Sorry, Rabbi

It's sad that one of the most insulting things I've read aimed at Jews lately is from a Rabbi.

I simply do not understand why so many Jews bailed on Joe. I cannot understand why Joe's percentage of the Jewish vote was not in the high 90s instead of the 54-57 percent range (according to Lieberman’s campaign). I have opinions on way too many things I don't know nearly enough about, but I know about Jews. I am a professional Jew, and yet if you asked me to explain why Jews did not vote for Joe the way blacks voted for Barack Obama or Catholics voted for John F. Kennedy I would not know what to tell you.

Maybe it's because racial/religious/ethnic blocs in America don't vote based on skin color or holy books. Maybe, just maybe they vote for the cadidate they believe in. Maybe people think for themselves and don't cling to any thread of familiarity they can find with a candidate.

Does it even matter that Obama was running against Alan Keyes, another black man? I doubt it. Illinois wasn't going to elect Keyes. Catholics voted for Bush in droves, 52% to be exact, thanks to a number of ballot issues the GOP got on the board, like all the 'Hate the Gays' amendments and the misnomer that is "The Culture of Life." Yes, the issues are more complex than that, but those are the things that annoy me the most, so they get mentioned.

Gellman goes on to explain in great detail that he doesn't get it. Funny, I could have told him that after reading the first paragraph. Joe lost because the people don't believe in him anymore. The fact that he is Jewish means nothing if he can't represent them in the Senate. They feel he failed to do that, so they voted for somebody who they thought could do the job better.

Telling somebody who is Jewish, or black, or latino, or asian, or Muslim, or Catholic that they have to vote for a candidate based on skin color or religion is really demeaning. You should know better, Rabbi.