Congress's One Muslim Member Says Clinton Camp Taking Advantage of Obama Smear

For Clinton to disavow herself from those assertions is disingenuous at best.
For those that act like this is not a race issue more a religion issue must live under a rock. There's tremendous Anti-Muslim sentiment in this country right now. Anything associated with Islam is automatically assumed extremist. Then throw in the fact that Barack is of color with the middle name Hussein. Please those tactics fall right into the minds of the ill-informed and bigots.

60 Minutes showed a small segment of individuals that truly believed the Obama rumors (i.e. being Muslim, doesn't know the national anthem, etc.). Ignorance still permeates this culture.

The mere fact that Obama is a thorn in Clinton's side shows, it never was and never will be a mandate that she be the Democratic nominee. Even Clinton's speech is divisive, us Democrats, those Republicans. At the end of the freaking day we're all Americans. She's sold a lot of people of on her pipe dream and people have definitely inhaled.

It is true that Obama is not a Muslim. It is also true that he is a member of a church where the main pastor supports and has honored Farrakhan, where the same pastor has talked about whites in very unfavorable terms, and is the same pastor who Obama BANNED from his campaign announcement speech due to the controversy he would bring. If Hillary belonged to a church or organization where the leader honored someone who is outspoken on the other side or who is as controversial as the pastor of Obama's church is she would be forced to leave that church or organization. That is where there should be a focus.

I've been seeing this neo-nazi stuff too. I wonder why they've been so successful in spreading it. doesn't seem like the media wants to expose them are just letting them possibly hijack the election - like that guy on 60 Minutes actually believed that stuff until Steve Kroft told him it wasn't true. I bet there's a whole bunch of people just like that...

Obama is taking advantage of it, he needs to keep bringing it up to show he is suffering.

The pity vote, the sympathy vote.

Other wise he would of dropped it.

A sane, well adjusted Adult, would of let it roll off.

B O's followers have used the race card so many times in this campaign...I didn't notice it til North Carolina when, of a sudden, Bill Clinton, til then known as "The First Black President" uttered a truth.... that Martin Luther King could not have accomplished his wonderful dream without the actions of President Johnson...

He was slammed for having spouted a racist slur. Obama encouraged this intentional misinterpretation... and blew it up into a BIG ISSUE.

But the real bigots in this campaign are those who turned up the Black Joker... reverse racism... and that is NOt either Bill nor Hillary Clinton!

The bloggers who slung the most slime..were not associated with Hillary Clinton.

The whiner who wins the whiner's whistle
is NOT Hillary Clinton.

He who has been the most devious.... is Not Hillary Clinton.

IT WOULD BE A FOOLISH MOVE ON THE PART OF HILLARY TO PARTNER WITH OBAMA.
SHE WOULD BE BETTER OFF WITH SPIDERMAN AS HER VP; after all, he could mesmerize the populace just as well as B O, and re-direct air traffic and off-topic posts as needed.

All joking aside, Hillary is definitely the best person for the job... and it IS a job... of President..... and she will prove to be a brilliant and dedicated servant for our country.

We NEED a leader who's feisty and loyal and sharp. And even Obama admitted once that she's nice enough.

So....

Give 'em Hell, Hillary

Smooth talk did not win the day. Hard work dealing with the issues and asking the tough questions about real answers to the problems of or country won. Anyone who shows me that gets my vote!!!

OBAMA-YIKES: Michelle O's post was good, although it's pretty hard to separate the Clinton and Obama positions, and there were some pretty major holes in some of the arguments, starting with #1 (Are Arkansas schools the national model?) It was also plagiarized - (David Speakman used it on 2/12/08; Taylor Marsh used it on 2/29/08; and various others have used it since then.) It doesn't seem that tough to cite a source.

ANY NEGATIVE PERSONAL ATTACK ON SENATOR OBAMA IS ALL BLAME TO SENATOR CLINTON !!

SO PEOPLE WILL SYMPATHIZED WITH THE SENATOR OBAMA AND THEY WILL HAVE A PITTY PARTY !!!

FOR ALL YOU KNOW THEY ARE JUST CREATING THIS AS JUST PART OF THE OBAMA CAMP POLITICAL STRATEGY - IT'S POLITICAL TATICS -IT'S PART OF THE GAME.

NOW A DAY VOTERS ARE MUCH WISER - VOTERS ARE NOT BORN YESTERDAY !!

STOP FANTASYING FOCUS ON THE ISSUE AND PRESENT IT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHAT IS YOU PLAN.

Oops: 'twas Kroft, not Russert, who interrogated Clinton. Guys in ties look alike to me.

If Mr. Obama wanted a bump-free ride, maybe he should'da stuck with "Barry", huh?

I'm a John Edwards supporter, who hopes he will become the Democratic nominee in Denver, instead of either face of Hillobama. In other words, I'm no Clinton partisan.

Just the same, I think Clinton's being bullied on this subject -- and that the bullying DOES seem to have a certain ganging-up character one associates with, uh, males on females.

I have next to no interest in whether Obama could conceivably in some way technically -- perhaps because of something his father or stepfather could have done in Obama's childhood --be called "Muslim". Being Muslim is not a crime in the U.S., after all.

In terms of religion, Obama says he's a "Christian", a claim and designation which other "Christians", according to my understanding, are bound to accept.

"As far as I know" -- which Clinton only said when prodded and prodded on a subject which shouldn't even BE a subject -- is PERFECTLY okay (it's a phrase which makes about as much sense, conversationally, as "in my opinion"), a reasonably qualifier in ANY situation).

I'M not so sure, either -- and maybe none of us should be (including MSNBC's Dan Abrams, who I think started this second-guessing of Clinton's reasonable response to a repeated semi-offensive question) -- that ANY prescribed certitude on the part of white talking heads can protect OBAMA -- as opposed to cornering Clinton -- from questions about "Muslim" matters related to his upbringing.

