That Muslim Smear [View All]

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One unexpected thing happened at the Clinton event I described below: I chatted with a local resident (from nearby Millersburg) who looked to be in her late
sixties and wh said she intends to caucus. This woman had been undecided before seeing Bill tonight, but said she's now made up her mind for Hillary. "He made me believe all the things that I've sort of been questioning about," she said with a charmed smile.

Then I asked her what her friends and neighbors are saying about the other candidates. She said there was a lot of debate and indecision, and that people are worried about each candidates' particular weaknesses. Specifically, she said some people are "worried" about Obama's race, and whether it might make him unelectable. She continued:

"That, and the fact that he's a Muslim," she said, without a trace of irony or guile. "That's where we got all our problems from."

"Do you really believe it's a fact that he's a Muslim?" I asked. "Because it's not true."

"Well, that's what I've heard," she told me.

The woman gave me her name, but I'm withholding it here because I don't think she means to be spreading a crude smear.

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