.....got pumped up as soon as Mitt Romney emerged as a viable candidate for the Republican presidential nomination.
Hugh Hewitt has details.
Excerpts:
"Thus does the left casually open the door to the baldest sort of bigotry, a first cousin of the anti-Catholicism thought buried in 1960, or the anti-Semitism that continues to plague Europe and of course the Middle East. The not-so-deft substitution of 'religious heritage' for 'religion' is supposed, I guess, to protect Jews willing to abandon the outward display of their faith, but for anyone believing in the miraculous of any sort, well, those days of the great tolerance in American politics are over."
"Weisberg’s attack on Romney is exactly the sort of attack on other Christians and believers in the miraculous that the secular left would love to make routine."
But we knew that already, didn't we?
But it's OK to back a Muslim, Barack Hussein Obama, for President??
ReplyDeleteThe hypocrisy of the Dems knows no bounds.
Ummm Isn't Harry Reid Democratic Senate Majority Leader a Mormon? Don't you thing Hugh is making a huge and (untennable)intellectual leap here painting the entire left as anti-mormon? And if I remember correctly the first catholic president was Kennedy a Democrat. It kinda undecuts his point.
ReplyDeleteDoes jaycee's ignorance know no bounds? Check your facts, jaycee. You're wrong again.
ReplyDeleteand didn't hugh work for the nixon admin? which would make him i dunno perhaps party (by association since that seems to be your standard)to the anti catholic meme as nixon was kennedy's opponent.
ReplyDelete"Ummm Isn't Harry Reid Democratic Senate Majority Leader a Mormon?"
ReplyDeleteUmm...
Hugh was talking about Weisberg and the Left in general.
Romney is running for President, Reid isn't. If he was, Weisberg would have been silent.
"And if I remember correctly the first catholic president was Kennedy a Democrat. It kinda undercuts his point."
Ummm......
I must have missed the reference. Where did Hugh use the word "Democrat" in his article?
However, he DID mention Reid here:
"I have heard thousands of complaints from conservatives about Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and his politics, but none of them attack the man because he is Mormon."
Plus, you obviously are not old enough to remember that Kennedy was bitterly opposed within his own party' for the presidential nomination because of his religon, as detailed here.
Excerpt:
"Throughout the 1960 race, JFK faced down concerns about his faith head on - from the West Virginia primary that spring to a speech before a group of Protestant ministers in Houston that fall. Kennedy's acceptance speech to his party's convention at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in mid-July of that year was no different. In a deliberate rhetorical move, the senator tackled the subject near the top of his remarks.
Valid or not, religion was 'the single biggest obstacle to Kennedy's presidency - and he knew it,'said Sorensen, who drafted the convention speech.
'It was an issue that he had encountered constantly during the fight for the nomination.'"
At least jaycee got the name right, unlike Teddy the Swim Coach, who called him "Osama Obama" several times.
ReplyDeleteWhich fact did I get wrong, Roch?
ReplyDeleteWith a name like that, he's a Muslim.
Obama was born to a Muslim father, brought up as a Muslim, and educated in a Muslim school. And you think he's NOT Muslim?
You Dems didn't want a friendly Middle East government, the UAE, in our country, but you'll elect a Muslim as our President??
You deserve what you get.
Here is some background on Obama here and here.
ReplyDeleteExcerpts regarding Obama's Muslim influences:
"His father, also named Barack (Swahili for "One who is blessed by God," and perhaps via Arabic and Semitic roots related to the Hebrew baruch, "blessed") Obama, left his rural Luo-speaking village and his Muslim father to become an 'agnostic' and study economics abroad."
When young Obama was six, his mother married an Indonesian oil manager, a 'non-practicing Muslim,' and the family moved to Jakarta, where his half-sister Maya was born. In this exotic Islamic country, wrote Obama's good friend, the liberal lawyer and best-selling novelist Scott Turow, Barack Obama spent 'two years in a Muslim school, then two more in a Catholic school.'"
On the other hand, there are plenty of folks who would like everyone to think of the senator as "Obambi".
He's just an innocent fawn in this big, evil world......
"Which fact did I get wrong, Roch?"
ReplyDeleteDo your own damn reasearch. I no longer attempt to cure the proudly ignorant.
"With a name like that, he's a Muslim."
I do owe you a debt of gratitude though, Jaycee, for publicly diplaying that the opinions you hold can only be maintained by small-minded stupidity.
