Why cant a Jew get elected President now even they could in the Old Republic?

[Anarchist420]

I think it would be very difficult for a Jew to get elected President today, but at least it wasnt that way in the Old Republic as there was a Jewish Governor of GA in 1801 (his name was David Emanuel and he was from Jefferson's party as the so-called Federalist Party was anti-Jewish, basically national socialist, and probably would've expelled all the Jews if Adams had remained President).

Could it be that the Roman-Irish immigrants and the fact that the slaves were freed made it so that it would be difficult for a Jew to become President? Was it that the non-property owning masses of the Old Republic were smarter than the masses of today?

 

[Atreus21]

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Don't you get tired of this?

 

[Londo_Jowo]

Is Ron Paul Jewish??? If so, you're spot on.

 

[brycejones]

Cool, we're back to A420's random thought of the day threads.

 

[Thebobo]

Cool, we're back to A420's random thought of the day threads.

Troll

 

[Thebobo]

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Don't you get tired of this?

Troll

 

[Thebobo]

If you would of asked me if a Black man could of been president 8 years ago I would of said no way in hell. That's only for the movies. So I guess anything is possible. Sure it would piss of the ultra conservative and produce even more unrest with the wacko warriors. So bring it on.

 

[Oyeve]

Well, we had a catholic president once, didnt turn out so well.

 

[brycejones]

Troll

Meh whatever.

A better question from the OP would have been why can't a non-Christian be elected president.

 

[MongGrel]

Was kinda funny, heard an interview driving home from work the other day with a bunch of people in Israel that said they'd elect Bill or Hillary as Prime Minister in Israel.

Go figure