Lieberman's Stepson: I'm Voting For Obama

There's one less Democrat listening to Sen. Joe Lieberman. Rabbi Ethan Tucker, the senator's step son, offered up his opinion on the difficulties facing Obama in reaching out to the Jewish community:

Tucker, 32, the biological son of Lieberman's wife, Hadassah, opines that an age split is apparent within the Jewish community in attitudes about Obama (as has also been shown in the overall Democratic constituency). Tucker, as paraphrased by reporter Jodi Kantor, asserts that younger Jews "have grown up in diverse settings and are therefore less likely to be troubled by Mr. Obama's associations than their elders."

So where does Rabbi Tucker fall on Obama, whose foreign policy bona fides were bashed by his stepfather in a recent editorial? Actually, he's backing Obama. Apparently, Obama's associations aren't a problem for him:

"Rabbi Tucker said he had given money to Mr. Obama and would vote for him in the fall. 'If association was the litmus test of identity, everyone would be a hopeless mishmash of confusion, or you'd have no friends,' he said."

Comments

[RonNYC]

Good for him!
Lieberman is more disgusting every day.
I guess he is bitter that his own party nominated Ned Lamont and he had to run as an independent so he can now vote what he really is, a Republican. And I am sure he enjoys playing Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy with McSenile.

[HowietheScreamer]

Woops. Looks like someone isn't getting a chanukah card this year, eh?

[maggienow]

Oy vey such a mensch he is already! You go Rabbi!!!

[barackobama4prez]

We're talking about a GENERATIONAL GAP this election. It's less about gender and race than it is about age.

[NoSillyName]

No gap here, I'm 57.

[KillTheMessenger]

Some minds stay always young. Some are born old. Senator Obama is separating the young minds from the old ones.

[mounthood]

No gap here. I'm 75 and for Obama all the way!

[nellie]

It's not even really age. It's new thinking versus old thinking. I've read plenty of posts from seniors on this site that are progressive and inclusive and forward looking. It's people who want to leave the 20th century behind versus people stuck there.

[RobertaInCT]

......and there are far more who have moved forward then those stuck in the 60"s............... The younger generation have to realize that they do not have all the answers and that which we experienced in the 60's is of great value today........

[debwarot]

Thanks - at 57 years young I am tired of being told that only younger people have the capacity to work towards change.

[abigail1]

my mom called me after North Carolina and Indiana when she read that Obama won a majority of voters under 65 in both states.
She said she was so excited that at the age of 64 she was a part of the youth vote!

[mcgreen]

My tech savvy mom at 72 is an Obama supporter!