It is shocking that so many Americans would believe that this is an ISSUE, in the first place. I was listening to Air America coverage of the subject, & this woman went on about how 'nervous' she was about Obama because of his 'Muslim' background. And, I was thinking, not only is it horrible that people are trying to smear him with false information (he is Christian, as everyone here knows well), but they consider the fact that someone is a Muslim as a grounds for questioning someones character.
It is really ironic that the American people fear the Muslims so much, & believe we are a 'peaceful' people It is OUR Christian nation that MURDERED A MILLION PEOPLE over the last five years. It is our CHRISTIAN nation that believes itself to PREEMPTIVE strikes (even NUCLEAR strikes as Bush's plan for Bunker Buster Bombing in Iran).
What is WRONG with people? The ignorance, the intolerance, the hate, the fear....My GOD.
Yes, there are people who use the Muslim religion to promote hate & fear & murder. JUST LIKE our Christian nation has used hate & fear to justify murder & slaughter. However, the majority of people who practice this religion are no more killers then the majority of people who identify themselves as Christian.
As an aside, I was looking for some further information about the Muslim religion for my own education, & the Obama campaign need to mount a full out frontal assault on this thing. Typing in Muslim & then when I began to type in a fill in word after it in the search box on yahoo brought a huge list of Barack Obama search variations. Side bars with Barack Hussein Obama were on the side bars. This thing is planted DEEP in the internet & the top story that comes up & here is a very disturbing article that came up in the top three:
http://www.insightmag.com/Media/MediaManager/Obama_2.htmAs much as I personally think it is insane that people consider this a disparity on a person's character, the reality is that a huge portion of our population carries some prejudice...fears...or downright hates Muslims. Obama is being swiftboated as surely as John Kerry was in the last election. And, it is working.
Obama needs to fight this with everything he has right now - it could destroy him. It may already have...I have never been an Obama supporter, but I am OUTRAGED at this foul political trashing that stinks to high heaven.