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Bush and the Jewish Vote

There's lots of talk about whether Bush will get the Jewish vote for being pro-Israel. Consider that not a single member of his cabinet is Jewish, and compare his record of appointments with that of previous Presidents. It's a long list, here's the beginning and the end:

George Washington was the first President to write to a synagogue. ....His letters were an expression and hope for religious harmony.

Thomas Jefferson was the first President to appoint a Jew to a Federal post. In 1801 he named Reuben Etting of Baltimore as U.S. Marshall for Maryland.

....Bill Clinton appointed more Jews to his cabinet than all of the previous Presidents put together.

George W. Bush is the first president since Herbert Hoover who has no Jews in his cabinet at all.

Source: Tina Levitan's First Facts of American Jewish History.

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