Prometheus 6

TOTALLY irrelevant side issue...on the way to Philadelphia a couple of weeks back I met an interesting young woman while waiting for the train at Penn Station. She was from Florida, divorced ex-stripper with two kids now part owner of an escort service. There's a lot...a LOT...I could go into about that conversation, but what brought it to mind was this:

“It’s all going to boil down to a few old Jews in Century Village,” he added, referring to a nearby retirement community.

...because I don't remember what brought it up, but she noted that Century Village was full of swingers.

Right...we were discussing drugs, and I noted an article that said baby boomers that started getting high in the 60s are still getting high in THEIR 60s. She validated the observation with hers.

Many Florida Jews Express Doubts on Obama
By JODI KANTOR

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — At the Aberdeen Golf and Country Club on Sunday, the fountains were burbling, the man-made lakes were shining, and Shirley Weitz and Ruth Grossman were debating why Jews in this gated neighborhood of airy retirement homes feel so much trepidation about Senator Barack Obama.

“The people here, liberal people, will not vote for Obama because of his attitude towards Israel,” Ms. Weitz, 83, said, lingering over brunch.

“They’re going to vote for McCain,” she said.

Ms. Grossman, 80, agreed with her friend’s conclusion, but not her reasoning.

“They’ll pick on the minister thing, they’ll pick on the wife, but the major issue is color,” she said, quietly fingering a coffee cup. Ms. Grossman said she was thinking of voting for Mr. Obama, who is leading in the delegate count for the nomination, as was Ms. Weitz.

But Ms. Grossman does not tell the neighbors. “I keep my mouth shut,” she said.