He also told the NAACP that he was a great dancer

18 April 2007

Every once in a while, I hear someone remark, with sadness or frustration, that the GOP is more Good For The Jews™ than the Democratic Party, so why do Jews still overwhelmingly vote for Democrats?

Ladies and gentlemen, I present Exhibit DCXXII: Tommy Thompson, Republican, former Governor of Wisconsin, former Secretary of Health and Human Services, currently running for President, speaking to the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism:

I’m in the private sector and for the first time in my life I’m earning money. You know that’s sort of part of the Jewish tradition.

PS: Tommy Thompson, the former Governor of Wisconsin, should not be confused with Fred Thompson, the former Senator from Tennessee who plays the DA on Law and Order.

via Matthew Yglesias and TAPPED

• Later: The other "aish ha-Torah"
• Earlier: The agenda