Posted on 07/30/2009 7:26:52 AM PDT by pissant
Throughout the 2008 campaign, Barack Hussein Obama claimed it was a “smear” to refer to him as “Barack Hussein Obama.” The candidate had initially rhapsodized over how his middle name, the name of the prophet Mohammed’s grandson, would signal a new beginning in American relations with the Muslim world. But when the nomination fight intensified, Obama decided that Islamic heritage was a net negative. So, with a media reliably uncurious about political biographies outside metropolitan Wasilla, Obama did what Obama always does: He airbrushed his personal history on the fly.
Suddenly, it was “just making stuff up,” as Obama put it, for questioners “to say that, you know, maybe he’s got Muslim connections.” “The only connection I’ve had to Islam,” the candidate insisted, “is that my grandfather on my father’s side came from [Kenya]. But I’ve never practiced Islam.” Forget about “Hussein”; the mere mention of Obama’s middle initial — “H” — riled the famously thin-skinned senator. Supporters charged that “shadowy attackers” were “lying about Barack’s religion, claiming he is a Muslim.” The Obamedia division at USA Today, in a report subtly titled “Obama’s grandma slams ‘untruths,’” went so far as to claim that Obama’s Kenyan grandmother is a Christian — even though a year earlier, when Obama’s “flaunt Muslim ties” script was still operative, the New York Times had described the same woman, 85-year-old Sara Hussein Obama, as a “lifelong Muslim” who proclaimed, “I am a strong believer of the Islamic faith.”
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Excellent article....a voice of reason while many ex-Conservatives run over to DailyKos.
This issue is not going away. There will be some fun townhall meetings coming up....
She is ruthless, has resources, and has gotten away with much.
Don’t forget the Thomas Lifson justification. He wrote a stellar article on AmericanThinker yesterday in which he pointed to the degree of Democrat cover-up that is going on over this issue. As he said, where there’s this much lying, obfuscating smoke, you can bet there is a very real and dangerous (to Obama/Dems) fire.
pissant,
thanks for the posting this excellent article. If I could write like McCarthy I’d have my own column.
Andrew C. McCarthy has written about the core issue of Obama: a lack of honesty and deception at a fundamental level. Lying comes as naturally to Obama as caring did to Mother Teresa.
The more we know of Obama, the less there is to like. With each passing day, the mask comes off. This facade is part and parcel of Obama.
I do not know if he is eligible to be President. I have not seen proof. Neither has anyone else - BOR’s & KOS claims to the contrary.
And before certain people classify me as nirther or birther, save your breath: I am a skeptical, rational, and sober individual.
At the most Obama is ineligible. IMO, this is not a probability, but it is a possibility.
At the very least, Obama is hiding something of lesser impact. Something that should have been addressed head on.
When Obama became the black knight in shining armor in pre-Senatorial and later Senatorial days when Jesse Jackson and others saw Presidential hope in him, any hopes to change the record for the sake of accuracy faded.
Instead of stating up that he needed to correct a few things he swallowed the flattery. He was already known as one persona, whatever that might mean, and a gradual cover-up began.
Something that might have been just embarrassing years ago has now become a great liability. He has a tar baby on his hands. He and his family have hidden things, perhaps destroyed records, and deflected for years. Now his handlers and the MSM are continuing the deflection.
When the record(s) do become public, which they will, further doubt will be cast upon our President. A hard core group will still believe in the Obama, but the middle will shift away.
To those who say we should concentrate on other issues such as health care and cap and tax; reminder, it is possible to chew gum and walk at the same time.
Yes. And yet there are conservatives who call the birthers nuts and idiots. Lifson an idiot? Rush and idiot? JimRob and idiot? Mccarthy an idiot? Me and you idiots? I don’t think so.
See this, if you have not already. It’s not just Obama being dishonest
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2304170/posts
Andy’s a woman? Can I have her email? I’ll send a thank you too!
This should be sent to O Really. He needs to understand what the issue is REALLY about.
And to Drudge, Rush, Dobbs etc.
ping for later
Andy is a dude
Yes, thanks. I had read it. IMO, she has become another one of the handlers in the deception.
My mistype...He’s a man...wasn’t thinking while typing...Follow links to contacts...I used letter to editor and put in Andrews name in content area.
I don’t believe she wrote either statement.
BINGO!
People should keep a copy of this article to give to family and friends when trying to explain “the birther” story. It’s a great summary.
huh?
your post makes no sense.
Unless his job was to take a dive. Then he did it flawlessly.
Lifson’s piece on AmericanThinker drew many excellent comments, as well [over a hundred and counting, which is a lot for AT]. One that particularly caught my attention was by a poster calling himself Sam Sewell, about halfway down the second p. of comments. He has his own site dedicated to the subject, which contains some valuable information:
thesteadydrip.blogspot.com
[Please nobody post the Shameless Promotion icon; it’s not my site. I don’t have nearly such excellent credentials as ‘Sam Sewell.’]
Yes, I’ve seen the steady drip!
Rhambo worked for the Clintons. I’ll bet he has some dirt on them that he would not hesitate to use to keep them quiet and compliant.
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