[VOA]

"Conveniently left out of this article is the fact that Nelson is another Muslim convert."

While it may mean nothing, what got me was the articles straining to make
Mayfield's wife "Mother of The Century".

I especially wondered why this was even needed for the article:
"Mona, who works as her husband's paralegal, is a highly intelligent woman and
"strong mother" who speaks many languages. Before meeting Brandon, Mona lived in
Paris and London and traveled with her father, who was a college professor,
AvNell Mayfield said."

My guess is that this is the sort of glowing endorsement that would go over well
with the liberal coffee-house crowd in Portland... but for fly-over country conservatives
the first question is "what mosques did she attend in London and Paris...
what sort of political ties did her father and family have in Egypt?
Did they do a victory dance when Sadat was assassinated?"

[blackie]

You have got it VOA ~ congratulations!

[livius]

While it may mean nothing, what got me was the articles straining to make Mayfield's wife "Mother of The Century".

I noticed that, too. You're probably right, it was for OR consumption.

[eddie willers]

My guess is that this is the sort of glowing endorsement that would go over well with the liberal coffee-house crowd in Portland...

If she had $600,000,000.... John Kerry would marry her.