Polls indicate Israelis prefer John McCain – Mike Piper analyzes the ramifications

Barack Obama’s Big Secret Could Ruin 2008 Bid
One of the most powerful voting blocs in the U.S. today—and one which almost unanimously votes Democrat—is concerned about the leanings of Sen. Barack Obama. Does this segment of the population hold the key to 2008?
By Michael Collins Piper — AFP
ALTHOUGH THE MASS MEDIA ballyhooed Barack Obama’s visits to a number of countries, greeted with large, enthusiastic crowds—even in Germany, said to be the bastion of “race hatred” in the 20th Century—the media notably failed to mention that in Israel—America’s “closest ally”—polls have shown John McCain is more popular than Obama. In fact, Israel is the only country in the world where McCain’s popularity outranked that of Obama.
That single fact—a not insignificant one, considering the clout of Israel’s supporters in the U.S. arena— might be described as “the big secret” of the 2008 election that the average voter knows little about.
In contrast, McCain’s popularity in Israel—coupled with serious reservations about Obama among both Israelis and American Jews—has been a staple of reportage in Israel and in American Jewish community journals and on Internet sites aimed at that audience.
Forward—perhaps the most influential Jewish newspaper in America—let the cat out of the bag on July 17, when it revealed:
Polls indicate that Israelis evince some of the lowest levels of support for Obama of any country in the world.
In France and Germany, both stops on Obama’s tour, respectively 65 percent and 67 percent of the population has said that they would vote for him if they could.
By contrast, in Israel . . . only 27 percent of the respondents said that they would like to see him become president, with John McCain being the preferred choice of 36 percent. . . .
Now, although it is being said that Obama’s popularity has risen in Israel since his visit, those claims seem disingenuous, a feeble attempt to show that Israel is “in sync” with the rest of the world, when, in fact, it is not.
The truth is that many Obama supporters have been astounded by the revelation that there has been such a striking contrast between polls in Israel and those in all other countries regarding Obama and McCain. (more…)



















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