This is laughable. But welcome to America.
WASHINGTON (ABP) -- Churchgoing Congregationalist Barack Obama is being forced once again to explain that he is not secretly a Muslim bent on furthering an international Islamic conspiracy by winning the presidency.Posted by tripp at January 17, 2008 09:17 PMJewish and other religious leaders have joined him in denouncing an e-mail campaign that has resurfaced in primary states in recent weeks. Various versions of the messages have spread since at least January of 2007, when the conservative online magazine Insight published an article that falsely asserted Obama attended a madrassa, or Islamic religious school, while he lived in Indonesia.
During a debate between Democratic presidential hopefuls Jan. 15 in Las Vegas, the Illinois senator was asked about the whisper-campaign rumors. The debate moderator, NBC Nightly News host Brian Williams, referred specifically to an e-mail NBC News had received. It said Obama had sworn his congressional oath of office on a Koran and that he refused to recite the Pledge of Allegiance or respect the United States flag.
It may be laughable, but it is also irritating. And some people will repeat anything....
If I may be so bold, I think it is perpetrated by folks who don't like the fact that he is Black, but know that is the worst thing they could admit to. So they latch on to the Muslim thing as a substitute. There was a congressman who swore on the Koran and he is a Muslim, but of course I can't remember who he is, but I think he is from some midwestern state.
Good Lord, Deliver us.
Posted by: IdaSusan - Dave'sMom at January 18, 2008 03:17 PM