[lbo-talk] NYT Mag on J-Street, the anti-AIPAC

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Sun Sep 13 01:14:15 PDT 2009


I found it surprisingly interesting:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/magazine/13JStreet-t.html

I kept vibrating between saying lord, this is such a tiny change, and saying But the very idea that such a tiny change makes people call you traitor and come after you in force is exactly why we need it and maybe just maybe they could do it.

Interesting reflections on the Cuban lobby and the dynamics of basing yourself organizationally on the passionate 8% vs. the dispassionate 92% of Jewish voters. Which kind of answers the question as to why the dominant Jewish orgs can be stably so far to the right of the average Jewish voter.

Michael



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