Posted on 03/01/2008 9:23:45 PM PST by Siberian-psycho
It's no slur to be called a Muslim The turban photos affair was a missed chance for Obama. If he really is to repair the world, he must tackle this Islamophobia.
Sure she did. And George Bush put on a poncho in Santiago, while Paul Wolfowitz burned up YouTube with his anti-malarial African dance routines while World Bank president. The obvious difference is this: when white politicians go ethnic, they look funny; when a black presidential contender does it, he looks foreign - and when the ethnic apparel in question is vaguely reminiscent of the clothing worn by Iraqi and Afghan fighters (at least to many Fox viewers, who think any headdress other than a baseball cap is a declaration of war on America), the image is downright frightening.
The turban "scandal" is all part of what is being referred to as "the Muslim smear". It includes everything from exaggerated enunciations of Obama's middle name (Hussein) to the online whisper campaign that Obama attended a fundamentalist madrasa in Indonesia (a lie), was sworn in on a Qur'an (another lie), and if elected would attach speakers to the White House to broadcast the Muslim call to prayer (I made that one up).
So far Obama's campaign has responded with aggressive corrections that tout his Christian faith, attack the attackers and channel a cooperative witness before the House Un-American Activities Committee. "Barack has never been a Muslim or practised any other faith besides Christianity," states one fact sheet. "I'm not and never have been of the Muslim faith," Obama told a Christian News reporter.
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Too true to be sarcasm.
Interesting.
Obama might have something to be afraid of. It seems foolish for a grown man who is running for president to be shy about his middle name. There are some things candidates who are running for national offices should expect and roll with. Maybe Obama is worried about his connections with radical groups or his brothers connection with radical Islam. Obama has a little dirt beneath his squeaky clean facade. His liberation theology is enough to scare me off. His Marxism runs deep.
“If he really is to repair the world, he must tackle this Islamophobia.”
I have a phobia that he will. Islamophobia is healthy and rational.
Not much to be proud of these days either....
Islamophobia is a very healthy stance, well, that is if one values life and is not Muslim.
One of these days...
No, it is a religion... 
of cutting up us nonbelievers into pieces.
If the Baptist... 
or Episcopalians called for all not in their sects be beheaded, would we still give them tax-exempt status--
And 1st Amendment... 
protection?
If he is Christian why does he have a Muslim name?
I cannot see having a president with a Muslim name while radical muslims want us dead.
“As the most visible target of this rising racism, Obama has the power to be more than its victim. He can use the attacks to begin the very process of global repair that is the most seductive promise of his campaign.”
Global repair? does that phrase scare you? Thinking about it in the context of a liberal demoncrat scares me.
I cant answer that .Dude , hard right..
how is this racism? Since when does talking about a false religion fall under the guise of racism?
Don”t call me one!
I guess that is why Hussein is so offended.
Where the hell in my post did you find racism?:
Islam, a Religion of Peace? No, it is a religion... of cutting up us nonbelievers into pieces.
If the Baptist... or Episcopalians called for all not in their sects be beheaded, would we still give them tax-exempt status--
And 1st Amendment... protection?
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