It never ceases to amaze me how the extreme right or left can rail about “bias” in one breath, and then exhibit clear bias in the next.
According to “Conservapedia“, these are the reasons Barack Obama is likely to be a Muslim. (Someone should let them all in on the fact that this is not actually an insult. Being a Muslim is not a bad thing. Being a short-sighted, racist asshole is, however.) Comments in red are mine.
Obama’s background and education are Muslim (Then they cite that he is Muslim because he attended classes on the Koran while attending a Muslim school. They also cite the fact that it was 2 years at this school, and another 2 years at a Catholic school. So, why do they automatically assign the “negative” affiliation? He spent the same amount of time at both. Or right, calling him a Catholic wouldn’t further their smear agenda.)
Obama’s middle name remains Muslim, which most Christians would not retain (Really? “[M]ost Christians” is definitely a solid fact. I bet they asked “most Christians”. I bet it’s not at all a crazy half assed assumption. It also could not be that it’s the middle name chosen for him and he’s never had a reason to change it. Some people feel that way about the names they’re given by their parents. Christians, for example.)
Obama recently referred to his “Muslim faith” (This references a YouTube video that has been removed.)
Obama uses the Muslim Pakistani pronunciation for “Pakistan” rather than the common American one (Did you know that pronouncing Italy correctly means you REALLY LOVE PASTA? Or maybe it means you’re pronouncing a country the way that country’s residents would like you to pronounce it.)
Obama, in his autobiography “Dreams from My Father” (1995), descibes Muslim Malcolm X as his favorite black leader (This one I believe because he’s been the only man or woman in modern history to claim Malcolm X as a role model or icon, so I guess they got him there.)
Obama’s claims of conversion to Christianity arose after he became politically ambitious, lacking a date of conversion or baptism (Might it be because he was only asked to defend his faith after he entered the political spotlight, and because having to defend it all is utterly ridiculous so he doesn’t feel the need to feed you hungry wolves with a bunch of details that you’d just accuse him of making up anyway.)
The odds of Obama being truthful in his claim that he converted to Christianity are less than 100 to 1 against it, as fewer than 1% of Muslims convert to Christianity. (So they admit that they wouldn’t believe him anyway by citing a statistic that they can’t even prove applies to him. That’s pretty backwards and upsidedown.)
Though, my favorite excerpt comes when they are describing his education. Emphasis mine.
After working as a community organizer in New York City and Chicago, Illinois, Obama enrolled at Harvard Law School. He became a member of the Harvard Law Review, which uses racial quotas, in 1989.
You like that sneaky, passive aggressive, cowardly way they suggest that he became a member of the Review because he’s black, and not because he earned it? Just because you don’t come right out and say it doesn’t mean you’re not a racist piece of shit. Yeah, you’ve really instilled a sense of credibility with that jab. I think I’ll go ahead and believe everything I read on this site now!
In contrast, the article on Palin, which I’m not linking to (you can search for it if you’re interested, but I read it for you and I know you’re not), is all flowery and special, like a summery douche. It brushes right past that whole Bridge to Nowhere business, and never points out a single embarrassing flub or lie she’s told, but it’s important for you to know every tongue-tied moment Barack Obama has experienced.
She participated in a debate with the Democratic VP candidate Joe Biden on October 2, 2008, ending up being declared the winner by most credible news sources that are not influenced by liberal bias.
Except that Biden was declared the winner by the audience, which were independents and undecided voters. But, you know, it’s the liberal bias that we should all be aware of. The liberal bias that appeared all across the wide variety of news sources that Google threw at me in the days following the debate. I guess that means Google is in bed with liberals, too.
So, I am curious. Someone show me these credible news sources and talking heads other than Pat Robertson (yeah, that’s credible) and Old Man McCain that declared her the winner. And then tell me why. I’d like someone to tell me why they believe she won without having to resort solely to trashing Biden, and without a lot of hyperbole. What specific plans did she lay out for health care or fixing the economic crisis? (Stating a bunch of vague crap is not a specific plan.) Will those plans work, and why? What will be their effects? I’d like to know why she thinks “more regulation” and “get out of my way, government” aren’t different, and why the latter would work so well if the bailout is necessary to fix the problem. I’d like to know if she can point me to the 94 times Barack Obama voted to raise my taxes. I’d like someone to explain to me why she thinks expanding the powers of the VP is a good idea when she only learned very recently what her duties as VP would be, and don’t dare tell me she was joking when she said that because we both know that’s baloney.
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The “my Muslim faith” quote involves taking an Obama quote out of context. Here is it:
“Let’s not play games,” [Obama] said. “What I was suggesting — you’re absolutely right that John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith. And you’re absolutely right that that has not come.”
Mr. Stephanopoulos interrupted with, “Christian faith.”
“My Christian faith,” Mr. Obama said quickly. “Well, what I’m saying is that he hasn’t suggested that I’m a Muslim. And I think that his campaign’s upper echelons have not, either. What I think is fair to say is that, coming out of the Republican camp, there have been efforts to suggest that perhaps I’m not who I say I am when it comes to my faith — something which I find deeply offensive, and that has been going on for a pretty long time
I suspected there was more to the quote. Who among us hasn’t replaced what they meant to say with a word floating in their head? It’s the verbal equivalent of putting the milk in the cupboard and the cereal in the fridge.