When in doubt, blame the Jews

The comments to this blog posting about Obama reminded me of an old Jewish joke that elaborates on the title's idea:

"After the assassination of Tsar Alexander II of Russia, a government official in Ukraine menacingly addressed the local rabbi, "I suppose you know in full detail who was behind it."
"Ach," the rabbi replied, "I have no idea, but the government's conclusion will be the same as always: they will blame the Jews and the chimneysweeps."
"Why the chimneysweeps?" asked the befuddled official.
"Why the Jews?" responded the rabbi. " (From Wikipedia)

I recognise that the author is some kind of right-wing nut, the very kind who clings to his guns and religion because he's afraid of the outside world. Or just jealous of the Jews, because while he was failing out of school, getting drunk with his friends and impregnating anything in sight, leading to his being a failure in life, *those damn Jews* were learning and making something of themselves. Go back to your moonshine and pickup truck, hillbilly.

But this Reverend is one of the reasons I'm not voting for Obama. I simply don't trust him enough to *really* distance himself from this crackpot. I suspect very strongly that, should be become president, god forbid, that he'd act like an African dictator, handing out spoils to all of his cronies (on a scale that would make even scandal-prone Washington cringe). That's simply what these people do. And, he'd be sure to funnel a large portion of the pork and patronage to his church buddies. Do we need this crackpot Reverend as a cabinent Secretary??

Think people. If it looks like a duck, smells like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck.

Or elect him, and blame the Jews when everything goes to shit.