Talk:Jacob Javits

message: The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Abebenjoe 21:57, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography/Assessment#Class_parameter|Biography assessment rating]] comment 

message: javits was named after rabbi Yakov Emden
::Not very likely, since Javits was named Yaakov/Yakov Koppel, and that specific combination is not associated with the Yaavetz, the acronym for Rabbi Emden (which clearly has no syllable that would account for the Koppel part of the name).  On the other hand, "Yaakov Koppel" is a name with a history, so another person, another rabbi -- not two people -- would be a most likely source.  Pi314m (talk) 19:36, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Javits and rabbi Emden 

message: He was the most liberal Republican from 1937 to 2002. Though the 1017th most liberal politician overall which should be stated as well to show context. 
http://www.voteview.com/is_john_kerry_a_liberal.htm  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.87.97.202 (talk) 05:08, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Interesting fact to add. 

message: "He was strongly committed to social issues, believing that the federal government should have a role in improving the lives of Americans. Yet as a lawyer who had for years represented business clients, Javits also advocated a mixed economy in which business and government would cooperate to further the national welfare."  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.62.109.225 (talk) 23:52, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why wasn't he a Democrat? 

message: This article compares Javits' politics to Nelson Rockefeller. I see no reason to equate Nelson Rockefeller's politics with Javits. Although Nelson Rockefeller was a left-wing person politically, he was not nearly as far to the left as Javits, at furthest, he might have been similar to Arlen Specter today. Socialist Americans for Democratic Action gave Javits almost perfect scores in voting records in Congress, but opposed Nelson Rockefeller politically (for example by campaigning against his nomination for Vice President). Nelson Rockefeller was trashed by left-wing journalists like Tom Wicker of the New York Times. Rockefeller was left-wing, but not an extremist. Javits was a left-wing extremist, he even was involved in Trotskyist activity at one point according to William Rusher of National Review. Nelson Rockefeller was more socially conservative than Javits, although pro-abortion, he opposed government funding of abortion, for example. He was anti-Bolshevik and although he supported labor unions, he was pro-business in some areas, such as banking and trade. He also was tough on crime, and on welfare cheaters. Nelson Rockefeller was a leftist, but not nearly as far left as Javits. --99.130.172.213 (talk) 02:46, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rockefeller Comparison Inappropriate 

message: To not lose text from the article, a commented-out text has been moved here, minus what would make it invisible:
::<I> need sources for this: While not personally popular among his colleagues ... Citation needed - date=February 2008 ..., he was widely respected for his hard work and intelligence. It was a matter of some comment that Javits' wife, the former Marion Ann Borris, who was active on the New York social scene, refused to move to Washington, D.C., a city she considered provincial. The couple married on November 20, 1947.  Citation needed -- date=February 2008
A REBUTTAL ALSO MOVED FROM THE MAIN ARTICLE:
:::Sen. Moynihan wrote "there was none who did not respect him, and only political differences kept him apart from close relations with most of his fellow Senators" several years before Javits' passing, but did not release this publicly until after Javits' passing.
The REBUTTAL has a source, namely what Sen. Moynihan wrote for the New York Post, and which appeared Saturday, March 8, 1986,
"the day after his death" (Moynihan's words, as mailed to those on his Senate mailing list "at taxpayer expense" BULK RATE, with a co-funding arrangement: "NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN").
::::Pi314m (talk) 20:23, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  About his "popularity"