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Monday, October 6, 2008 12:00 AM

"I find her offensive"

John McCain was making a bid for South Florida's Jewish voters, a crucial demographic in a purple state. But then he chose Sarah Palin as a running mate.

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  • Monday, October 6, 2008 07:05 PM

    @Zoltan: Are we listening to Lotus Feet?

    Every four years Floridians are treated to the same "They will take away your social secutity and medicare" mishigas L-Feet

    John McCain would pay for his health plan with major reductions to Medicare and Medicaid, a top aide said, in a move that independent analysts estimate could result in cuts of $1.3 trillion over 10 years to the government programs.

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122315505846605217.html#printMode

    Next.

    Perhaps 25 to 50 per cent of the money flowing into his campaign and into sister organizations such as move on is coming from Jews.

    Do you have any numbahs to back that up? You can start here:

    http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/donordems.php?cycle=2008

    Your argument seems to be that 'yeah, I sound crazy, but crazy people have been right before!". True, but they've also been wrong quite a bit. If I'm supposed to emulate one of those few intelligent readers you keep mentioning you should not be surprised at my skepticism.

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