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Samuel L Jackson in Jewish group's pro-Obama campaign

September 27, 2012 14:40
Samuel L Jackson lectures his audience

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Jennifer Lipman,

Jennifer Lipman

1 min read

A Jewish group has joined forces with actor Samuel L Jackson in a video campaigning against Mitt Romney.

With just over a month to go before the United States votes on whether to return Democrat Barack Obama to the White House or elect Republican Mr Romney, campaigners on both sides are working hard to spread the word about their favoured candidate.

Jewish voters in the US have traditionally tended to back the Democratic Party, and the Jewish Council for Education and Research has not bucked this trend for 2012.

The organisation, which was behind comedian Sarah Silverman's Great Schlep campaign four years ago – a public call to Jewish grandchildren to convince their more conservative grandparents in the key swing state of Florida to vote for Obama – has this week released a video clip channelling the popular satirical children's book "Go the F*** to Sleep".

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