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...Reef Rescue Congratulations to florida for be-coming a world leader in the protection of coral reefs [Aug. 4]. Many governments are taking the easy option and closing reefs to both fishing and tourism. Only in Florida has the state government had the initiative to buy the sugar industry out of the mangrove swamps. Protection of these wetlands will ensure cleaner water around the nearby coral reefs, greatly improving their health. If more governments around the world recognized the interaction between reefs and nearby ecosystems, many more reefs would have a chance at survival. Virginia Graham, Glen Iris, Victoria...
Obama, who has appointed a Jewish vote director in Florida and visited a temple in Boca Raton, has good reason to court old Florida Jews. They make up a significant portion of the voters in a key swing state, will go to the polls for absolutely anything and are a reliably liberal base that is just not into him. He wronged them by beating Hillary Clinton, whom they loved because she's feisty and tough, like a fifth Golden Girl. But it's also because he's young, seen as dovish on Israel and black, which...
...most important demographic for Barack Obama in November might be old Jews in Florida, and the most important old Jew in Florida is my grandmother. That's because, at least in 2000, Mama Ann voted twice: once normally and once when she sneaked into a booth to help a friend who couldn't see well and she punched the ballot for Al Gore. At least she thinks it was Gore...
...commonalities between Obama and Mama Ann. "Barack grew up in Hawaii," Cohen said. "They have lots of beaches." If Cohen really thinks Mama Ann has left her condo to go to the beach in the past 20 years, he clearly hasn't spent any time with old Jews in Florida. Because Jews have been targeted with anti-Obama e-mails, he thought Mama Ann might believe false rumors that Obama is a Muslim. Again, if Cohen thinks Mama Ann is using a computer, he needs to get to Fort Lauderdale more often...
...rephrased my question, this time much more loudly. "Yeah," she said. I cautiously asked why. "You gave me his good qualities. You ought to run for something as a politician." That's when I realized Obama's Florida strategy should be based on the fact that a Jewish grandchild is never wrong. He needs to set up phone banks where kids call their grandparents, say they're for Obama and just talk nonsense, as I did. Even if it doesn't work, would it have killed them to pick up the phone...