The Republican Party’s “Antisocial, Anti-Science and Anti-Reason” Platform

NJDC — August 29, 2012 – 10:54 am | Comments (0) Add a comment

Jewish Republicans Hail Platform as a “Forward-Looking Document”

While Republican Jews are praising the Republican Party platform as “a forward-looking document,” we wanted to make sure you saw this critique of the 2012 GOP platform written by the Detroit Free Press’ Stephen Henderson. Henderson’s key point:

There are no real shockers in the platform ... But it’s certainly worth paging through just to see just how antisocial, anti-science and anti-reason the party’s core has become under the domination of Tea Party delegates. Taken on its own terms, this platform places the GOP not just outside the political mainstream, but beyond most cultural and societal American norms.

Many of the policies included in the platform—and ignored by Republican Jews—run counter to the beliefs of most American Jews and will help reinforce the reasons why American Jews will overwhelmingly support President Barack Obama this November.

Click here to read Henderson’s full op-ed. 

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