The Audacity Of Mishpoche
September 2, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Forget Democratic buzzwords like Change. Get ready for something new, courtesy battleground Florida. It’s the Yiddish word for family, Mishpoche.
The JTA Election Central ‘08 blog:
For Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Joe Biden’s clinch of the vice-presidential spot on Barack Obama’s ticket is like the – what – prodigal mentor?
“He’s like mishpoche!” the Florida congresswoman enthused to JTA, contemplating the Delaware senator’s clinching of the vice presidential spot on the Democratic ticket, alongside Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.).
And today, right now, as seen on C-SPAN, Joe Biden is working the Jewish crowd at the Clubhouse Party Room at the Century Village in Deerfield Beach. He just spotted someone named Axelrod (no relation to David) in the audience. Biden: “We’re gonna be mishpoche before this is over.”
And just like a family, the poor retiree won’t be able to get a word in edge-wise.
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