jackson. We dont need a lowlife in the white house. The choice is clear as day VOTE McCain ”
Well said, and straight to the point. McCain/Palin
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Sep 28, 2008 at 12:20 AM Anonymous Says:
Mind you, only about 5 percent of the Florida electorate is Jewish. But that's still about 400000 voters
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Sep 28, 2008 at 12:15 AM Anonymous Says:
“ iam defently not voting for obama. ”
How can anyone even think otherwise. It's scary to see how many uneducated people out in the world, are ready to vote for him.
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Sep 28, 2008 at 12:28 AM McCain lesser of evils Says:
Obama is a super liberal, anti Israel, left wing extremist who has Muslim roots and radical Muslim support.
Unfortunately, McCain is also a liberal masquerading as a Conservative but he is far less dangerous than Obama.
Does our vote in New York make a difference? The state is so overwhelmingly Democratic that my McCain vote might be wasted. Can anyone explain why it would be worth my time to vote?
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Sep 28, 2008 at 12:38 AM der yid Says:
if u like it or not were going to have 4 years of a carter administration unless mccain wins florida
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Sep 28, 2008 at 12:48 AM mark levin Says:
ru serious, you seem to be forgetting that the libs have been in control of congress for a few years. what have they dont good for the coutry duing that time? NOTHING! It takes congress to draft bills and if they are what the president wants, he/she will sign it. When things were going better in the late slick willy years it was because the conservatives controlled congress which meant the good bills were coming out clinton had no choice but to sign them. Blame your own party.
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Sep 28, 2008 at 12:58 AM mark levin Says:
“ well I guess you must feel that the last eight years bush and the republicans did a bang up job?
the US owes more money to foreign countries then ever before. he says he will veto any bill that will help people with unemployment because of the current crisis but somehow has 700 billion for wall street, what a mess in Iraq, these are only some issues the last eight years has driven the us into bankruptcy and maybe lost all our allies ”
If the President was a fiscal conservative you might have a point but he isnt fiscally conservative and if there was ONE complaint that the Conservative Party had with the President it was that he would sometimes spend money. I would add to that commnent that I really wish the President would fight back more against the liberals instead of trying to appease them.
I would also like to remind you that your donkey party has been in charge in the congress and they have done Jack Shaving Cream while being in charge.
What is wrong with Iraq? When John McCain was openly stating that we needed a surge and each and every dem was claiming we lost the war where were you? There was a surge and the USA was BH more matzliach in Iraq. Will it hold? Only HKBH knows for sure.
As for the bailout, it is on the record that back in 1998 PRESIDENT CLINTON was warned about this and he did nothing. In fact the conservatives have been talking about it for a while and the libs did nothing. If this bill is so good, as Rush said, why dont they vote for it already? They have the votes even without the Republicans! You are also oh so convieniently forgetting that the party that signed the mortgage bill originally was the dems. Since then they have been pressuring backs to give loans to people who cant afford it! This is typical of the liberal agenda. The problem was the Libs and now they want the conservatives to help get them out of their own pile of manure.
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Sep 28, 2008 at 12:54 AM Heshy Says:
“ Obama is a super liberal, anti Israel, left wing extremist who has Muslim roots and radical Muslim support.
Unfortunately, McCain is also a liberal masquerading as a Conservative but he is far less dangerous than Obama.
Does our vote in New York make a difference? The state is so overwhelmingly Democratic that my McCain vote might be wasted. Can anyone explain why it would be worth my time to vote? ”
Your vote makes a difference even in New York. McCain may well win New York just as Reagan did. Several weeks ago they found only a 5 point difference in New York between McCain and Obamo. There are many people who are afraid to tell polsters who they are voting for due to fear especially if the candidate is black. I met many secular Jews who told me that they never voted Republican but this time they will. The future of Israel and our communities is at stake. There has never been a more important election for Jews as this one.
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Sep 28, 2008 at 01:02 AM mark levin Says:
“ Obama is a super liberal, anti Israel, left wing extremist who has Muslim roots and radical Muslim support.
Unfortunately, McCain is also a liberal masquerading as a Conservative but he is far less dangerous than Obama.
Does our vote in New York make a difference? The state is so overwhelmingly Democratic that my McCain vote might be wasted. Can anyone explain why it would be worth my time to vote? ”
McCain is not really claiming to be conservative on a number of issues but as is the case with politics, you cant have everything all the time.
As for why you should go out and vote, the polls are indicating that McCain is doing better in the lib states than thought. Granted polls now dont make a diff and like we saw in 00 & 04 they dont make much of a diff as exit polls either. the parties look at each district to see how the votes went. They are now able to get fairly precise when it comes to finding out who people voted.
REMEMBER, if you are voting for McCain its on 11/4.
If you are voting for Obama, you vote on 11/5.
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Sep 28, 2008 at 06:15 AM Zoltan Says:
You all voted for Bush he fooled you McCain will do the same.
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Sep 28, 2008 at 05:08 AM berl Says:
Sarah Silverman is a foul mouthed low life. Her only connection to Judaism is her last name which makes her as Jewish as whoopie goldberg.She has no idea what being a Jew is all about and cheapens Jews by representing herself as one. She is better suited to sing her songs to jeezus and santa claus. Her "shlep" clip is filled with filthy language and warped ideas. Perhaps her Jewish soul suffers from arteriosclerosis from all the filthy langies she uses and all the treif food she eats!
