Netanyahu to US "Don't ever second guess me on Hamas again"

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86. Welcome to DU, Iamthetruth!

Glad you're here! I would certainly agree with your point - there IS a huge and powerful Jewish lobby in this country. Large and rather potent Jewish community near where I live. I actually heard an older woman at one of the local shops in that area, years ago, when dubya was "president" talking politics with a couple of other ladies. And they all disliked bush, and leaned liberal in their general outlook. I think this was before the 2004 election, as I recall. But this one woman voiced something I'll never forget because it was so instructive. "bush has been a terrible president. The war... the economy... terrible! BUT - he's been VERY GOOD for ISRAEL!" I remember thinking - wow - I'm hearing a very valuable lesson being articulated here. An example of a one-issue voter. This lady was going to vote to reelect george w bush exclusively because he was "VERY GOOD for ISRAEL!" REGARDLESS how shitty a president she thought he was on all the other issues, otherwise. THAT ALONE was enough to win her vote.

This was a really valuable lesson for me, as an observer. I'll never forget it. It was really illuminating. And hey, I TOO am a one-issue voter. What always will tip the balance for me is whether a politician is pro-choice or not. If they aren't, I don't care what else they're for (even when it's other critically important issues on which I strongly agree). If they aren't pro-choice, they don't get my vote. Period. It's simply a non-starter. And it was highly instructive and illuminating to me to hear that same attitude I myself had, personally, articulated by another voter based on an entirely different litmus test.