Abu Juwairiya
Junior Member
"Jewish political activism is found at all levels, from the ballot box to the
highest councils of government and politics. It is estimated that Jews now
comprise between 10 per cent and 20 per cent of those actively involved in
the Democratic side of American politics.
They were prominent in the top management entourage of nearly all of
the principal Democratic presidential contenders in 1972: Edmund S.
Muskie was managed by Berl I. Bernhart; Henry S. Jackson had Ben J.
Wattenberg; Hubert Humphrey used Max Kampelman; George McGovern
had Frank Mankiewicz.
Of the Richard Nixon "political enemies" list, released by the Senate
Watergate Committee, seven out of the first eight, and a total of twelve out
of the first twenty were Jewish.
Of the three principal national public opinion surveys, two (Louis Harris
and Daniel Yankelovich) are Jewish. Pollsters have discovered that an
extraordinarily high percentage of people, who ask to do their interviewing,
are Jewish.
One of the nation's most prominent political reporters, David S. Broder,
is Jewish, as was the late Theodore White, our most popular political
historian and author of The Making 0f the President. There have been
innumerable Jewish speech writers for virtually all candidates and presidents,
including the former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee,
Robert Strauss.
It is a fact that Jews are simply more active and interested in politics than
their fellow Americans. Nearly four times as many Jews as non-Jews
protested American-Vietnam military policy.
Another source of power is the media. The major television networks
were founded by David Sarnoff, William S. Paley, and Leonard Goldenson.
These organizations are heavily Jewish, as are their reportorial staffs.
The fact that no network "anchor man" is Jewish is explained by Isaacs
as an effort to avoid the appearance to the viewing public of being too
'Jewish." 'Jews could be the 'back room' presidents of the network news
divisions, while the non-Jewish anchor man could project a comforting
WASP image to an overwhelmingly WASP audience."
The newspaper industry, as such, is neither owned nor controlled by
Jewish interests. However, the newspapers in which Jews occupy senior
editorial positions are especially influential in national politics. These
include the New York Times, Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal,
and New York Post. The late Walter Lippman, perhaps the greatest of
modern political journalists, was Jewish, as were Arthur Krock and David
Lawrence. These have been succeeded today by such prominent and capable
political journalists as Joseph Kraft, Max Lerner, and William Safire.
A further and very effective source of political power is the presence of
Jews in the government itself. While the number of Jewish office holders,
at the national level, do not exceed the relative proportion of Jews to the
general population, the number of Jews in staff positions in Congress and
in many of the federal administrative agencies far exceeds their proportionate
representation in the population. Many of these are key positions which
can be, and are, effectively used to accomplish specific objectives.....
How the "us" (Jewish minority) manages to get things done, according
to the staffer, is explained by the fact that senators "have a million things
to do and generally take the recommendations of their administrative
assistants." If the senator does not cooperate, the next step is to call for
"outside help" which means direct pressure on the senators from their
Jewish constituents." (Source: "One Nation Under Israel" By Andrew Hurley, P 90-91, 1999)
highest councils of government and politics. It is estimated that Jews now
comprise between 10 per cent and 20 per cent of those actively involved in
the Democratic side of American politics.
They were prominent in the top management entourage of nearly all of
the principal Democratic presidential contenders in 1972: Edmund S.
Muskie was managed by Berl I. Bernhart; Henry S. Jackson had Ben J.
Wattenberg; Hubert Humphrey used Max Kampelman; George McGovern
had Frank Mankiewicz.
Of the Richard Nixon "political enemies" list, released by the Senate
Watergate Committee, seven out of the first eight, and a total of twelve out
of the first twenty were Jewish.
Of the three principal national public opinion surveys, two (Louis Harris
and Daniel Yankelovich) are Jewish. Pollsters have discovered that an
extraordinarily high percentage of people, who ask to do their interviewing,
are Jewish.
One of the nation's most prominent political reporters, David S. Broder,
is Jewish, as was the late Theodore White, our most popular political
historian and author of The Making 0f the President. There have been
innumerable Jewish speech writers for virtually all candidates and presidents,
including the former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee,
Robert Strauss.
It is a fact that Jews are simply more active and interested in politics than
their fellow Americans. Nearly four times as many Jews as non-Jews
protested American-Vietnam military policy.
Another source of power is the media. The major television networks
were founded by David Sarnoff, William S. Paley, and Leonard Goldenson.
These organizations are heavily Jewish, as are their reportorial staffs.
The fact that no network "anchor man" is Jewish is explained by Isaacs
as an effort to avoid the appearance to the viewing public of being too
'Jewish." 'Jews could be the 'back room' presidents of the network news
divisions, while the non-Jewish anchor man could project a comforting
WASP image to an overwhelmingly WASP audience."
The newspaper industry, as such, is neither owned nor controlled by
Jewish interests. However, the newspapers in which Jews occupy senior
editorial positions are especially influential in national politics. These
include the New York Times, Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal,
and New York Post. The late Walter Lippman, perhaps the greatest of
modern political journalists, was Jewish, as were Arthur Krock and David
Lawrence. These have been succeeded today by such prominent and capable
political journalists as Joseph Kraft, Max Lerner, and William Safire.
A further and very effective source of political power is the presence of
Jews in the government itself. While the number of Jewish office holders,
at the national level, do not exceed the relative proportion of Jews to the
general population, the number of Jews in staff positions in Congress and
in many of the federal administrative agencies far exceeds their proportionate
representation in the population. Many of these are key positions which
can be, and are, effectively used to accomplish specific objectives.....
How the "us" (Jewish minority) manages to get things done, according
to the staffer, is explained by the fact that senators "have a million things
to do and generally take the recommendations of their administrative
assistants." If the senator does not cooperate, the next step is to call for
"outside help" which means direct pressure on the senators from their
Jewish constituents." (Source: "One Nation Under Israel" By Andrew Hurley, P 90-91, 1999)