You’ve gotta be kidding me with this.
The New Yorker shows the Obamas as the right-wing sees them: Barack as a terrorist, Michelle as a Black Panther. Don’t forget the American flag burning in the fireplace!
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Fatemeh
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aziz
muslim smear v4.0: Obama’s brother is a scary muslim extremist. And marxist. ooooh!
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shahed
Looks like Barack Obama took action regarding the hijab gaffe only after Rep. Keith Ellison confronted him, somewhat heatedly, behind closed doors at a Congressional Black Caucus meeting.
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aziz
I’m convinced: Edwards for Veep. http://tinyurl.com/62doq5
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aziz
The Onion has its own take on the controversy in Detroit where two muslim women were barred from the podium behind Obama on account of their hijab:
It should be noted of course that Obama personally called both women to apologize.
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aziz
Obama had something to say on Father’s Day:
“We need fathers to realize that responsibility does not end at conception,” Obama said to the Apostolic Church of God church in Chicago, “What makes you a man is not the ability to have a child – any fool can have a child, that doesn’t make you a father – it’s the courage to raise one that makes you a father.”
The Illinois senator said that too many fathers in the African American community are MIA in their families – acting like boys rather than men – and the foundations of the family and the community has suffered. Obama – himself a father of two – laid out three areas where fathers must parent better: by setting high expectations for their children, instilling the value of empathy, and passing on the value of hope.
However, Tariq Nelson is skeptical, pointing out that there’s not much apart from speeches that Obama can actually do personally about the problem of absentee fathers. Still, I think it is worth something that he is using the immensely powerful bully pulpit that he has, to make the case. A young African American male, growing up without positive male role models at home, might just hear what Obama is saying and take it to heart. Even a few words, if spoken early enough, can move mountains.
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aziz
Colin Powell might vote for Obama: http://tinyurl.com/69nvpm
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thabet
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thabet
Anti-Arab racist confirms his support for Obama.
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aziz
For teh fearmongers and the jafis, the Obama-muslim smear is the gift that keeps on giving - it even damaged Hillary Clinton. It’s time to set the record straight.
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Andrea Useem
Thinking about American civil religion… can American Muslims learn to speak this language the way Barack Obama does?
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aziz
Obama met with AIPAC yesterday, promising to do “everything” in his power to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. However, unlike McCain, he also reiterated his determination to pursue “tough and principled” diplomacy with Iran. McCain’s camp griped and sniped accordingly.
TIME’s Middle East blog, which unlike RCP is a serious policy analysis outlet, has much more detail on the respective positions of McCain and Obama towards Israel and Iran.
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aziz
Clinton will concede to Obama on Saturday.
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thabet
The NYT’s public editor undermines Edward Luttak’s piece on Obama being an apostate under Islamic law.
Luttwak should have no credibility left to speak on such matters.
(Via AE.)
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thabet
Muslims, angry black preachers, elitism, misogyny.
Now Obama must contend with an endorsement from Fidel.
That’s Florida ruled out, right?
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shahed
The sad thing is, despite all this, the rumors are still persistent.
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aziz
Regarding Obama, DHinMI asks, “Is ‘He’s a Muslim’ a More Socially Acceptable Way of Saying ‘He’s a N****R?’”
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aziz
Remember US Army chaplain Capt. James J. Yee, falsely accused of being a spy for Al Qaeda, and then exonerated? He’s just been elected a superdelegate for Obama. http://tinyurl.com/6gmnnu
Democracy Now has an hour-long interview with Yee as well. (via Open Left)
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aziz
The muslim smear is alive and well in West Virginia:
Carmen Silliman has collected a sheaf of poisonous e-mails that have flowed into her in-box. “We do not need a Muslim to lead the good ole USA,” reads one. Obama is, in fact, a Christian.
Neil Gillies, an Obama supporter who runs a local environmental nonprofit group, glumly recounted the gibes that his wife, a schoolteacher, hears regularly from her students. “They’re convinced [Obama] is a Muslim, a terrorist, a guy who’s coming to take away their guns,” Gillies said. “It’s just sad.”
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aziz
Great analysis of the IN primary outcome at myDD: http://tinyurl.com/5vgtdz
A disturbing anecdote from the campaign trail in Indiana:
In a restaurant in Greenwood on Tuesday, Obama approached an older white guy who waved him off, muttering afterwards to a reporter: “I can’t stand him. He’s a Muslim. He’s not even pro-American as far as I’m concerned.”
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