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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 12:48 PM

    She believes in "End of Days", no?

    As I understand it, the "end of days" belief INCLUDES a second Holocaust. She prays for it. The end of the story as she sees it - the return of Christ to earth - cannot come to fruition without the deaths of all Jews. Her beliefs are not drawn from the Bible, but rather from a comic book / sci-fi novel turned into a religious movement among US evangelicals.

    W believes this same thing, and Sarah is being compared to a biblical queen from the bible who will hasten the Rapture.

    That, to me, would seem to be a big negative for Jewish voters. Or anyone else who is sane. If someone told me that the only way they get to see Jesus involves me being killed, I'd stay away from that person. And I doubt I'd vote for them to have the nuke codes.

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