ESPECIALLY if Obama winds up on the Democratic ticket, I'm sure this will be red meat for the nativist right wing -- this matter is not going to go away. O's taken to saying he was born to a single mother, which isn't quite the case: in terms of U.S. law, he was born to a bigamously-MARRIED mother. There are Americans who don't care for multiple marriages -- but that's really, in fairness, not Hillary Clinton's fault.

"So far as I know", Obama's not a Muslim -- but I don't know what form of baptism, naming ceremony, or whatever Obama had as an infant. HE may not know. Obama's Muslim stepfather may not have involved him, in Indonesia, in any cultural/religious activities, but that's as. far. as. I. -- or you, or whoever -- know.

And: SO. WHAT??

In any case, it's not CLINTON's fault that she -- not Obama, the person you'd THINK Tim Russert would have leaned on, if he's so all-fired interested in nailing down all the corners of Obama's non-"Muslim" status -- was put on the spot on this subject.

Clinton herself, way back when, did some work for the Black Panthers, among whose membership were many with "Muslim" connections.

And: SO. WHAT??

This is a sad manuever, especially if it is coming from an Obama surrogate, although I doubt that Obama sanctioned this positioning. I will agree that the right wing, particularly those that are vile Hillary bashers, are equally quick to attempt to brand the competitor negatively, by goofy tactics such as using his middle name, but I do not for one second believe that Hillary's campaign is doing such itself. No way, no how. She is tough, but there are certain lines that she will not cross, and she has always been pro-Muslim as well as pro-Israel, since we should all get it out on the table. I don't know if others have short memories, but as I recall, the U.S. government, under Clinton saved the Muslims in the Bosnian war from genocide. Hillary Clinton does the right thing, always has, always will.

Clinton camp will do or say anything to win! I remember when everyone wanted George Bush because he was one of them "a guy they could drink a beer with" and now look what we have a bad war, a bad ecomomy, a bad reputation in the world and a country getting worst not better! Now we want White water, Monica, lost Democratic congress, Vince Foster, I can't think of anything positive the Clintons bring back to the white house.

Dog Soldier: I don't whine. Hillary was a privileged child, went to a privileged Ivy League school and spent the bulk of her life as a corporate attorney making a six-figure salary. She did sit on the Walmart Board, a company with one of the worst healthcare records in the US but "she can't remember if she ever discussed it with them". We should go with the voter's decisions. But they deserve the truth. Hillary Clinton has claimed for the past year that she has 35 years of experience. That dog won't hunt. I think a lot of people in West Virginia and eastern PA are going to be surprized to learn that for most of her adult life, she made more in a year than they make in ten.

Wow. Land of the free and home of the brave.

Mr. Obama is a Christian. But, in theory, in America, people can worship according to any religion - and should not be considered a 'terrorist' because they observe Islam.

Mr. Obama has now weathered the onslaught of the 'kitchen sink' and will weather whatever else may come his way - all in order to try to change the country - for the better. That's called - brave.

I wonder how old Mr. Obama was when he learned to effectively deal with - arses.

Jealousy, envy, to date - too good of a role model? How sad.

"Ellison is also active on a national level in advocacy for Muslims in the United States"

So this is the kind of person who would be in an Obama administration? Would he be Secretary of State?

I keep asking the same thing over and over why does Hillary have to defend if Obama is a Muslim or not?

Can Obama not answer that question for his self if the press is so interested in finding out? The media will have to prove their case if they feel there are questions about Obama's religion that needs to be answered.

Here we have this other idiot in congress that is a Muslim why did he not just say that Obama is not a Muslim and defend Obama on that rather then trying to make something stick on Hillary.

I think he would be in a better position to know what religion Obama is or is not since he knows that Hillary was trying to smear Obama with her answer.

Mara Clinton sat on the Wal Mart environmental board. You can whine all you want but the Folks in Texas, Ohio, and Rhode Island say she does understand their needs. I don't argue with the voters choice. Perhaps you might want to skip the actual voter choice in PA and have them do as you order. Or do you just have problems when voter chose someone other than prince charming?

One bad outing for Sen. Obama and he's crumbling. He calls Lorne Michaels of SNL to complain; he gets the only Muslim member of Congress to cry bigotry; and get this he blames Hillary's criticisms and the media for his losses. Ha, ha... anything less than the media completely fawning over him is a raw deal for Sen. Obama!

Affirmative Action: I'm white, I'm an independent voter and I am a rabid patriot, and I completely disagree with your statement on Michelle Obama. I came of age in an America when you could still get ahead, you could get a college education even if you came from poor parents, where you could hope that your kids would inherit a better country and better chances than you had. That America is gone. That's not negativity - that's simple truth. And I'm not saying that because I'm a whiner, or because I got chances through affirmative action, or because I drink too much kool-aid. I'm saying that because America gave me a chance and I am grateful for it. I want to give back - and I believe that this country has the resources and the imagination and the drive and the heart and the courage to change.

The pictures of obamas trip to Kenya were already on the Internet and available to anyone, before The so called leak.

The picture appeared on a page depiction of natural culture of the area.
I am sure the people putting it up did so with pride. I am sure they had no idea mr. Obama would be so offended or ashamed to be associated with them or their history.

A grown up would of said, yes that was on my vacation, or Me on my trip to Africa.

Mr Obama is so much in to fault finding.
Blaming every one for things.

In his speeches, everything wrong in the world is the governments fault.

He has been in The US Senate 2 years, so It is his fault.

We all know Mr Obama, will admit no wrong, We all know mr Obama will not answer questions directly. We know mr Obama will do anything to win this election.

We wish mr Obama, would give details and answer questions directly.