# Jewish Power and Pat Buchanan's statements on the The McLaughlin Group **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 4, 2007, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-power-and-pat-buchanans-statements-on-the-the-mclaughlin-group/390793 "2007-02-04T16:44:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Reloy3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Reloy3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reloy3)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-power-and-pat-buchanans-statements-on-the-the-mclaughlin-group/390793/41 "2007-02-05T16:08:14Z")
[QUOTE=Gorsnak] That’s nothing. With Wyomingites you’ve got 2% of the Senate coming from 0.16% of the population! [/QUOTE] Shhh - we’re consolidating our power. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-power-and-pat-buchanans-statements-on-the-the-mclaughlin-group/390793/42 "2007-02-05T16:13:15Z")
[QUOTE=Quiddity Glomfuster] Why is anyone even discussing this? A hair over ten per cent is hardly a power base. Why aren’t there just a succession of :rolleyes: at this pitiful attempt to raise a ‘Jewish Power’ case? More to the point, why do people take idiots seriously? Well other than the one who’s got enough power to wreak havoc on his country and a few others, that is. [/QUOTE] I was thinking the same thing. What the hell is the Jewish caucus compared to the Evangelical Christian caucus? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-power-and-pat-buchanans-statements-on-the-the-mclaughlin-group/390793/43 "2007-02-05T16:24:47Z")
[QUOTE=DanBlather] I was going to say that Mormons have an even more impressive representation (5 in the Senate) then I checked and saw that there are more Mormons than Jews in the US. When did that happen? [/QUOTE] Not sure when, but even I’ve noticed that the Mormons are better than the Jews at: a) reproducing. b) recruiting. It should be noted that the Jews make much better nosh. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-power-and-pat-buchanans-statements-on-the-the-mclaughlin-group/390793/44 "2007-02-05T16:40:04Z")
[QUOTE=Reloy3] Shhh - we’re consolidating our power. [/QUOTE] Both of you!? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-power-and-pat-buchanans-statements-on-the-the-mclaughlin-group/390793/45 "2007-02-05T17:12:43Z")
The Coming of the Jewish Mormons: A Novel of the Earth’s Last Days, by Tim LaHaye! Coming soon to a bunker near you! ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-power-and-pat-buchanans-statements-on-the-the-mclaughlin-group/390793/46 "2007-02-05T18:11:00Z")
[QUOTE=Exapno Mapcase] The Coming of the Jewish Mormons: A Novel of the Earth’s Last Days, by Tim LaHaye! Coming soon to a bunker near you! [/QUOTE] [They’re already here.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormonism_and_Judaism) > [@](#): > > Latter-day Saints believe themselves to be either direct descendants of the Israelites, or adopted into the House of Israel. As such, Judaism is mentioned in Mormonism; Jews are considered to be “Kin Blood” and are respected in the Mormon faith system. LDS assert peaceful coexistence with the Jewish people, whom they recognize as Israelites who simply never lost the knowledge that they are Israelites. The Church is consequently very philo-Semitic by doctrine, and the Jewish people are generally held in high esteem; they are looked upon as a covenant people of God. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2007, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-power-and-pat-buchanans-statements-on-the-the-mclaughlin-group/390793/47 "2007-02-05T22:56:44Z")
I can just imagine Buchanan’s tiny micro-mind doing all these calculations after every election. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-power-and-pat-buchanans-statements-on-the-the-mclaughlin-group/390793/48 "2007-02-06T00:03:10Z")
This reminds me of a joke I heard… A Rabbi is reading a newspaper published by some anti-semite group or another, and one of the townspeople ask him: “Why do you read that hateful anti-semite literature?” The Rabbi replies: “According to this, we have all the money, control all the world governments, and have the strongest military. This is the best news I’ve heard all day!” ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-power-and-pat-buchanans-statements-on-the-the-mclaughlin-group/390793/49 "2007-02-06T02:46:00Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] Heck, 50% of the population makes up 84% of the Senate. [/QUOTE] If you think carefully about what you just wrote, you just might see that smoking hole you just shot in your foot, if I read your intentions aright. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-power-and-pat-buchanans-statements-on-the-the-mclaughlin-group/390793/50 "2007-02-06T02:48:10Z")
[QUOTE=Keeve] Me, I wonder if anyone can show that these members act in concert _at all_. [/QUOTE] It would be interesting to see how they vote WRT issues relating to Israel. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-power-and-pat-buchanans-statements-on-the-the-mclaughlin-group/390793/51 "2007-02-06T02:58:08Z")
> [@633squadron](#): > > I am amazed that so many Jews are in either house of Congress. When I was growing up, having \*_one_ would have been noteworthy. :eek: 😕 Can you tell us the secret of your amazing longevity? Because you apparently grew up in the 1830’s or thereabouts, since AFAICT there has been [at least one Jewish US Congressperson holding office during each of the decades since then](http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/US-Israel/housejews.html). ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-power-and-pat-buchanans-statements-on-the-the-mclaughlin-group/390793/52 "2007-02-06T03:17:53Z")
There’s a difference between _disproportionate representation_ and _dominance_ – 13% don’t order 87% around, even if they are God’s chosen people. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2007, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-power-and-pat-buchanans-statements-on-the-the-mclaughlin-group/390793/53 "2007-02-06T04:25:16Z")
[QUOTE=Evil Captor] If you think carefully about what you just wrote, you just might see that smoking hole you just shot in your foot, if I read your intentions aright. [/QUOTE] I expect there’s an attempt at a joke or an insight in this somewhere, but it’s escaping me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-power-and-pat-buchanans-statements-on-the-the-mclaughlin-group/390793.md?page=2)