Posted on 06/23/2008 6:40:27 PM PDT by george76
As Senator Barack Obama courted voters in Iowa last December, Representative Keith Ellison, the country’s first Muslim congressman, stepped forward eagerly to help.
Mr. Ellison ...volunteered to speak on Mr. Obama’s behalf at a mosque in Cedar Rapids, one of the nation’s oldest Muslim enclaves. But before the rally could take place, aides to Mr. Obama asked Mr. Ellison to cancel the trip because it might stir controversy. Another aide appeared at Mr. Ellison’s Washington office to explain.
“I will never forget the quote,” Mr. Ellison said, leaning forward in his chair as he recalled the aide’s words. “He said, ‘We have a very tightly wrapped message.’ ”
When Mr. Obama began his presidential campaign, Muslim Americans from California to Virginia responded with enthusiasm, seeing him as a long-awaited champion of civil liberties, religious tolerance and diplomacy in foreign affairs. But more than a year later, many say, he has not returned their embrace.
While the senator has visited churches and synagogues, he has yet to appear at a single mosque.
Muslim and Arab-American organizations have tried repeatedly to arrange meetings with Mr. Obama, but officials with those groups say their invitations — unlike those of their Jewish and Christian counterparts — have been ignored. Last week, two Muslim women wearing head scarves were barred by campaign volunteers from appearing behind Mr. Obama at a rally in Detroit.
In interviews, Muslim political and civic leaders said they understood that their support for Mr. Obama could be a problem for him at a time when some Americans are deeply suspicious of Muslims. Yet those leaders nonetheless expressed disappointment and even anger at the distance that Mr. Obama has kept from them.
“This is the ‘hope campaign,’ this is the ‘change campaign,’ ”
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A nation of whining little bitches.
‘We have a very tightly wrapped message.’
Any idea when they get the message they’re not wanted here, in a free, democratic, capitalist, Judeo-Christian Western society?
A nation of whining little bitches.
A day of reckoning is near!!
The core of the campaign is the introduction of communism to our system of government. The message is tightly wrapped because it's hidden and tagged "Do Not Open until Jan 2009".
for crying out loud. now we have “Muslim Americans” ?
for years I’ve gotten more sick of hearing about “African Americans” who’ve never BEEN to Africa.
I know lots of WHITE Americans who were BORN in Africa, yet they are not allowed to be called “African Americans”.
so now, instead of “White” - which seems so unpopular these days, can I start going by “Christian American” ? it sounds so much more “minority”.
Maybe I’ll get some new “rights”, too ?
(/rant)
NOBAMA!
Like other loony lib candidates before B. Hussein haven't projected this same message.
Amazing indeed that, as Muslims presumably ascribing to their beloved Koran, they would dare admit to liking the "Christian" man and even voting for him.
Amazing that the opinions of American Muslims are even treated as newsworthy considering that B. Hussein is, after all, a Christian. Why should the media get Muslim opinions of a Christian candidate?
The jig is up, folks. He's their Muslim candidate and only a dipsh*t can't see that.
Obama and his doting press are playing every angle of victimization.
Not these babes:
Muslim: The “New Black” !
Obama is the Control Freak from Hell!
So, how does Obama's Magic Bus look from the underside?
Oh Keith, you big baby. C’mon man, you know how the muslim game is played. Barack is one of you. Stop acting so hurt. You can have your down-low circle jerk with Wright and Farrakhan in the Lincoln bedroom the night of the inauguration. Patience, my racist pet. Obeymao can’t have you guys in the spotlight until he gets elected. You know that. Sheesh! You want thrown under the bus too? You’ve waited 5 bajillion years years to get your man into the WH, now you’re going cry because he’s being strategic by keeping racists like you off the stage with him for the next 5 months? Give your poor marxist-messiah a break. He knows what’s best for you. He knows what’s best for all of us. Stop being so selfish and let him lie and fool the people he needs to fool. Get a grip. Besides, you’re not the Keith Ellison he used to know anyway.
Worse.....
It should surprise NO ONE that run of the mill Muslims living in America should get the MOST intolerance , the shortest end of the stick, from the very one who promotes himself as THEIR candidate. He is a thoroughgoing phony from head to toe. MOre and more, he reminds me of Bill Clinton. Classic Lefty opportunist Democrat.
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