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Posted on 06/02/2009 4:55:42 PM PDT by TaraP
ABC News' Jake Tapper and Sunlen Miller report: The other day we heard a comment from a White House aide that never would have been uttered during the primaries or general election campaign.
During a conference call in preparation for President Obama's trip to Cairo, Egypt, where he will address the Muslim world, deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications Denis McDonough said "the President himself experienced Islam on three continents before he was able to -- or before he's been able to visit, really, the heart of the Islamic world -- you know, growing up in Indonesia, having a Muslim father -- obviously Muslim Americans (are) a key part of Illinois and Chicago."
Given widespread unease and prejudice against Muslims among Americans, especially in the wake of 9/11, the Obama campaign was perhaps understandably very sensitive during the primaries and general election to downplay the candidate's Muslim roots.
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Hahahahaha...I put in 57 muslim states in Google and the first two pages all were references to Obomination. I love it!
Hey - I didn’t do it that way but cool!
False premise. There is widespread unease against Muslims for good reason. Widespread prejudice? I'd like to see his evidence. If that was so, there would have been dead Muslims all over the U.S. after 9-11.
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