tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post3715335817434449407..comments2023-12-14T21:13:46.857-06:00Comments on Tom Roeser's Blog: Personal Asides: Why Do So Many Jews Vote Democratic?...Jake Parrillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11195261008177966339noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-37854927052000422412006-07-31T18:42:44.000-05:002006-07-31T18:42:44.000-05:00Bernardin was indeed shrewd. Very shrewd.Bernardin was indeed shrewd. Very shrewd.Matt C. Abbottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-30367591049640015272006-07-30T18:09:42.000-05:002006-07-30T18:09:42.000-05:00Tom,I was surprised by some of the things you said...Tom,<br>I was surprised by some of the things you said about Bernardin. However, I've read Bernardin's speech given at Hebrew University. It can be found online at the archdiocese's own web site. Your description of the speech was a bit kind. Instead, I would have said that Bernardin believed that John was wrong. Having taken on racists and anti-semites in the online world, it appalls me that Bernardin would have given hate groups any reason to believe that the authors of the New Testament encouraged anti-semitism. And, yet, that's what Bernardin did in his comments.David P. Grafnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-3323982822807855572006-07-30T10:09:33.000-05:002006-07-30T10:09:33.000-05:00reject the Bush policy in the Middle East includin...reject the Bush policy in the Middle East including the war in Iraq and a black check for soldiers and expenditures for Israel's disposal?<br>You can label it "far left" "paleocons" and the vast majority of independents and moderates reject the NeoCON con game. The rest of the world also rejects these wars and further aggression.<br><br>Meanwhile Harriet Miers, another Bush debacle, is responsible for many of the judicial vacancies.<br><br>http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak27.html<br><br>But one Judiciary Committee conservative (who asked that his name not be used) rated Specter and Frist as 10 percent of the problem and the White House 90 percent -- especially Harriet Miers, Bush's failed first choice for Supreme Court nominee. As White House counsel, Miers has been criticized on Capitol Hill for the caliber of some recent nominees and the lethargic pace of appointments. She wanted her friend Columbia Law School Professor Debra Livingston named to the prestigious District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals. Conservatives blocked Livingston as undependable.<br><br>Americans can thank God the Paleocons you scorn in your blog rejected this pathetic Bush nominee to the top court and fought for the abortion of her nomination.<br><br>Perhaps 2009 will bring an American president who thinks America First - the first president since Ronald Reagan to do so.Jason Anoreply@blogger.com