Barack Obama was a Muslim: Part II

Contrarian Commentary ^ | 6/15/08 | Andy Martin

[freespirited]

Legendary Chicago Internet columnist and Obama author Andy Martin will hold a New York news conference Monday, June 16th to charge that Barack Obama is "smearing the truth" about Obama's childhood religion. Martin will challenge Obama to sue Martin for defamation.

Martin's book, Obama: The Man Behind the Mask, is now in pre-publication sales and goes to the printer June 18th. See http://orangestatepress.com.

Martin is universally credited with first exposing Obama's Muslim heritage in 2004. Andy has been attacked as the mastermind of a vast "right-wing smear machine," a charge he vehemently denies and for which there is no proof.

"Barry Obama flatly denies that he was ever a Muslim," Martin will state. That is simply not true."

http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/fightthesmearshome/

"I challenge Senator Obama to sue me for defamation if he truly wants to perpetuate the myth that he had no ties to the Muslim religion. I will waive all of the traditional First Amendment defenses ("Public figure," "actual malice," etc.) and will interpose only one defense in support of my claims: truth," Martin will state at his news conference.

Martin, a former CUNY adjunct professor of law, says Obama is lying to the American people. "Obama has concocted this 'Fight the Smears' web site to propagate propaganda and false information. It is one of the most cynical ploys in American political history.

"Frankly, in opposition to every mainstream media, I think the 'Smears' site will prove to be a disaster for Obama.

"Already an Israeli internet magazine has produced a purported article—which I have been unable to verify at the Jerusalem Post—claiming that Obama's brother says his brother was a Muslim and that Obama comes from a Muslim family:

Malik Obama confirms his half-brother Barack grew up a Muslim http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Politics/12918.htm

Is Barack Obama a Muslim wolf in Christian wool? http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Politics/12745.htm

"But an earlier article by the highly-respected New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof says more to me and, I believe, most common sense, clear-thinking adults: Obama admitted to Kristof that Obama was in 'Koran study classes.' More critically, forty years later, i.e. almost forty years after leaving Jakarta, 'Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to prayer, reciting them with a first-rate accent.' http://select.nytimes.com/2007/03/06/opinion/06kristof.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

"Where did Mr. Obama learn to pray in Arabic, and develop a 'first rate [Arabic] accent?' At the Nation of Islam in Chicago? Or in Jakarta where he was a Muslim student for sure?

"I am reminded that some Jesuit Catholic priests say 'give us a boy until he is 7, and we have him for life.' http://forum.catholic.org/viewtopic.php?f=81&t=35646&sid=a7f55a506c1b8be8a8500d510a809153

"Forty years later, Obama retained a 'first-rate accent' in Arabic and could recite a Muslim prayer. They had some pretty good religious teachers in Jakarta. And Obama was not a Muslim during his childhood? The Muslims had Obama until he was 9 or 10. They beat the Catholic test.

"Once more I want to stress two principles that I have stated so often:

"First, I do not question that Obama is a Christian today. But Obama has always tried to obscure his childhood religion by thumping his chest about his current religion. Christianity is an open religion, he was free to join, and he did. I have always accepted that principle.

"Second the issue is not whether Obama was a Muslim until he left Jakarta around the age of 10. The evidence is overwhelming that he was; that evidence was best extracted by Nick Kristof.

"The issue is that Obama blatantly lies and tries to reinvent his past, because he is afraid of retaliation for his childhood religion. I think he would get more votes if he told the truth, certainly more than he is going to lose by telling a lie. Muslims vote too. The issue, therefore, is not 'religion' in fact, but his relentless pursuit of propaganda and disinformation to obscure what that religion was up to the age of 10.

"Obama was never much of a lawyer, and he never tried a lawsuit in court, but even from his Harvard student books he should have learned that dissembling and evasion are crucial to credibility. When Obama lies about the truth, the fact that he is willing to lie is a critical aspect of his character.

"Obama's entire 'Fight the Smears' web site is itself a smear of Islam, and a smear of the truth. Obama uses his 'defense' of smears to propagate smears, and to produce relentless lies and disinformation. It is on that basis that I challenge him and his fitness to sit in the Oval Office.

"I also challenge Obama to sue me for defamation concerning my claims about his religion. The only defense I will offer is 'truth.' I don’t care what religion his mom and dad and step dad chose for him; I do care that he lies about those objective truths and facts, and continues to do so brazenly and blatantly. No one can read Kristof's 2007 column and come away believing Obama's lies. He studied the Koran, and he still speaks Koranic Arabic with a 'first-rate accent.' How many non-Muslims can recite Islamic prayers the way Obama can?