"You Dems..."
Once again, Jaycee is wrong. I'm not a Democrat--another example of Jaycee's opinions lazily resting on a foundation of igonrance.
i find it ironic that in the comments in post intitled the new new bigotry you infact show anti-muslim bigotry. so sad.
ReplyDelete"i find it ironic that in the comments in post intitled the new new bigotry you infact show anti-muslim bigotry. so sad."
ReplyDeleteAnd that comment would be addressed to whom?
The epitome of Democratic bigotry was the uproar over the Dubai ports deal. The UAE is extremely friendly, supportive, and an ally of the US and other multi-national forces supporting the war on terror. They are not anti-Christian Muslims, but the Dems ranted and railed until the deal was pulled. Anyone who's been to Dubai or the other Emirates (yes, I have) know this; the ignorant Dems seized upon the fact that the UAE is largely Muslim and discriminated against them on this flimsy evidence.
ReplyDeleteWho's the bigot?
Roch, you still have not shown where I got any "facts" wrong. Your ignorance is a credit to leftists everywhere.
Jaycee,
ReplyDeleteYou asserted that Barak Obama is a Muslim.
I posted that you were wrong.
Like I said, I'm not going to do research for your lazy ass. You can do a Google search and correct yourself or you can let your proud lack of intelligence remain on stark display.
Roch, he is a Muslim.
ReplyDeleteDo your OWN research, or just look at Bubba's post above. Born to a Muslim, brought up as a Muslim, educated as a Muslim. That spells M-U-S-L-I-M to me...how do you see it?
Just how much do you know about the Muslim religion, anyway? Seems like your ignorance is what's on display here.
"Seems like your ignorance is what's on display here." -- jaycee
ReplyDeleteSigh...
Great info, Roch.
ReplyDeleteYou are aware that anyone can add any info to Wikipedia, and nothing is verified or certified? I can add what I want to Hussein Obama's page there, and no one will know if it's true or not.
Interesting that the info on Wikipedia omits any reference to Hussein Obama's Muslim father, Muslim upbringing, and Muslim education.
Hussein Obama is a Muslim, whether you like it or not.
I've stopped being amazed by the depth of stupidity the ignorighteous must go to in order to defend their malformed opinions. So it is no surprise to me that Jaycee finds himslef in the proud position of claiming that he knows Obama's religion better than Obama himself.. Brilliant!
ReplyDeleteRoch, Hussein Obama is a Muslim. Are you blind?
ReplyDeleteHe was born Muslim, raised Muslim, and educated Muslim.
What don't you understand about that?
And, please, don't be mislead by what Hussein Obama says, it's what he is and what he thinks that poses a threat to our country. Or have you never, ever heard of a Dem presidential candidate lying before??
"He was born Muslim..."
ReplyDeleteMore imbecilic thinking. Jaycee believes that religion is genetic.
"Jaycee believes that religion is genetic."
ReplyDeleteYou're right, Roch.
That's like saying that in your family, intelligence is genetic.
We clearly have evidence to the contrary.
Roch, if you knew anything about Muslims you'd know what I'm talking about. Sadly, your ignorance is continually overshadowing your position.
ReplyDeleteMerely declaring yourself a member of one group or another doesn't mean you have that in your heart. Lying by Democratic presidential candidates is expected...does the name C-L-I-N-T-O-N ring a bell??
Hussein Obama is a Muslim; born, bred, brought up and educated as such.
Do you really want a Muslim as our president?
Roch, if you knew anything about Muslims you'd know what I'm talking about. Sadly, your ignorance is continually overshadowing your position.
ReplyDeleteMerely declaring yourself a member of one group or another doesn't mean you have that in your heart. Lying by Democratic presidential candidates is expected...does the name C-L-I-N-T-O-N ring a bell??
Hussein Obama is a Muslim; born, bred, brought up and educated as such.
Do you really want a Muslim as our president?
Even Hillary Clinton knows Hussein Obama is a Muslim and is asking questions about why Obama concealed it from the public:
ReplyDelete(Sorry about the length, but I don't know how to link this story from Insight Magazine)
Hillary's team has questions about Obama's Muslim background
Are the American people ready for an elected president who was educated in a Madrassa as a young boy and has not been forthcoming about his Muslim heritage?
This is the question Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s camp is asking about Sen. Barack Obama.
