In Bad Taste
"Last week there was an article in the Times about the older Jews of Florida being leery of Obama because they fear he’s not pro-Israel enough. There are many among them who believe that Obama is an Arab, that he’s Palestinian, that he’ll fill the cabinet with the apostles of Farrakhan. Is it some sort of reverse prejudice that I am disappointed? I mean you don’t expect any better of the rubes in Kentucky, but the Jews have this reptation for intelligence and education. I guess it goes to show that ignorance and gullibility cut across all boundaries of faith, ethnicity and class. Or maybe it’s just that residency in Florida trumps Judaism, making even the normally keen Semitic mind go bad, like lox left out in the sun." - Tim Kreider, The Pain -- When Will It End?