http://tcjewfolk.com/presidential-medal-freedom/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=presidential-medal-freedom Twin Cities Jewfolk: the hub for hip Jewish stuff in Minneapolis and St. Paul Tue, 22 May 2012 03:06:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://tcjewfolk.com/presidential-medal-freedom/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Mike Mintz Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:46:17 +0000 http://tcjewfolk.com/?p=215#comment-11 I may be the only Jew in Yeshiva who voted for Obama. While I seriously disagree with his stance on Israel and foreign policy, our new president is a man I respect, and his book, "The Audacity of Hope," really resonated with me. Now whether he truly believes and will follow the creed laid out in that great work is another story, but blaming "sloppy research" on who he awards America's highest civilian honor to is unacceptable. For a man who carefully proofreads and edits his speeches minutes before he is about to give them to miss a key fact about his nominee seems highly unlikely. Robinson's activities and open hostility to Israel were not some secret buried away in her past. They were part of a public forum dedicated to demonizing the Jewish state. Obama's choice does not look like a kid doing a cannon ball into a pool he didn't know was freezing, rather it's the kid sticking his big toe in to see if he can get away with swimming in it. I may be the only Jew in Yeshiva who voted for Obama. While I seriously disagree with his stance on Israel and foreign policy, our new president is a man I respect, and his book, “The Audacity of Hope,” really resonated with me. Now whether he truly believes and will follow the creed laid out in that great work is another story, but blaming “sloppy research” on who he awards America’s highest civilian honor to is unacceptable. For a man who carefully proofreads and edits his speeches minutes before he is about to give them to miss a key fact about his nominee seems highly unlikely. Robinson’s activities and open hostility to Israel were not some secret buried away in her past. They were part of a public forum dedicated to demonizing the Jewish state. Obama’s choice does not look like a kid doing a cannon ball into a pool he didn’t know was freezing, rather it’s the kid sticking his big toe in to see if he can get away with swimming in it.

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