Muslim Madness

[babylonsister]

Muslim Madness
By John Cory, Reader Supported News
21 August 2010


A message written in chalk outside of the proposed site for the Cordoba Initiative Mosque and Cultural Center, dubbed 'The Ground Zero Mosque,' 08/18/10. (photo: Getty Images)



Obama, a Priest, a Rabbi and an Imam walk into a bar on 52nd Street and the bartender says - "What is this, a joke?"

Yes, it's a joke - just like our so-called "media."

Exhibit A: Chuck Todd told Andrea Mitchell that maybe the "President needs to be seen going to church more publicly." And another man said the same thing to Norah O'Donnell on her program. This was in response to a poll that showed 18 percent of Americans think Obama is a Muslim.

Pundits like Todd think the President should wear his religion on his sleeve so everyone knows he's not "THE OTHER." Why not a yellow Star of David with a Jesus Fish Emblem on his lapel so everyone in the media will recognize him and report honestly? Sorry, didn't mean to be snarky with that "honestly" remark. Yes, I did.

Exhibit B: CNN's John King allowed Franklin Graham to babble uninterrupted, "... He was born a Muslim, and his father gave him an Islamic name ... he has accepted Jesus Christ. That's what he says he has done, I cannot say that he hasn't."

John King mumbled something sage and wise, I'm sure.

I question why the president's religion is an issue at all for pollsters or pundits or the public? It's been awhile since I've read the Constitution, but I recall something about "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification for any office or position of public trust under the United States."

That would be the same Constitution that protects freedom of religion, whether for Catholic presidents, Christian and Jewish politicians or Muslim people. That would be the same Constitution that does not see "Muslim" as a smear, but as a right of citizens to practice their religion.

Let's understand that this is nothing but a cynical ploy by political operatives to tar the president as illegitimate and distract the public from the real issues.

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http://readersupportednews.org/opinion/75-75/2752-muslim-madness

[Clio the Leo]

1. I just asked TCOT on Twitter...

.... (TCOT = "Top Conservatives on Twitter) why none of them are demanding that no Christian churches be built near Auschwitz .... I mean, that's the same logic, right?

No replies yet.

I guess all the good Christian TCOT'ers are still in bed.

Anyway ...... this commie liberal is late for Sunday School.

[babylonsister]

2. You didn't!

:spray:

[Clio the Leo]

3. I did to....

.... and never got an answer.

Of course, they prob. dont know what in the heck Auschwitz is.

[One of Many]

6. May have already happened

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz_cross

Looking for more info though

[angee_is_mad]

4. You know what?

the White House need to send Warren Ballentine on their azzes. Remember how he told juan to get back on the front porch on o'billy's show.

[LatteLibertine]

5. Bottom line

inflaming hatred for Islam builds public support for endless wars. The GoP are interested in keeping the military industrial complex chugging along for war profiteering.

[MissMarple]

7. Simple people need simple signs, unless they are prejudiced, ignorant wingnuts.

Those people wallow in their ignorance and hate. It's a real activity for them, it keeps them functioning on a minimal level because their brains don't have much operating capacity, otherwise.