Romney, Ford, and Edison: Jennifer Rubin -- "Time to do your homework!"
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You may have seen the absurdly political hit-piece by the National Jewish Democratic Council on Mitt Romney this week. Serious commentators like Jonah Goldberg have made some appropriate comments but everyone admits the NJDC was out to purposely harm Romney a day before his announcement for the Presidential race.
Not to be outdone, Jennifer Rubin, writing for ABCNews online, levels her sites at Romney and the entire GOP and asks "why don't more Jewish people vote Republican?" She concludes:
In short, the Republicans are not just our kind of people, many Jews say. They don't sound like us, they don't talk like us and they don't understand us.
This is an absurd channeling of all American Jews. But she's not done yet with fictional hypotheticals:
Indeed, the incident may say something not only about Romney but about the GOP's problem with Jews. In his boatload of advisers, Romney apparently did not have anyone to say, "You know, a lot of Jews really hate Ford, and it might mess up your message. Let's try Edison's lab to make a point about American innovation.
Lucky for Romney he wouldn't have had to change venues at all. You see Jen, Edison's Lab was actually taken down and moved to a museum.
The Henry Ford Museum!
Of course, there was plenty of precedent for the Ford Museum. George Bush Sr. and Robert Dole both held campaign events at the museum. Even Rudy Giuliani appeared there at a 2006 fundraiser.
Perhaps Jennifer took issue with this excerpt from Romney's speech:
"Henry Ford – a small entrepreneur – once said that the best Americans were those with ‘an infinite capacity to not know what can’t be done.’ We honor today those kinds of Americans, testament to the power of enterprise and the strength of the human spirit."
Ooops... my mistake - that wasn't Mitt it was Bill Clinton in 1999.
Hah! Shows what they know. Mormons are practically Zionists!
In fact, in Jerusalem there's a little monument to Mormon Apostle Orson Hyde who on October 24, 1841 on the Mount of Olives, dedicated Palestine for the gathering of the Jews.
Mormons have have an affection for the Jews that dates back to the founding of their church. Far out dating the recent love from the evangelicals.
His backdrop was what made the speech in my mind.
A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever. -John Adams
I guess everyone who drives or rides in Ford's is an anti-semite.
I think there is some substance behind the claim that Republicans and Jews do not mix. This is not because of faith, but because of the composition of each group. Most Jews live in urban areas while the Republicans are heavily tied to rural areas. They simply come from different areas usually. Romney does not fit the rural George W. Bush stereotype though.
that anyone would think Jews would go along with Democrats who would further empower anti-Semitic forces of every degree, just because most Republicans "aren't like them."
I thought it was wrong to speak for a whole group of people in generalized terms.
Even as someone who truly dislikes Romney, I have to agree that the NJDC article was a politically motivated hit piece, and, in a perfect world, Romney's choice of venue shouldn't be an issue. I do, however, believe that a more politically astute campaign would have seen this coming and avoided the issue.
Mitt really is being unfairly treated. He's being attacked from all sides and most of them are disingenous attacks truly distorting his record.
Jeff Fuller
http://iowansforromney.blogspot.com/
See my disclaimer of Romney Support at my blogsite line above (essentially I'm an unpaid grassroots supporter/blogger).