An investigation of Mr. Obama by political opponents within the Democratic Party has discovered that Mr. Obama was raised as a Muslim by his stepfather in Indonesia. Sources close to the background check, which has not yet been released, said Mr. Obama, 45, spent at least four years in a so-called Madrassa, or Muslim seminary, in Indonesia.
"He was a Muslim, but he concealed it," the source said. "His opponents within the Democrats hope this will become a major issue in the campaign."
When contacted by Insight, Mr. Obama’s press secretary said he would consult with “his boss” and call back. He did not.
Sources said the background check, conducted by researchers connected to Senator Clinton, disclosed details of Mr. Obama's Muslim past. The sources said the Clinton camp concluded the Illinois Democrat concealed his prior Muslim faith and education.
"The background investigation will provide major ammunition to his opponents," the source said. "The idea is to show Obama as deceptive."
In two best-selling autobiographies—"The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream" and "Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance"—Mr. Obama, born in Honolulu where his parents met, mentions but does not expand on his Muslim background, alluding only to his attendance at a "predominantly Muslim school."
The sources said the young Obama was given the name Hussein by his Muslim father, which the Illinois Democrat rarely uses in public.
His father was black and came from Kenya. Mr. Obama’s mother, the daughter of a farmer, came from Wichita, Kansas. Mr. Obama's parents divorced when he was two years old. His father returned to Kenya.
Later, Mr. Obama's mother married an Indonesian student and the family moved to Jakarta. Mr. Obama returned to Hawaii when he was 10 to live with his maternal grandparents.
The sources said the background check concerned Mr. Obama's years in Jakarta. In Indonesia, the young Obama was enrolled in a Madrassa and was raised and educated as a Muslim. Although Indonesia is regarded as a moderate Muslim state, the U.S. intelligence community has determined that today most of these schools are financed by the Saudi Arabian government and they teach a Wahhabi doctrine that denies the rights of non-Muslims.
Although the background check has not confirmed that the specific Madrassa Mr. Obama attended was espousing Wahhabism, the sources said his Democratic opponents believe this to be the case—and are seeking to prove it. The sources said the opponents are searching for evidence that Mr. Obama is still a Muslim or has ties to Islam.
Mr. Obama attends services at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago’s South Side. However, he is not known to be a regular parishioner.
"Obama's education began a life-long relationship with Islam as a faith and Muslims as a community," the source said. "This has been a relationship that contains numerous question marks."
The sources said Mr. Obama spent at least four years in a Muslim school in Indonesia. They said when Mr. Obama was 10, his mother and her second husband separated. She and her son returned to Hawaii.
"Then the official biography begins," the source said. "Obama never returned to Kenya to see relatives or family until it became politically expedient."
In both of his autobiographies, Mr. Obama characterizes himself as a Christian—although he describes his upbringing as mostly secular.
In “The Audacity of Hope,” Mr. Obama says, "I was not raised in a religious household." He describes his mother as secular, but says she had copies of the Bible, the Koran and the Bhagavad Gita in their home.
Mr. Obama says his father was "raised a Muslim, but by the time he met my mother he was a confirmed atheist...." Mr. Obama also describes his father as largely absent from his life. He says his Indonesian stepfather was "skeptical" about religion and "saw religion as not particularly useful in the practical business of making one's way in the world ...."
In the book, Mr. Obama briefly addresses his education in Indonesia. "During the five years that we would live with my stepfather in Indonesia, I was sent first to a neighborhood Catholic school and then to a predominantly Muslim school; in both cases, my mother was less concerned with me learning the catechism or puzzling out the meaning of the muezzin's call to evening prayer than she was with whether I was properly learning my multiplication tables."
from bubba's source "Sen. Obama speaks as a man of faith. He attends Trinity United Church of Christ (UCC) church in Chicago,"
ReplyDeleteSTFU bubba
"STFU bubba'
ReplyDeletePay attention before you run your mouth, Juan.
Or would you prefer the comment I made the last time you made that stupid remark to me?
ooh i'm uh scared Bubba is threatening to threaten me. lol
ReplyDeletejuan/waitingforvizzini, your comments on here are as utterly inane, useless, and irrelevant as on the CA.
ReplyDeleteAs Bubba suggested, go back over to Ed Cone's where your depth and wit is considered brilliant compared to the regular Cone participant.
Hmmm CNN debunks false report about Obama. looks like more reading for you.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/22/obama.madrassa/index.html