So What If He Were Muslim?

Don???t worry about Obama being a radical. He???d sell his own mother in order go get to the white house. He, like those who support him will change their mind as many times as is necessary in order to achieve what they want.

Barack Hussein Obama for President !
A natural born citizen of the United States of America!
Born in Hawaii no matter what you bunch of punk ass creeps try to make others believe !
A Christian Family man with love for all of you bastardos who try to destroy him as well. Take your thieving, prevaricating Republicans and sticke em where the sun doen't shine.Did I say that outloud? You a\

Truth is irrelevant here. Over the last 8 years, Republicans have made great use of the fact that if you repeat a lie enough times, the majority of American people will accept it as truth.

Thank you Newsweek for bringing up this crap again. Did you or not antcipate that the closet racists were are just looking for an accuse to not vote for Obama and would take this article totally out of context. If Obama was a Muslim, which is NOT, the McCain camp would have no problem exploiting this issue, but they have not. The Muslim faith is no different from other religions, they have good law-abiding people, and bad people who are extreme, who twist the religion around to suit them and justify wrongdoings. just like Christians. Yes, I said Christians. Some of the most bigoted, hypocritical and judgemental people I know, and I was raised as one.

First of all, it's not surprising that 10-12% of Americans think Obama is a muslim. We live in a country where people like Rosy O'Donnel can spout off millions about a 9/11 Bush conspiracy and a third of people profess belief in UFO's with no scientific evidence. The 10% believing him to be muslim is the usual percentage of ignorant people our country accepts in our free society.

As to Islamophobia, I can't believe you would even ask the question. Of course there are a lot of Americans with fears of the religion. I can assure you that the 9/11 hyjackers did not shout, "Jesus is Lord" when they crashed the planes. The people murdering Americans are professing a belief in Islam. Of course all Muslims aren't suicide bombers but the ones that are, are. To not recognise that fact is to deny rational thought.

Finally, Obama will be elected or deafeated based on his policies and character, not by color or religion. Those issues are far more important to the pundits than the vast majority of Americans.

Geoff
Seattle, WA

Well. as most of us Americans know that the radical muslims have ruined it for the decent muslims. You cannot blame the decent Americans for doubting anyone that comes from that religion now. They have always said they would get us from within. Look at all the mosques that are teaching hate and all that crap about Americans. Their kids go to these marassis (sp) and learn all of it. Like we americans want to kill all of them and tell them that we are the devils and eat little kids and the list goes on an on with all this hubbub. just nonsense and kids don't know the difference. They teach it in our colleges and universities also in case you do not know....

Romney - an effete French-speaking millionaire.

McCain - an aging old fart who is still reliving his Viet Nam days, still fighting the wars, but he ditched his first wife for a millionairess. Now he too is a mega-millionaire. Out of touch. Out of tune. and Running Out of Time.

Bushes - the most mysterious family in the USA. Supporters of the Hitler regime. Wall Street Scions. Mega-millionaires with close ties to Saudi Princes and the Bin Laden family. Architects of two of the worst banking crises in the history of the USA. Perpetrators of four wars, reinstitution of torture, imprisoning illegally, profiteering off national disasters like Hurricane Katrina, and of course, creating one of the world's largest humanitarian crises in the Middle East - displacing MILLIONS of people from their ancestral homes in Iraq permanently.

Do my fellow Americans really want to be represented by these *** for another four years?

Try to adapt. Try to embrace cool. Try not to blow it again. The world is watching, hoping and waiting for us to wise up and show our true colors once again: Courage, Loyalty, Decency, Intelligence, Ingenuity, Honesty.

We have lost our way with the Bushes. McSame and Romney will be like Laurel and Hardy trying so hard to appeal to the Middle Class - the majority in this country who works hard to put a roof over their heads. These effete, elitist millionaires are not only out of touch - they're out. Period.

Everyone on this blog is confusing Muslim with Fundamentalist Extremist.

Fundamentalism - in any religion - is truly the danger. Not someone's Muslim, Buddhist, Christian or Jewish faith in moderation. It's Zionists, Fundy White Supremicists, and Muslim extremists who are the threats to peace and prosperity.

Down with Fundamentalist Religion - it is the roadblock to Peace. I'm all for any religion in the White House, as are most Americans. The nuts on this posting are totally out there.

I'm sorry for all you guys thinking that the US is a Utopian society, it's not. A Muslim has no chance at becoming President for the forseeable future. We are bigots and what's more we know it. Personally I could careless if Obama was a Muslim (funny how we all love Muhammad Ali) he's the best man for the job. But there are far too many others that do care because they are bigots whether they want to admit it or not. That said, Obama is not a Muslim, end of story.

WHAT KIND OF A COUNTRY DO WE LIVE IN WHERE A WOLF DRESSED UP AS A SHEEP, IS GETTING ALL THE PRESS? I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT IN OUR COUNTRY, ALL WE HAVE FOR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, IS A WOMAN, A MUSLIM RUNNING FOR THE DEMOCRACY! UNBELIEVABLE!!!

E Pluribus Unum...

Guess foiks who call themselves American haven't really grasped that concept. Or perhaps it's only applicable when candidates of different ethnicities and religious backgrounds happen to be.... REPUBLICAN.

Republicans do not have the corner on being American and patriotic. They do have the corner on electing terrible presidents.

It is naive in the extreme to think that anyone of Muslim faith would be elected as president in America in 2008. We have been attacked by Muslim extremists - did you think people wouldn't notice?

Just as someone of Russian descent could not have been elected in the 1950's or even '60's, because their ties to our enemy of that moment, the Communists, would have been suspect, so too would anyone with ties to Islam, however tenuous, be acceptable now.

But the proplem is worse than barring someone of the Muslem faith from the Oval Office. Evangelcals in this country have made Christianity -specifically, blind allegiance to Christianity - the litmus test. It isn't even enough to be Christian anymore, one has to be the "right" type of Christian. You have to love Jesus enough, and in the correct way - even McCain, without any vague ties to Islam is suspect.

All religions don't have equal access to the Oval Office, and haven't for some time. But in the last 20 years, it has become increasingly apparent that for many, there is only one religion that is acceptable for any Oval Office candidate, and that is the radical, born-again, evangelical brand of Christianity that thrives on intolerance and arrogance.

To them, Obama, with his message of tolerance, diplomacy, working together to find solutions, and his personal beliefs in a women's right to chose what happens to her body, will never be acceptable. His family ties to moderate Moslems are just a convenient way to paint him as unacceptable - as far as evangelical Christians are concerned, he IS the infidel.

And he would be if he had no family ties to Islam.