The New York Times reports from Florida:
Injecting himself directly into the presidential
campaign and speaking before one of its most crucial
constituencies, Jewish voters, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Friday
morning forcefully rejected what he called a "whisper campaign" in
the Jewish community linking Senator Barack Obama, the presumptive
Democratic presidential nominee, to Islam.
Note that Bloomberg made this speech in the 22nd District, where
Republican challenger Allen
West's campaign manager told me that many Jewish voters were
"uncomfortable" with Obama. I don't think such discomfort can be
rightly attributed to a "whisper campaign," but is far more due to
Obama's affiliation with radicals like Rev. Jeremiah Wright and
Rev. Michael Pfleger.
topics:
Barack Obama, Islam, NATO