She would make a good project for Chabad to be mikarev,lol
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Sep 28, 2008 at 10:45 AM Bill in Pittsburgh Says:
“ Sarah Silverman is a foul mouthed low life. Her only connection to Judaism is her last name which makes her as Jewish as whoopie goldberg.She has no idea what being a Jew is all about and cheapens Jews by representing herself as one. She is better suited to sing her songs to jeezus and santa claus. Her "shlep" clip is filled with filthy language and warped ideas. Perhaps her Jewish soul suffers from arteriosclerosis from all the filthy langies she uses and all the treif food she eats!
She would make a good project for Chabad to be mikarev,lol ”
I agree with you on this one. She is an embarassment to all of us.
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Sep 28, 2008 at 10:43 AM Bill in Pittsburgh Says:
“ Obama is a super liberal, anti Israel, left wing extremist who has Muslim roots and radical Muslim support.
Unfortunately, McCain is also a liberal masquerading as a Conservative but he is far less dangerous than Obama.
Does our vote in New York make a difference? The state is so overwhelmingly Democratic that my McCain vote might be wasted. Can anyone explain why it would be worth my time to vote? ”
Your first two paragraphs are outright lies but your third paragrah makes sense.
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Sep 28, 2008 at 10:42 AM Bill in Pittsburgh Says:
“ How can anyone think of voting for Osama?? ”
The name is not Osama its Obama stop playing on fear. Obama is better for this country then McCain because he has a better plan for the economyand he is better for the our community because he cares more about the working poor and middle class.
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Sep 28, 2008 at 10:58 AM zoygenberg Says:
i am listening to jakei mason and voting for mcain beacuse obama is a lair who goes back on anything he ever said and acomplished nothing in his life
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Sep 28, 2008 at 12:24 PM Allan Says:
It's the Liberals and their insanity that will ruin America if given the chance. VOTE McCAIN/PALIN they will be better for all of us JEWS here and in Israel.
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Sep 28, 2008 at 12:30 PM mark levin Says:
“ The name is not Osama its Obama stop playing on fear. Obama is better for this country then McCain because he has a better plan for the economyand he is better for the our community because he cares more about the working poor and middle class. ”
1. Your own left wing God, none other than TED KENNEDY, called "the magic nergo" the name "OSAMA OBAMA" so get over it.
2. Obama can talk about "Caring" but that means nothing. He has said NOTHING and has done NOTHING in his entire political career. Being a street thug in Chicago does NOT make one worthy of becoming president. If he cared so much about the "poor and middle class" why is he willing to drop the dollar amount to be considered "rich" into the 70k range?? I'll tell ya bec you havent gotten it yet. They will be rich and he can %^^&^& them for more taxes. 70k makes far too many people rich according to his plan and way more people poor. The typical family will get taxed up the yeah on his plan. If the "rich" pay more taxes they WONT be paying bonuses, they WONT be hiring more workers. and they WONT be giving raises.
It amazes me how the libs dont get that their "plans" DONT work... EVER! Over the last 40 years the country has thrived when people with conservative ideas are the mouths.
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Sep 28, 2008 at 02:15 PM Milhouse Says:
“ @1 - as the saying goes: If you're not a liberal when you're 25, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative by the time you're 35, you have no brain ”
The saying is wrong. Socialists have no heart or brain; they're just motivated by envy and hatred of those who are better off than them. If you have a heart, reach into your own pocket, not into someone else's.
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Sep 28, 2008 at 02:22 PM Milhouse Says:
The most powerful reason to vote against Obama is that he is a friend of terrorists Ayers and Dohrn. That doesn't mean he approves of what they did, but he clearly doesn't think it so bad that he can't be their friend. If McCain had a friend who was an unrepentant rapist or a Klansman, we wouldn't hear the end of it, but somehow it's OK for Obama to be friends with terrorists.
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Sep 28, 2008 at 04:13 PM robroy560 Says:
If Hitler, yemach shemo, was resurrected and placed on a Democrat ticket, I promise you there would be plenty of liberal Jews voting for him. They would say he changed and he is not a republican.
I'm not a McCain Kool-Aid drinker. As a poltical conservative, I have many issues with him. For that matter, I disagree with GWB on a lot of things too. But there is no way I am voting for this dangerous kook, even if he picked an old goofball from the Senate - a guy with 9,000 primary votes vs. Hillary's 18 million.
As far as Sarah Silverman is concerned, shut up and act. People pay to see and hear your awful humor. We don't care about your political nonsense. Go enjoy your shaygitz boyfirend. You don't speak for my Jewish believes.
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Sep 28, 2008 at 04:58 PM Anonymous Says:
“ charlli how can u move to the left when ur more observent. same sex marrige & abortion is not torahdig,all those mitzvos is for jews only & its only in eretz yiruel ”
The are not forcing you to have same sex marriges and have an abortion, they are leaving it up to you and the churches to make that decision. If you want to live in a country where the government is cotrolled by religious people move to Iran.
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Sep 28, 2008 at 07:58 PM Bill in Pittsburgh Says:
“ charlli how can u move to the left when ur more observent. same sex marrige & abortion is not torahdig,all those mitzvos is for jews only & its only in eretz yiruel ”
Hay 16 good point. Wait a minute arent there same sex marrages going on in California the home of the republican govoner Schwartzinegger? And what laws did the republican president with 6 years of a republican congress pass to end abortion? The fact of the matter is you cannot make people live moral lives. Even when abortion was illegal it was happening. Even when homosexual acts were illegal it was happening. YOU CANNOT MAKE PEOPLE BEHAVE IN A MORAL FASHION WITH LAWS!!!
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Sep 28, 2008 at 10:12 PM ezra Says:
for Israel's sake vote McCain Palin
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Sep 28, 2008 at 11:41 PM matzahlocal101 Says:
Hitler was also elected. and BTW, that yarmulka is an obama-nation.