Posted on 06/23/2008 6:40:27 PM PDT by george76
As Senator Barack Obama courted voters in Iowa last December, Representative Keith Ellison, the country’s first Muslim congressman, stepped forward eagerly to help.
Mr. Ellison ...volunteered to speak on Mr. Obama’s behalf at a mosque in Cedar Rapids, one of the nation’s oldest Muslim enclaves. But before the rally could take place, aides to Mr. Obama asked Mr. Ellison to cancel the trip because it might stir controversy. Another aide appeared at Mr. Ellison’s Washington office to explain.
“I will never forget the quote,” Mr. Ellison said, leaning forward in his chair as he recalled the aide’s words. “He said, ‘We have a very tightly wrapped message.’ ”
When Mr. Obama began his presidential campaign, Muslim Americans from California to Virginia responded with enthusiasm, seeing him as a long-awaited champion of civil liberties, religious tolerance and diplomacy in foreign affairs. But more than a year later, many say, he has not returned their embrace.
While the senator has visited churches and synagogues, he has yet to appear at a single mosque.
Muslim and Arab-American organizations have tried repeatedly to arrange meetings with Mr. Obama, but officials with those groups say their invitations — unlike those of their Jewish and Christian counterparts — have been ignored. Last week, two Muslim women wearing head scarves were barred by campaign volunteers from appearing behind Mr. Obama at a rally in Detroit.
In interviews, Muslim political and civic leaders said they understood that their support for Mr. Obama could be a problem for him at a time when some Americans are deeply suspicious of Muslims. Yet those leaders nonetheless expressed disappointment and even anger at the distance that Mr. Obama has kept from them.
“This is the ‘hope campaign,’ this is the ‘change campaign,’ ”
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
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A nation of whining little bitches.
‘We have a very tightly wrapped message.’
Any idea when they get the message they’re not wanted here, in a free, democratic, capitalist, Judeo-Christian Western society?
A nation of whining little bitches.
A day of reckoning is near!!
The core of the campaign is the introduction of communism to our system of government. The message is tightly wrapped because it's hidden and tagged "Do Not Open until Jan 2009".
for crying out loud. now we have “Muslim Americans” ?
for years I’ve gotten more sick of hearing about “African Americans” who’ve never BEEN to Africa.
I know lots of WHITE Americans who were BORN in Africa, yet they are not allowed to be called “African Americans”.
so now, instead of “White” - which seems so unpopular these days, can I start going by “Christian American” ? it sounds so much more “minority”.
Maybe I’ll get some new “rights”, too ?
(/rant)
NOBAMA!
Like other loony lib candidates before B. Hussein haven't projected this same message.
Amazing indeed that, as Muslims presumably ascribing to their beloved Koran, they would dare admit to liking the "Christian" man and even voting for him.
Amazing that the opinions of American Muslims are even treated as newsworthy considering that B. Hussein is, after all, a Christian. Why should the media get Muslim opinions of a Christian candidate?
The jig is up, folks. He's their Muslim candidate and only a dipsh*t can't see that.
Obama and his doting press are playing every angle of victimization.
Not these babes:
“Mr. Ellison ...volunteered to speak on Mr. Obama’s behalf at a mosque in Cedar Rapids”
A vote for Obama is a vote for islam. Absolutely.
Muslim: The “New Black” !
Bingo. You nailed it.
Obama is the Control Freak from Hell!
So, how does Obama's Magic Bus look from the underside?
Oh Keith, you big baby. C’mon man, you know how the muslim game is played. Barack is one of you. Stop acting so hurt. You can have your down-low circle jerk with Wright and Farrakhan in the Lincoln bedroom the night of the inauguration. Patience, my racist pet. Obeymao can’t have you guys in the spotlight until he gets elected. You know that. Sheesh! You want thrown under the bus too? You’ve waited 5 bajillion years years to get your man into the WH, now you’re going cry because he’s being strategic by keeping racists like you off the stage with him for the next 5 months? Give your poor marxist-messiah a break. He knows what’s best for you. He knows what’s best for all of us. Stop being so selfish and let him lie and fool the people he needs to fool. Get a grip. Besides, you’re not the Keith Ellison he used to know anyway.
Worse.....
