False Hopes

As reported in today’s NY Times Article: "Many Florida Jews Express Doubts on Obama", Mr. Obama is out looking for Jewish votes in Florida (and presumably in other places with significant Jewish populations).
The sub-theme of this article is how Liberal Jews are reconciling themselves (or rather, being bamboozled into being reconciled) to the exotic messiah when all their instincts tell them to be wary. Jews have so bought in to the Liberal dream – or even further Leftist fantasies - about the "brotherhood of man", that they will follow anyone nominated by the Democrats, even against their better judgments. Jews still dream of the great Kumbaya moments from the 30’s through early 60’s when they supported the Civil Rights movement, giving their money, their time and even their lives for the cause. Those days of amity and camaraderie are – sadly - long past. Jews are still the great proponents of multiculturalism and its corollary, large-scale immigration from the 3^rd world to achieve the Liberal Nirvana off America as a “majority-minority” country. One day – too late - they may see beyond their ideological blinders and realize that they are a part of the soon-to-be white minority. Too late they will understand what a danger to their interests and safety – what a disaster - large Muslim immigration into America will be. Obama is the candidate of the Left and will be the champion of “people of color” (most definitely including the Palestinians and other Muslims) in the US and in foreign policy. His friendship and empathy for Palestinian “intellectuals” in the academic world (after all, he is supposed to be an intellectual!) will manifest itself in his foreign policy and perhaps in domestic policy, too. Terrorist suspects in the US, rejoice! Discussion of this “affinity” is very muted in the mainstream (Liberal) press. In the recent NY Times article about Obama’s Chicago background, his associations with his Palestinian friends are conveniently buried deep in the article.
There are Jewish politicians, like Lieberman and Koch, who long ago awakened from the "sweet dream" to the hard reality of what the academic Left, now represented by Obama, advocate in foreign policy: hatred of the United States and all it stands for; hatred of anyone who is closely identified with US foreign policy, most especially Israel. The best that Obama can ever be, as far as Mid-East issues are concerned, is another Jimmy Carter. Do any but deracinated, self-hating, "desperate to be loved", Jews think that is good enough? Obama will have the remnants of the Democratic/academic Left in his administration or as advisers. People like the currently-silenced Samantha Power (who advocated that the US invade Israel to "save" Jenin) and Anthony Lake (too far Left and pacifist even for the Clintons) are waiting in the wings for their moment in the sun.
As for the Jewish "leaders" supporting Obama - as for politicians in general - ideological myopia and personal aggrandizement triumph over national interests every time!