Did Eric Cantor Lose Because He's Jewish? Of Course.
Did Eric Cantor lose because of his Judaism? Everybody’s been
tiptoeing around the question for the last two days, so let’s just come
out and say it: Of course he did. That and redistricting.
What the GOP’s redistricting mavens forgot to factor in — what’s eluded pretty much the entire chattering class wrestling with this earthquake — is that the prairie fire that’s turned so much of middle America red is as much about Christianity as anything else.
And if it’s about Christianity, then it’s also about not-Jewish. How does that factor in? Most talk of Jews in politics begins and ends with Israel and anti-Semitism. If it’s not one of those two, we’re done. Hence the endless repetition of the line that Dave Wasserman of Cook Political Report gave to the New York Times: “You can’t ignore the elephant in the room.” No, you can’t. But nobody knew what to make of the elephant. (Actually, it’s more about the elephant that’s suddenly out of the room, isn’t it?) Even Wasserman didn’t mention it in his Cook coverage.
"Oy Vey" Cantor’s Jewishness mattered because we tell you what matters, we're gods chosen! Now
can we please talk about Hitler and what a bad boy he was!
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