"Obama will not be swiftboated. Period."
- hotline blog
Heh. That remains to be seen.
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"To be clear, Senator Obama has never been a Muslim, was not raised a Muslim, and is a committed Christian who attends the United Church of Christ in Chicago. Furthermore, the Indonesian school Obama attended in Jakarta is a public school that is not and never has been a Madrassa. These malicious, irresponsible charges are precisely the kind of politics the American people have grown tired of, and that Senator Obama is trying to change by focusing on bringing people together to solve our common problems."
- Obama's staff
Another version of the Obama fights back story here.
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
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National Council of Churches Blog:
The National Council of Churches is going bananas because the Fox News morning show discussed an article in Insight Magazine about an investigation Hillary Clinton's campaign was conducting to determine if Barack Obama attended a radical Muslim school as a child. Instead of raising the obvious concern about a politically motivated religious witch-hunt by presidential candidates, NCC General Secretary Bob Edgar chose to exclusively focus his contempt on Fox News:
"I've been saying for awhile now that we must not let fear, fundamentalism and Fox News set our nation's agenda," said NCC's Edgar separately. "Now it appears Fox News is using a political candidate to further foment a fear of fundamentalism in hopes of dividing Americans and pitting people of faith against one another. Faithful Americans must stand up and say no to such sinful behavior," Edgar said.
As usual, Edgar would rather play political games than address the actual issue. The article in doubt focused exclusively on the activities of political candidates:
Are the American people ready for an elected president who was educated in a Madrassa as a young boy and has not been forthcoming about his Muslim heritage?
This is the question Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s camp is asking about Sen. Barack Obama.
An investigation of Mr. Obama by political opponents within the Democratic Party has discovered that Mr. Obama was raised as a Muslim by his stepfather in Indonesia. Sources close to the background check, which has not yet been released, said Mr. Obama, 45, spent at least four years in a so-called Madrassa, or Muslim seminary, in Indonesia.
"He was a Muslim, but he concealed it," the source said. "His opponents within the Democrats hope this will become a major issue in the campaign."
When contacted by Insight, Mr. Obama’s press secretary said he would consult with “his boss” and call back. He did not.
Heaven forbid Edgar would actually challenge his own political party to not pursue these types of campaigns.
Well that settles it then. Who are we to dare question Obama's staff?
He will be Swiftboated big time. And, of course I mean that as a very positive term -- private citizens banding together to present a side of the story the media chooses to suppress.
How much is true is up to the audience to decide - but that is the same standard the NY Times uses every day.
The story is sort of confusing. The school documents listed Obama as a Muslim.
Why was he listed as a Muslim?
Maybe because he was one.
Or maybe it was a mistake.
I am sure we will be hearing more about it.
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