# Will we ever have a Jewish president? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [June 3, 2008, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-have-a-jewish-president/451566 "2008-06-03T01:29:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-have-a-jewish-president/451566/81 "2008-06-04T06:58:44Z")
[QUOTE=Argent Towers] Brad Garrett, who I believe is the tallest consistently-working actor in Hollywood at 6’9", is Jewish. Vince Vaughn is probably the tallest big-name actor at 6’5" but right beneath him is Jeff Goldblum at 6’4½", another Jew. [/QUOTE] Why am I channeling the Hanukah song? “Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock - both Jewish.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-have-a-jewish-president/451566/82 "2008-06-04T13:41:33Z")
The first Jew gets elected POTUS. He calls his mother in New York and invites her to spend Passover with him at the White House. MOTHER: Oh, but I hate going outside any more! The subways are horrible! The traffic! And taxicabs are so expensive! POTUS: Mother, I’m the president of the United States. You won’t have to take the subway or drive or take a cab. I’ll send a limousine with Secret Service agents to pick you up and take you to the airport. MOTHER: Oh, but airports are so hectic nowadays! POTUS: Mother, I’m the president of the United States. You won’t have to go through the airport. The limo will take you straight to Air Force One and you’ll board and fly straight to Washington. MOTHER: Oh, but I’d hate to try to find a hotel room in D.C.! And who knows who’s been there?! POTUS: Mother, I’m the president of the United States. You won’t have to stay in a hotel. Another limo will pick you up at the airport and take you straight to the White House and you can stay in the Lincoln Bedroom. They firm up the details. Mom hangs up and calls her best friend. MOTHER: Helga, guess where I’m spending Passover! With my son! HELGA: Your son the doctor? MOTHER: No, the other one. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-have-a-jewish-president/451566/83 "2008-06-04T14:07:57Z")
[QUOTE=Argent Towers] There are Jews at every level of government [/QUOTE] oooooOOOooooOOOOoooo :eek: ooooooOOOOoooooo. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-have-a-jewish-president/451566/84 "2008-06-04T15:59:24Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] The first Jew gets elected POTUS. He calls his mother in New York and invites her to spend Passover with him at the White House. MOTHER: Oh, but I hate going outside any more! The subways are horrible! The traffic! And taxicabs are so expensive! POTUS: Mother, I’m the president of the United States. You won’t have to take the subway or drive or take a cab. I’ll send a limousine with Secret Service agents to pick you up and take you to the airport. MOTHER: Oh, but airports are so hectic nowadays! POTUS: Mother, I’m the president of the United States. You won’t have to go through the airport. The limo will take you straight to Air Force One and you’ll board and fly straight to Washington. MOTHER: Oh, but I’d hate to try to find a hotel room in D.C.! And who knows who’s been there?! POTUS: Mother, I’m the president of the United States. You won’t have to stay in a hotel. Another limo will pick you up at the airport and take you straight to the White House and you can stay in the Lincoln Bedroom. They firm up the details. Mom hangs up and calls her best friend. MOTHER: Helga, guess where I’m spending Passover! With my son! HELGA: Your son the doctor? MOTHER: No, the other one. [/QUOTE] Perfect. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-have-a-jewish-president/451566/85 "2008-06-04T18:09:05Z")
[QUOTE=mswas] Perfect. [/QUOTE] Not really. We do not have a serious need for this thread to get bogged down in Jewish jokes, (particularly since it pretty much guarantees that it will offend somone, possibly inciting a flame war). Let’s quit while we’re not too far behind. [/Modding] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-have-a-jewish-president/451566.md?page=4)