"Contrary to what Obama claims, this Internet author is propagating the truth about Obama's religious past, not 'smears' and not 'lies.' I have no interest in publishing false information. Obama is the liar, plain and simple. Stop it Barry. Or sue me."

Andy is the author of Obama: The Man Behind The Mask. Details on Martin’s book can be found at http://www.orangestatepress.com/. Advance orders from Orange State Press. Available everywhere in days. Because of the overwhelming pre-publication demand, orders will be filled by date of order. NEWS CONFERENCE DETAILS:

WHO:

Internet Columnist-Author/Editor/Andy Martin

WHAT:

Andy Martin says Barack Obama is lying about his Muslim childhood religion

WHERE:

909 Third Avenue, public sidewalk in front of FDR Station, New York

WHEN:

Monday, June 16, 6:00 P. M.

MEDIA CONTACT:

(866) 706-2639

TO PURCHASE BOOK:

http://www.OrangeStatePress.com

ANDY E-MAIL:

AndyMart20@aol.com

[freespirited]

Did a quick search but did not see any coverage of this event.

[Eurale]

Duck Mr. Martin, the flying monkeys are coming for you!

[Red_Devil 232]

So did the event take place and was not covered or heard by anyone?

[DannyTN]

""The issue is that Obama blatantly lies and tries to reinvent his past, because he is afraid of retaliation for his childhood religion. I think he would get more votes if he told the truth, certainly more than he is going to lose by telling a lie.

I think the country should be concerned about someone with a muslim childhood. I think Obama will get more votes by lying about it than if the country realizes this guy was a muslim for 10-12 years.

[freespirited]

No doubt you are right. But what if he was a muslim for the first 10 years of his life, lied about it, and gets found out? That is probably his worst case scenario.

The MSM is trying like mad to protect him, but that doesn’t always work, as Kristof’s inadvertent betrayal shows.

[freespirited]

I assume the event took place. I did not find any news coverage. However, the news conference was at 6 pm last night, so it’s conceivable that stories wont appear until tomorrow.

But I’m not holding my breath. The MSM doesnt want to touch this.

[ncfool]

I am sure we will see many things comming out of the wood during the next couple of months. I find this one interesting as they are making a claim that Obama is Kenyan born. Wouldn't that be nice............ http://www.usafricaonline.com/news.html

[ncfool]

www.usafricaonline.com/news.html

The site stated that :

USAfricaonline.com, first African-owned U.S.-based professional newspaper to be published on the internet, is listed among the world’s hot sites by the international newspaper, USAToday.
USAfrica has been cited by the New York Times as America’s largest African-owned multimedia company. 8303 SW Freeway, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77074. Phone: 713-270-5500. Cell direct: 832-45-CHIDO (24436)

[DannyTN]

"what if he was a muslim for the first 10 years of his life, lied about it, and gets found out? That is probably his worst case scenario."

Agreed, but I think if he was upfront and honest about it, it would have killed his Presidential aspirations, anyway. He's gotten further than he would have by lying. But that's not the character traits we want to elect to president.

[popdonnelly]

What Democrat editor in the MSM wants to touch this. And if they did, their Democrat publisher or producer would fire them.

[popdonnelly]

Wouldn’t it be easier for Obama to simply admit he had a Muslim father and step-father, and went to Muslim schools?

[patriot08]

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[2harddrive]

Osama! Obama! He’ll make Big Gov yo’ Momma!

[Reaganomical]

Playing devil's advocate here, but...

He did admit to a Muslim father and stepfather, in his book Dreams From My Father. I have some sympathy for the man, as both men were more or less absent from his life. Goes to show you how important two parents are in a child's life. He simply and directly admitted that they were both Muslim.

Obama went to both a Catholic school and a Muslim-affiliated (though relatively secular) school in Indonesia. The rest of his pre-college schooling happened in Hawaii. He also wrote about this and his family has been asked about it on numerous occasions. He did not come from a religious family, Muslim, Christian or otherwise. His current religious tendencies seem to be more of a product of necessity than any real faith whatsoever.

I mean, long story short, Obama is an unapologetic liberal who has a way with words and a generally likable demeanor. I would never think of voting for him due to his political leaning (read: explicitly liberal, doesn't even feign a centrist platform like Clinton) and I actively campaign against him because of his knowing and accepting affiliation with Rev. Wright until it became a political albatross.

This Muslim stuff rings of contrived insinuation. If anything, Obama screams atheist. Andy Martin is just rehashing the same stuff that has been debunked every month since Obama hit the public eye. With so many clear and obvious negatives against the man, it seems counter-productive to concoct bullshit to keep him out of the White House. Just my two cents.

[Dajjal]

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