I would like to thank the OP for the opportunity to say how much I loathe Jake Tapper, the smarmiest white house reporter of all time. That ass could find a “scandal” in the annual easter egg hunt.
That “photo op” last month was just a test run!
Personally, I find a name like “Rush” to be much more suspicious than a name like “Hussein.” “Rush” sounds…Canadian to me.
I don’t think “roots” is as loaded a term as your making it out to be. His fathers family and step-father’s family were Muslim and he spent some of his earlier years in a muslim country, so he has Muslim roots. It doesn’t mean he himself is muslim (indeed, using the word “roots” suggests the opposite), or that he’s currently connected in any intimate way to the muslim community now (again, it implies the opposite, since “roots” suggests something in the past). It seems the most obvious word for what the article writer is referring to. If it said he had roots in Kansas, I doubt anyone would raise an eyebrow, though the degree of connection is about the same.
Honestly, I don’t understand what the OP is freaking out about. The article is talking about something Obama himself is (wisely, I think) trying to stress. The GOP already tried to make hay with this, and ended up looking like a bunch of paranoid nut-bags. And if it didn’t work during the election when people were paying attention and many hadn’t yet formed their own opinion about Barack, it’s not going to hurt him now.
Oh, no, don’t try to slide responsibility onto us. He’s your problem.
Hell, I have Muslims in my family and was born in a country with lots of Muslims around - I guess that means I’m a closet Muslim, too.
Has anyone turned in Anaamika yet? I could use the toaster oven.
It’s like vampirism or lycanthropy. One bite or scratch is all it takes.
ARRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Depends on the terrier, I should think. The Bostons - we’re probably safe. But those Scotties…gotta watch them!
So much for Operation Canadian Bacon…
Try this experiment: Put President Obama inside a large folded piece of paper, squash him with a steamroller, then unfold it and ask people what they see.
Wouldn’t be meaningful, peoples reactions are skewed in a condition of raw shock.
Jeepers, about time someone picked up on that.
Meanwhile, the ads are asking me if I’d like to browse photos of potential muslim brides.
I’ve heard that his mother was held as a slave there, and that young Barack got her freedom by some kind of racing device. And that his midichlorian level is off the charts.
Then it’s a good thing you came in here. I’m somewhat amused by Ron White and Larry the Cable Guy but Engvall and Foxworthy not so much, and that Tosh guy is a no-talent hack.
At least two Presidents did not believe in the divinity of Jesus (which to most people means they weren’t Christians): Taft and Jefferson. But you’re right that that kind of thing probably wouldn’t fly these days.
What’s the best product on the market for covering your Muslim roots? I have a friend who uses “Allah-B-Gone Rinse” but it only lasts for a few days.
Sigh…another sad blot on your record.
And Lincoln. In fact, in his youth he wrote a book debunking Christianity, but a friend pointed out what publishing it would mean for his political ambitions, and he burned the manuscript. See What Lincoln Believed, by Michael Lind.
I’ve only scanned the thread, but my question is…has ANYONE come in ranting about Obama being a closet Muslim? Are there even any 'dopers who are worked up about this (from the ‘ARRRRGGG! He’s a MMMUUUUSSSSSLLLLIIIIMMMM!’ side of the house)?
Seriously, this has all the ear marks of someone starting a thread in GD asking for advocates from the Flat Earth Society…
-XT
Well, come on. If someone from that segment of the Right shows up here, they are in hideous danger of speaking with someone who doesn’t agree with them
Looking at the 9/11 truthers and the TWA 800 800-oids in the threads in GB I think that it is still very likely that we could get some “birthers”
G Gordon Liddy is still one.
And, unfortunately, a good chunk of Americans still get their information from guys like that.