Last night Vice President Biden was speaking to a group of Jewish leaders. He went on at considerable length about the "outsize influence per capita" of Jewish people in America (Jews make up less than 2% of the U.S. populace).
Obviously, the Veep's intentions were to be very positive, very appreciative of the contributions of American Jews. No surprise that Joe didn't mention that Jews were also most of the conservative neo-con movement?
See Biden's remarks and a nervous "appreciation" of those remarks by Jonathan Chait for New York Magazine. It is interesting that Biden calling attention to Jews' large influence is not entirely welcome by those being honored.
They know it becomes fodder for those whose intentions are anything but positive, a point that Chait makes. The Council on American-Islamic Relations will likely find ways to use the Vice Presidents's words in their fund-raising and membership drives. If there is video of his speech, I'd expect to see it run repeatedly on Al Jazerra.
