ZionGate: +1
Winnie: I believe that most frum Jews voted for Bush in ’92, which would negate your assertion as to the priority the general Chareidi electorate place Israel on when voting for candidates, even though many of the more modern Orthodox Zionistic crowd did indeed vote for Clinton then because of the loan guarantees issues. I also believe you’re planning too much emphasis on how much the loan guarantees issues indicate a lack of care about Israel. It was only a financial matter; not a geopolitical or military/war issue. As to not responding to the scuds, I believe the community at most saw that the same way they saw Oslo — both were matters the Israelis agreed to.