It should surprise NO ONE that run of the mill Muslims living in America should get the MOST intolerance , the shortest end of the stick, from the very one who promotes himself as THEIR candidate. He is a thoroughgoing phony from head to toe. MOre and more, he reminds me of Bill Clinton. Classic Lefty opportunist Democrat.
“The joke within the national Muslim organizations,” Ms. Ghori said, “is that we should endorse the person we don’t want to win.”
What's the joke? I don't get it. I'm sure every candidate is seeking the coveted "Muslim" endorsement.
I'm holding my breath waiting for the CAIR endorsement.
Hope & change, tightly wrapped message, I have a plan...John F’n Kerry. You can always look to ‘rats for...as Rush would say...symbolism over substance.
"that's some bus this guy's got"
They might be snubbed, but something tells me they won’t stay home come election day, or vote Al Nader either for that matter...
Amazing how all these aids are unnamed. Recent articles about McCain aides not only name them but call for their dismissals. The liberal press pretends to be objective, but won't tell us who is really pulling the strings.
Probably wrapped in a condom.
**Mr. Ellison ...volunteered to speak on Mr. Obama’s behalf at a mosque in Cedar Rapids, one of the nation’s oldest Muslim enclaves. But before the rally could take place, aides to Mr. Obama asked Mr. Ellison to cancel the trip because it might stir controversy.**
Hmmmm.
Nice try. New York Slimes, you will not convince me that they are not buddies.
Remember that Obama is of Arab, black and white descent. Don’t know the specific percentages. Perhaps someone else does.
And take Obammy with you !
Well,Keith Ellison,would you swear to that,on the Bible?
But for now, Obama's ardent followers (including most of the MSM) are not swayed by logic, reason, or truth, and regardless of his positions, his gaffes, his past, or his associations, they worship him as an idol.
Those wild-eyed people represent the millions of Americans raised in the government day-care and indoctrination centers we call public schools who did not have, or would not listen to, parents and others who tried to counterweight the propaganda they heard at school...who have been raised on 60 second sound bite time spans and know no better.
You have other tens of millions on the dole who will vote for him regardless of position because he promises to keep pilfering the public largess for them.
Still othes of millions will vote for him simply because he is black, not caring to hear or look at his actual positions.
Other millions will vote for him because they know exactly who he is and what he represents and agree with his anti-American positions.
The first three are all what is termed, useful idiots, a term coined by Lennin for the dupes he got to support him.
Against this it is left to us to educate, arouse, and amass the tens of millions of Americans, of all races and creeds, who understand and hold fast to the foundational principles our constitutional republic rests upon...many of them the bitter, rural Americans clinging to their guns and religion that Obama so arrogantly spoke of.
Finally, understand that this is not the first time in history that rock-star, messianic status has been conferred on a populist, charismatic individual in order to hand them the reigns of power. Although there are many critical differences, still it is important when you consider the danger that this candidate poses to American foreign policy, our economy, our social fabric, and to the war we are fighting against fanatical Islamic Jihad terrorists, to note the following comparison:
Barack Hussein Obama is the apex of the hate-America, domestic enemy in this country. His election as president would be the greatest coup any enemy has ever scored against this country and could easily lead to the worst, horrific disaster in our nation's history.
[ CLICK HERE FOR DIRECT QUOTES BY OBAMA IN WRITTEN FORM ]
IMHO, these so-called snubs are nothing more than artful feinting and weaving.
This NYT article is mainly a red-herring designed to give Mister Obama cover on the issue.
Keith Ellison showed his true colors by coming out strongly in support of terrorist probing mission by flying imams at MSP.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
I’ll take a “cough cough” on this one. Snub my eye. This is to make you believe he ain’t Muliim.
It is getting very crowded under BO’s bus.
We have a very tightly wrapped message...and that message is, don't take a knife to a gunfight. ;') Thanks geo.
Every time I see that photo, I think of the phrase that I’ve heard used by a younger generation: Half Baked.
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I'm thinkin' the kind of "change" they need is the diapers
and/or Depends kind, ya know ??? ...
:^D
Statistical Threshold Analysis of Islamic behavior - direct and to the point.
http://noiri.blogspot.com/2008/06/read-and-beware-wrath-of-islam.html
Thanks for the ping!
Thanks FARS.
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