{"id":1285,"date":"2011-12-09T13:29:21","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T18:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/?p=1285"},"modified":"2011-12-09T13:29:22","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T18:29:22","slug":"fun-friday-what-gop-hopefuls-ny-middle-schoolers-have-in-common","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/12\/fun-friday-what-gop-hopefuls-ny-middle-schoolers-have-in-common.html","title":{"rendered":"Fun Friday: What GOP Hopefuls & NY Middle Schoolers Have in Common"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Six GOP presidential hopefuls schlepped for votes Wednesday\u00a0at a candidates forum <\/a>hosted by the Republican Jewish Coalition (insert your own SNL Coffee Talk joke here).<\/p>\n

Background notes: Jews\u00a0make up less than 2 percent of the U.S. population and vote overwhelmingly Democrat<\/a>. But Republicans see opportunities to make inroads\u00a0by appealing to socially conservative Orthodox Jewish voters\u00a0and pledging stronger military support to Israel, which could lead to more campaign contributions and Florida swing-state votes.<\/em><\/p>\n

As a native New Yorker, I can’t help but giggle watching six Christians compete over who is a better friend to the Jews. It’s my middle school’s bar mitzvah season all over again! Which of these goys will get the most chances to play Coke and Pepsi and make a memory candle<\/a>: Michele Bachmann (evangelical), Newt Gingrich (Catholic), Jon Huntsman (Mormon), Rick Perry (evangelical),\u00a0Mitt Romney (Mormon) or Rick Santorum (Catholic)?<\/p>\n

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P.S. You would think that Bachmann would have picked up some better “ch” sounds after working on a kibbutz;\u00a0too bad she didn’t spend some time on the Upper West Side!<\/p>\n

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