Philip Greenspun's Weblog: a day of celebration for Jews and gynecologists

As George W. is sworn in today for a second term, it occurs to me
how grateful American Jews should be that he won. For those Americans,
of whom there are a fair number (see my Israel Essay for statistics), who believe that Jews have too much political power
and, in particular, that Jewish Wall Street financiers control American
politics behind the scenes, imagine what feelings a Kerry victory would
have provoked. We had an anti-gun candidate who had presented himself
to voters for decades as Irish-American but was in fact one-quarter
Jewish. A majority of American Jews voted for this candidate, who was
also supported with massive funds from George Soros, a Jewish baron
of Wall Street, resulting in Kerry and Democratic "527 committees"
spending $292 million during the campaign (versus $113 million on the
Republican side, according to www.publicintegrity.org).
If it were Kerry being sworn in today that would have confirmed
everything that a lot of folks believe about a Jewish conspiracy
controlling American politics.

One group that does seem to be celebrating today are America's
gynecologists. My aviation habit has thrown me into contact with a lot
of ob-gyns, none of whom have shed a tear over the defeat of John
Edwards, the Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate, who made much of
his money suing ob-gyns for cerebral palsy cases.

George W.'s re-inauguration: a day of celebration for Jews and gynecologists