Posted on 08/14/2010 1:48:19 PM PDT by GOPGuide
A snippet of his speech that deserves to be singled out for special scorn.
Obama said that Ramadan is a reminder that Islam has always been part of America.
"The first Muslim ambassador to the United States, from Tunisia, was hosted by President Jefferson, who arranged a sunset dinner for his guest because it was Ramadan — making it the first known iftar at the White House, more than 200 years ago."
How very disingenuous. We have here a fact presented not merely out of context, but so deceitfully as to be a laughable fraud.
First of all, the term 'a part of America' needs some thoughtful defining. I think we can mostly agree that the implication is that the mere act of feting the Tunisian envoy during his diplomatic mission to the US is some sort of general inclusion of Islam into the American experience at that early date.
How? Merely through his temporary presence in our country? Even though we were in conflict with his state at the time?
This isn't the first time Obama has spouted this same warped poppycock. From his Cairo speech in 2009:
“Islam has always been a part of America’s story. The first nation to recognize my country was Morocco. In signing the Treaty of Tripoli in 1796, our second President John Adams wrote, “The United States has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Muslims.”
And when the first Muslim-American was recently elected to Congress, he took the oath to defend our Constitution using the same Holy Koran that one of our Founding Fathers – Thomas Jefferson – kept in his personal library.”
Barbary Coast...pirates...U.S. Marines...enough said?
Obama is a lying Bastard.
“And when the first Muslim-American was recently elected to Congress, he took the oath to defend our Constitution using the same Holy Koran that one of our Founding Fathers – Thomas Jefferson – kept in his personal library.”
It is his duty to lie to us.
He is NOTHING but the Liar-in-Chief, who probably is not even qualified to be POTUS! How stupid he thinks we, the people, are!
Islam is the necrophiliac part of the 57 states of America (72 virgins and all).
He is trying to rewrite history like all commies do.
That man sure is Islam focused as POTUS isn’t he?
I have copies of everything from Rules for Radicals, to the STORM handbook, to The coming insurrection. It doesn’t make me a marxist radical, it means I’m smart enough to study their methods so I can more effectively fight them.
Holy crapola Batman, the man is dilusional now for all to see.
japan is part of america, ya know, the pearl harbor invasion. They’re our brothers. Their mere presence in trying to kill us, make them part of america
Get that stinkin Muzzie/Commie out!
Um, Dumplin ears,
Britain and France recognized country long before Morroco did.
Maybe you are thinking of kenya.
Jefferson’s Koran = “Know thy enemy”, and Ruben James says that you suck, Obama.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1079/is_v87/ai_5278911/
Morocco "recognized" independence of US in late December, 1777, shortly before France in February, 1778/
However, if you read between the lines of the diplomatically worded article, the "recognition" was merely the first step in a protection racket. The "commerce treaty" it mentions was actually extortion paid to prevent attacks on American shipping and enslavement and torture of American citizens.
So the "recognition" Obama praises was somewhat like the ganster saying, "Nice business you've got here. Would be terrible if something happened to it." It was the Moroccan recognition that a new victim, no longer protected by the British navy or treaties, was available.
Ganster = gangster.
Sorry.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Decatur_algerine.jpg
Sorry, the proper spelling is “Reuben”. This is the way Jefferson saw proper to honor the Pirates of Tripoli.
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