I am not sure who the Average voter is to you, Pit Bull in lipstick or Joe 6 pack maybe? It is your perception of the average voter, not necessarily the truth, I am an average voter and I have spent months, studying my arse off in order to ensure I make the right vote. The others I am studying with are doing the same, now true I am in a small part of the world, but I would be willing to bet that if you took a poll on Average American voters you would find they do not believe any one is a knight in shining armor, savior, king, messiahs, or anything similar. NOPE us average voters, and I am in contact with MANY from the net and here at home are truly reading the policies, listening the candidates and makin' our decisions, can't speak for you or others, just those that I have been with. ****

I do not think you or even I are an "average voter." Truth be told the "average voter" not those in our social circle, have little idea how our government actually works. I am not a Republican as I have stated before, but I am well aware that the dislike for Bush and the republican administration has actually blinded many from anything other than JUST FIND SOMEONE TO CHANGE IT AND SAVE US FROM THE MESS! Indeed many average voters do not even realize that this bailout and many other policies under this administration were voted on by democrats who are the house majority. Many don't realize that a vote for Obama is a vote for Nancy Pelosi who would become President if Obama and Biden were unable to complete their terms. With this house majority there would be no check and balance whatsoever. Just a lot of yes men and women with their agendas.

Now the question should really be: What does Barack Obama consider to be an average American or a respectable American. Let is in our sincere studies of all important issues take a real look at.

Personally I believe that although the economy, the health care issue and many other issues are important; as an American and as a Jew, my allegiance and support is to America and Israel first and foremost. And I want the leader of my government to also bear Allegiance to the USA and to be a supportive friend to Israel and the Jews.

So here is a small list of Obamas average American respectable friends who are his financial backers and advisers and their own recorded statements:

On October 16, 1995, Obama attend the Million Mile March on Washington DC led by Louis Farrakhan, and leader of the Nation of Islam. Obama's mentor (Obama's words in his own book), Jeremiah Wright presented an award on behalf of the Trinity Church of which Obama was a member and supporting financially; to Louis Farrakhan. The award read that Farrakhan "optimizes greatness." Farrakhan financially backed Obama, and Obama said that he had to ask Farrakhan to distance himself publically from his campaign (when running for the house of representatives because quote: "My Jewish support would dry up faster than a snowball in hell." And why would Obama concern himself with this? The list is too long for one post but a few quotes from Farrakhan: "Hitler was a great man and Judaism is a gutter religion." "Jews are the filth of Hollywood and society." Yet Obama's church gives the guy a lifetime achievement award for optimizing greatness'"

OK we all have heard the God damn America statements from the honorable Reverend Wright. And ok you and others who buy into it are saying that Wright is just angry at the policies of America and really didn't mean the God Dam statement literally. So how about his statement that America is responsible for 9-11 because of their "one-sided support for Israel who is attacking innocent Palestinians."

Moving on to Bill Ayres. Oh yes, Obama supporters would have us believe he was "just a guy in Obama's neighborhood" that got a little radical back when Obama was only 8 years old. uh huh? But Bill Ayres who was co-founder of the Weather Underground and admittedly made the plans to bomb the US Capital and the Pentagon as well as other government buildings and police stations, was interviewed in 2001 after 9-11 where he stated (quote: "I do not regret setting the bombs and I feel we didn't do enough." This neighborhood guy held big fund raisers for Obama and Obam's political career began in Ayres living room. And it so happens that Ayres also worked on other fund raisers one of which was to raise funds for anti-Israel activities and raising money for the Palestinian cause. Recently (within the past several weeks, Obama told reporters that "Ayres is an educator and a respectable man."

Moving on, lets look at Rashid Khalidi, another fundraiser and dinner partner of Obama. Khalidi was the Director of the press agency to the PLO. At a fundraiser at the AAAN Arab American Action Network, this key speaker stated Quote " Israel is an apartied system in creation and is a destructive racist State." Obama was in attendance at this dinner and also was a key speaker. Khalidi constantly expressed support for the Palestinian terrorist suicide bombers stating that the bombings were "a response to Israeli aggression." Khalidi even dedicated his book "Under Seige" (a scary and interesting read), to "those who gave their lives in defense of Palestine." In 2000, Khalidi held a successful fundraiser for Obama's failed bid for a seat in the US House Of Representatives.

Ok let's move on from Obama's supporters and fundraiser friends to his advisers.

Samantha Powers, one of Obama's top advisers was asked in 2002 how she would advise the President of the United States if she had the chance. She said that she would advise the President to cut the support of Israel and instead to invest billions of dollars on Palestine. She repeated these comments in 2008 when she was officially working for Obama. Powers also suggested that the USA should invade Israel to enforce a peace settlement with Palestine. Powers was forced to quit her position after she called Hillary Clinton a monster. Apparently THAT was inappropriate.

Another Obama top adviser, Robert Malley, a known sympathizer of Hezbollah and Hamas. He is the one who suggested negotiations with them because he believed that Hamas and Hezzbollah were "simply trying to create a functioning government on Palestine." Hamas is quoted to say "there is no blood better than the blood of a Jew" And the Jerusalem post is quoted as saying of these groups "To varying degrees all of them exhibit hostility toward Israel appeasing Jihadists."

