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TEXAS JEWISH POST, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1996 - IN OUR 50TH YEAR!
Taking A
Political
t was summer, but there would be perfect candidate for troubled times: con
no vacations for the politicians, servative, thoughtful, and a strong voice fo
With the party conventions of2004 the restoration of morals. But Mr. Liebei
just around the comer, the presi- man’s proud Jewishness was proving h
dential campaign rhetoric was for some Americans to swallow.
as hot and depressing as the
‘It’s not an issue with us,” said the Rev. Pe
weather.
ter Ritejus, chairman of the Coalition for Go<
Trip
Voters were in a bad mood — and with good and Country. “This is a great country, opei
reason. Medicare and Medicaid were in re- to all traditions and faiths. It’s a land of
ceivership, the budget deficit had reached portunity; all he has to do is accept the
Through The
the $100 trillion mark, and the Russian bear vinity of Jesus Christ, and he can be just a
was out of hibernation and drooling over Ger- saved as you or me.”
Possibility
many.
Christian groups were protesting Fox Tele-
In Montana, the Republican governo
charged that Mr. Lieberman was the c
vision’s introduction of full frontal nudity and didate of the New World Order.
Of Whether
Sen. Ralph Reed (R-Va.) was demanding a “Lieberman’s first name is Joseph, whicl
congressional investigation.
has six letters,” he warned ominously. “An(
A Jewish
In Congress, legislators were well into their he is in his third term. I don’t have to tell t
usual election-year frenzy over campaign patriots the significance of the number 6
finance reform, deficit reduction and term At a news conference in New Hampshire
limits.
Mr. Lieberman denied reports he would
0 andidatO “In all my half-century in the Senate, I’ve olutionize the Executive Branch by creati
Could Ever
never seen such determination to do the will two Cabinets one milchig, one ficishi^
of the people in these areas,” said Sen. Strom
Thurmond (R-S.C.), the 102-year old legis-
Become
lator.
And the presidential race was heating up.
President
On the Republican side, former Sen. Bob Dole
was running for what he said would be his
last Oval Office bid.
“1 feel fit as a... what’s that word ... fiddle,”
the 81-year- old Mr. Dole told reporters. “Age
isn’t important; what counts is... what’s that
word ... extremism. No, that’s experience.
By James David Besser
TJP Washington Correspondent
Thank you, Wolf.
Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) was the top
It’s fantasy, of course. But in th(
reality of the summer of 1996
the campaign that already seems like old news is proceedin
with no Jewish names figuring into the presidential — or
vice presidential — calculations. H
Despite tremendous advances for Jews in politics in theB
decade, there has never been a viable presidential bid by a Jcv
ish candidate.
Joe Lieberman is in the Senate and is not running for
thing right now. When a reporter slyly tries to get him to
ulate about some future presidential bid, he catche!
immediately and brushes off the question with his
tomary good humor. “You’re leading your witness,
former prosecutor chided.
Some politicos argue there are no more barriers keep
ing Jewish politicians off the presidential track — tha
it’s now just a question of waiting for the right cand
date.
contender on the Democratic side. According
to seasoned political observers, he was the
But others believe that when push comes to shfl
Chnstian America is unlikely to elect a Jew to the cfl
try’s highest office.
Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) is the one man who ca
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Wisch, J. A. & Wisch, Rene. Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 11, 1996, newspaper, July 11, 1996; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth754360/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .