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I don't see this as much of an electoral issue, but Pipes seems to lay out the facts, what there are, in good fashion.
1 posted on 01/07/2008 5:01:54 AM PST by SJackson
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it’s not enough to move the traditional jewish vote to the republicans.


2 posted on 01/07/2008 5:04:42 AM PST by ken21 ( people die + you never hear from them again.)
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“I don’t see this as much of an electoral issue”

I don’t think it should be an issue at all. I think if the Republicans start attacking Obama on his Muslim background, whatever it may be, it’s going to backfire into making Republicans appear prejudicial.

We have enough problems as it is during this election.


3 posted on 01/07/2008 5:07:13 AM PST by Slapshot68
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I say keep this news down until he gets the nomination.


6 posted on 01/07/2008 5:10:10 AM PST by NCLaw441
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I don't see this as much of an electoral issue

At least, not until the Commodities Scam Queen succumbs.

ML/NJ

7 posted on 01/07/2008 5:11:18 AM PST by ml/nj
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The mainstream media is making an issue of Romney’s religion. It willfully and deliberately is ignoring Obama’s religion.


10 posted on 01/07/2008 5:15:48 AM PST by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (because the media is on the side of the leftist death cult)
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There are so many other reasons not to elect him president (policiies, lack of experience, current associates), the question of what religion he practiced as a child seems forced.

To raise an uncomfortable analogy: why plant a dubious glove when the bloody handprints are all over the place?


17 posted on 01/07/2008 5:22:34 AM PST by SlowBoat407 (Just how will wrecking the U.S. economy save the planet?)
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Obama is a grown up now. He appears to be following his own religious path like many people who've abandoned the faith that may have influenced them as children.

As I've mentioned before I attended Catholic elementary school. There were many children of different faiths including Muslims (Persia now Iran) in my classes. Going to Mass everyday was a no prisoners adventure but the non-Catholic children did not have to take religion class. They went to art or music during religion class.

I'd much prefer that a candidates's religion was not a factor in that candidate's qualifications to be president of the United States. After all... none of the candidates will have any luck trying to convert the country. People would flip if that candidate even tried to convert them.

18 posted on 01/07/2008 5:23:19 AM PST by xtinct (I was the next door neighbor kid's imaginary friend.)
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Obama: the ultimate sleeper cell?


22 posted on 01/07/2008 5:28:54 AM PST by twntaipan (To say someone is a liar and a Democrat is to be redundant.)
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Do you suppose this might qualify as one?

Obama mentioned his church during his appearance with Oprah. It’s the
Trinity Church of Christ. I found this interesting.

Obama’s church:
Please read and go to this church’s website and read what is written
there. It is very alarming. Barack Obama is a member of this church and is running for President
of the U.S. If you look at the first page of their website, you will learn that this congregation has a non-negotiable
commitment to Africa. No where is AMERICA even mentioned. Notice too, what color you will need to be if you should want to join Obama’s church... B-L-A-C-K!!! Doesn’t look like his choice of religion
has improved much over his (former?) Muslim upbringing.
Are you aware that Obama’s middle name is Mohammed? Strip away his nice
looks, the big smile and smooth talk and what do you get? Certainly a racist, as plainly defined by the stated position of his church! And possibly a covert worshiper of the Muslim faith, even today. This guy
desires to rule over America while his loyalty is totally vested in a Black Africa? I cannot believe
this has not been all over the TV and newspapers.
This is why it is so important to pass this message along to all of our family & friends. To think that Obama has even the slightest chance in the run for the presidency, is really scary.
Click on the link below:
This is the web page for the church Barack Obama belongs to:
www.tucc.org/about.htm


24 posted on 01/07/2008 5:30:26 AM PST by Finop (The Liberal says... "It's not fair that you work harder than I do")
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Obama is a SAINT for pulling down Hillary.


26 posted on 01/07/2008 5:32:09 AM PST by Broker (Grandpa Petti Bones wants to know.)
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Did anyone happen to see the guy in the turban standing behind Obama during a rally this weekend? I saw it on MSNBC I think on Saturday morning. It was a rally in either Iowa or NH and there was a white guy that looked like Santa in a turban standing behind Obama holding a campaign sign. It was so weird looking and I’d think the Obama people would be “cerebral” enough watch out for such things. I even wondered if the guy was a Hillary plant. Did anyone else catch this? ...Saturday morning on MSNBC.


27 posted on 01/07/2008 5:32:23 AM PST by rhombus
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this should be saved until after he gets the nomination. First Hillary must be defeated then Obama.


30 posted on 01/07/2008 5:34:39 AM PST by kenmcg
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Oh, my friend, this IS very much an electoral issue. If he gets the Dem nomination, which he very well may, this will be our greatest weapon to use against him.

I’ve said all along that I think he is a closet Muslim.

I really don’t fear him, Hillary or Edwards like I once did. I think a GOOD GOP CANDIDATE can beat anyone of the three. What say ye?


34 posted on 01/07/2008 5:37:55 AM PST by no dems (FRED THOMPSON: The only Conservative running who can beat Hillary or Obama.)
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Always thought of Barry as a latter day Manchurian Candidate ... truth is proving stranger than fiction.


35 posted on 01/07/2008 5:38:31 AM PST by sono (Washington, DC. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.)
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I caught a few minutes of an urban talks show in Cleveland yesterday and the topic was Obama, of course.

The callers kept calling in saying they couldn’t vote for a Muslim....


48 posted on 01/07/2008 5:51:11 AM PST by NeoCaveman (If higher cigarette taxes discourage smoking, what...do higher Income Taxes discourage? - massgopguy)
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51 posted on 01/07/2008 5:52:15 AM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( UNITED BY OUR CORE BELIEFS Fred08)
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Obama’s 3rd-grade teacher ...

Oh, for crap's sake -- we're talking about an 8-year old kid. That's not a "practicing Muslim," that's a kid being taken along.

I'm no Obama fan, but this is ridiculously stupid.

55 posted on 01/07/2008 6:08:23 AM PST by r9etb
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Hmmm, the timing of this article raises some questions. Now that Obama has opened up a double digit lead over Hillary in NH, I expect the politics of personal destruction to go into high gear. Pipes is ostensibly right of center in his political philosophy, but one wonders what his motivations are for writing this article now.


57 posted on 01/07/2008 6:13:43 AM PST by kabar
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If Obama learned about Islam AND Christianity and CHOSE Christianity, this is a plus in my book.


60 posted on 01/07/2008 6:20:34 AM PST by DManA
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SLEEPER! ;-)


65 posted on 01/07/2008 6:29:31 AM PST by rightinthemiddle (Guess what? I'm voting for the Conservative. Fred Thompson.)
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