Let us also not forget that Obama during his career in politics attended and was supported financially and personally by the Black Panthers who also made heinous anti semitic statements. During the democratic primaries, the Black Panthers newsletters were on Obama's website and they were only taken down when the press got ahold of it and they feared losing the Jewish vote.

Bottom line is, Obama has made some very strange choices for financial backers and policy advisers. I have to ask; does Obama agree with these people and actually have a hidden agenda, or does he simply have dangerously naive judgment? Either way, I cannot with good conscience cast a vote for a man that has this many questionable associations.

OK I could have bought into the Rev Wright "Like a crazy uncle but don't agree with him" response that Obama made. But how many crazy uncles, friends, advisers, respected colleagues etc does Obama have?

Do I think you LD, and I are average American voters?. Not really. The average voters really do not look into all that much other than what they seen on local news and news channels. Then there are others that feel they are informed because they spend time surfing on the internet. How many have read "The Audacity of Hope" and "Dreams of My Father" by Barrack Obama. Hpw many have read "Under Seige" by Rashid Khalidi.. How many have read the writings or a speech from Bill Ayres? Not the average American voter.

I don't know many Joe six packs. I don't drink beer or anything that comes in cans six pack or otherwise. And I am a city woman and have not had any real encounter with a pig with or without lipstick. I don't even personally know any plumbers named Joe or by any other name.

But I do know that Obama's friends are far from average Americans, and I strongly suspect by their own writings, speeches, interviews, and actions that they absolutely do not have America's best interests or Israels best Interests at heart.

Am I absolutely thrilled over McCain and Palin? Not really. As I said I know that all of the domestic issues American's want their government to fix, are not very fixable right now, so we need to know that and each do what we can, and not assume that the government can afford to fix everything that any of them promise in a campaign speech. Maybe we need to actually do what JFK said "Ask not what our country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." I think we need to not look for a President who will "do for us." We need instead to protect our country from those who may do us harm.

What I am confident in though is that John McCain and Sarah Palin are not anti American's and do not seem to have a circle of friends and associations that blow up buildings, support terrorists, or are anti Semites that mean harm to America or Israel.

Will there be change under a McCain/Palin administration. Perhaps some slow and steady change in hopefully a good direction. But as I said I do not see economic changes and health care changes and all that coming from government. Since there is a majority of democrats in the house, I think there would be a good check and balance and some agreements to pass good bills across the aisle.

But considering that there would be no check and balance with a democratic house majority, and we really have no idea what the Obama agenda could be; we need to consider the old saying "birds of a feather flock together," and proceed on the side of caution and good judgment from what we do know, and not on what we hope things to be.

And in closing just in the event someone thinks I am a racist. No racism here. Just an American Jew that supports America and Israel, and I do not want the wrong kind of change that could ultimately put America or Israel in jeopardy. The mere possibility of such change is risky and dangerous. This is not a fear rherotic. It is just common sense. Obama's supporters and advisers are what they are by there own admission, and that is not what I want for my Country.

Do I understand what it is like to be a poor African American raised in the Southern USA? No. But I do have roots from a people some still living that know what it is like to see family members go to the gas chambers, and NONE of them are filled with the hate that I see spewing from the African American communities. Every wonder why holocaust survivors of the 20th century can have a positive and peaceful attitude, while the sons and daughters of slavery in the 19th century are militant? Maybe because they knew that they had to take responsibility for their futures, and not waste time lashing out in violent militant anger. Slavery was horrible as was the holocaust. But I will not feel guilty for someone else's hate and anger. Many of Obama's radical friends are white, some are Arab, a some are African American's. Obama was not raised in the South and he went to expensive colleges and had loads of opportunity that was backed and funded by who knows? He was raised in Hawaii, not Mississippi, and if you were ever in Hawaii in the 60's and 70's you would know that Hawaiians, although their state was now part of America still considered themselves not American and they highly honored their last King David Kalakaua. Obama was not raised as an American with either black or white American values. But throughout his young life to present day he has acquired strange friends and was influenced by ideas that are the farthest thing from American values of any sort.

I implore every Jew that has ever uttered the words "Never Again" that we consider what those words mean, and how we can be sure that atrocities and violent anti semitism never does happen again. We cannot just vote for a man that we cannot explain why he has so many anti semitic associations, and then just say well we need change from the Bush administration. Or well, the economy is bad so lets just vote for the guy that promises change because he has a good talk, he's intelligent, he looks good and he is popular, and he reaches out to the youth etc: Well so did Hitler.

And one more thing I wish to share. I had a conversation with a lady lately. A fellow Jew. When I asked her what she knew about Bill Ayres she said, well he created a little mischief for himself when he was young but he is a teacher now. I asked her then if she was Ok about having one of her own children be taught by a man who was an admitted and unrepentant terrorist. To which she replied, well I am not sure but I think anyone is better than Bush. Ok folks I am no lover of Bush. I didn't vote for him, and his approval ratings are low with me. But she would prefer to have a terrorist teach her kids than have Bush as President? Sorry, but I fear this logic is more along the line of the average American voter. I do not consider myself that kind of average. I do hope people read those books and not just the internet or the news channels before they pull that lever or punch that card.

God bless America and Israel. And I pray that a decade from now my children and grandchildren will still have the freedom that we all now enjoy.

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