Obama campaign geared up for Jewish outreach
The new foreign policy adviser and Jewish outreach coordinator to the Obama campaign says he's "joining an operation that's already well-organized." Dan Shapiro said in a telephone interview that the campaign already has 15 Jewish leadership councils – with more still forming – "up and running" in major cities around the country, organizing house parties and other "direct voter contact" activities, as well as dedicated outreach staff in key states such as Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida and Michigan.
Shapiro said he'll continue to do the same kinds of things that he was doing in an volunteer advisory role for the last year now that he's a full-time staffer, including speaking to voters and lining up other surrogates in the Jewish community.
A source in the Obama campaign who did not wish to be identified said a major theme of the Obama Jewish outreach effort this fall would be to show that the Democratic candidate is "in touch with" and cares about the same values that are important to the community – Jewish values such as caring for "the less fortunate among us, caring for our parents and grandparents, being good stewards of the earth." The campaign also will continue to highlight Obama's "rock-solid" backing of Israel, said the source.
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The allegation that Obama is a Muslim is just that, an unproven allegation. Furthermore, there is nothing wrong with being a Muslim (as opposed to an Islamic supremacist).
On the other hand, it is a known fact that Obama praised and endorsed Al Sharpton and his racist/anti-Semitic hate group, the National Action Network. Look up Sharpton and “Freddy’s Fashion Mart.” Obama’s campaign staff has also welcomed vicious anti-Semitic hate speech at my.barackobama.com, including terms like “Jewish Lobby” and “Zionist Thought Police.” The material was removed only after it became an Internet-wide scandal.
The DNC just published an ad with arguably anti-Semitic content; it stresses the fact that Eric Cantor and Jack Abramoff (the latter a convicted criminal) are Jews.
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Abraham
08/20/08 04:41 PM
Obama is a covert Muslim so not sure when you will wake up and figure this out. He could care less about the Jewish State --- it’s all smoke and mirror campaign. It totally is so apparent.