Jewish Bubba: Who Republicans and Democrats Are: What Colors Our Rosy Glasses?

Nadene Goldfoot

Republicans originally were the party of Abraham Lincoln (b: February 12, 1809- d: April 15, 1865 age 56) , our 16th president serving from 1861 to his death. My maternal grandfather was a Republican. Lincoln led the country into the well known Civil War between the NORTH and the SOUTH. He brought about the freeing of the Black people who had been captured and brought here against their will and from slavery.

Onward entered the stage known as Donald Trump (b: June 14, 1946-78 years) of "You're Fired ! ", a TV program of his.. He was our 45th president from 2017 to 2021. He has now stated that he blames American Jews for not voting for him. He had been a Democrat, but switched to Republicans in running for President.

Democrats are thought of as the party of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, our 32nd president (b: January 30, 1882-d: April 12, 1945 age 63) who was elected to 4 terms, to die during the 4th during World War II in 1945. He was president for so long that we all thought of him as our father of the nation. We children cried and cried when he died. After all, we were in the great 2nd WAR.

My father was a Democrat. He was Jewish, and the Jewish people felt he had a lot to do with their being in the United States at a time when their European family members were being slaughtered. I asked my father what the differences were between the 2 parties and he said, "The Democrats are for little businesses like me, and the Republicans are for big businesses.

When it comes down to it, Roosevelt really hadn't had much to do with saving their lives, only they didn't realize it. He got the credit. Jews' immigration into the USA was greatly restricted in 1924. Jewish immigration slowed down in 1924 due to the Immigration Act of 1924, also known as the Johnson-Reed Act, which severely restricted immigration and limited the number of immigrants from certain countries:

Harry Truman also our 33rd president (b:May 8, 1884-d: December 26, 1972) served from April 12, 1945 -January 20, 1953; took over when Roosevelt died and served again from 1949 to 1953. Truman's second inauguration was the first ever televised nationally. He had a haberdashery shop, and was a politician. He got along very well with his partner, who was Jewish. That probably was the cause of his being for a state of Israel. Those around him were against it, but he prevailed, and voted for an Israel in the UN, setting the precedent. Most Jews became Democrats.

The Republicans and Democrats have switched their positions somehow from their original slate. Democrats became the great understanding people who were more tolerant than Republicans. They are on the LEFT. Republicans are on the RIGHT.

It came down to Barack Hussein Obama II, our 44th president, (August 4, 1961 age 63) serving from 2009-2017) when the Democrats took Israel off their (to aid and assist list) and I was alarmed and alerted. During Hillary Clinton's run: Hillary was President Bill Clinton's wife, born October 26, 1947) and is an American politician and diplomat in her own right. She was the 67th United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013. “Those who litigate the particulars of a two-state solution between the Israelis and Palestinians by fighting for controversial language in the Democratic platform are severely misguided,” said former California Rep. Henry Waxman, once a senior Jewish lawmaker on Capitol Hill. “Make no mistake: Inserting unnecessarily contentious changes to the platform would serve only to hurt our nominee in November and undermine the prospect of a two-state solution during the next administration.” At the time, the idea of a 2 state solution sounded so American, like a Canada and USA arrangement, and they had no knowledge of either's past history or outlook on peace and what that meant. Biden is still of that mind.

Still, members of both sides of the debate came out

of Saturday feeling they scored at least a bit of a

victory. “The new language breaks with the party’s

practice of framing its aim of establishing a

Palestinian state solely in terms of Israel’s interests,”

said a statement from Jeremy Ben-Ami, president

and founder of J Street, which advocates for Israel

but sometimes breaks with the positions of the

Israeli government.

Obama was the first African-American president in U.S. history, who also had a father from Africa. He just said recently, when asked about the current violence in the Middle East. In an excerpt released yesterday of an interview that will run in the coming days, Obama emphasized shared responsibility for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that goes back decades — and cautioned listeners against ignoring the complexities of the roots of the bloodshed. Yes, Obama said Hamas’s attack was “horrific.” But, he continued, the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and “what’s happening to Palestinians” is also “unbearable.” Thus, he blames Israel for Hamas's creation and hatred. He has no desire to really know Israel's truth of being constantly the defender of a land officially pronounced as Israel as he's had the time since then to do so. There were times when he showed his distain when the Israelis were at the White House and had to use the back entrance. I remember that and always will.

Now the last known president is Joe Biden. Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942 age 82) is an American politician who has been the 46th and current president of the United States since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 under President Barack Obama and represented Delaware in the U.S. Senate from 1973 to 2009, so he's been under the Obama influence since being his Vice President of 2 terms since 2009. The Senate approved the national security supplemental on Tuesday night, by a vote of 79-18.The legislation combined the four bills that were approved by the House over the weekend. After months of pushing the Biden administration to do more to pressure Israel to change its conduct in its war in Gaza, Democrats in Congress ultimately approved $26 billion in aid for Israel, including approximately $9 billion in global humanitarian aid (how much would go to Gaza, to be determined).Being in politics all his life, he was caught in a "debate" of sorts with Donald Trump and had stumbled in it noticeably, causing his statement of not running again, which he had wanted to do. That's where Kamala Harris, his present Vice President, is running for President. It's between Harris and Trump, and like a close horse race. At the moment, Trump is ahead. He has already had an assassin try to fix the race and fail.