by Karen on August 31, 2010
No matter what he does, the guy just can’t win:
… a new poll finds that Republicans are now taking that rumor one step further. A Newsweek survey released Monday found that a majority of Republicans believe that Obama “sympathizes with the goals of Islamic fundamentalists who want to impose Islamic law around the world.”
According to the poll, 14 percent of Republicans said that from what they knew of Obama, they thought such allegations were “definitely true”; 38 percent thought the allegations were “probably true.”
Meanwhile, 33 percent of Republicans thought they were “probably not true” and 7 percent thought they were “definitely not true.” Asked whether Obama favors the interests of Muslim Americans over other groups of Americans, 59 percent Republicans said yes, whereas 34 percent said he has “generally been evenhanded.”
I’m pretty sure the alleged favouritism has something to do with supporting the first amendment rights of Muslims. How about you?
by Karen on August 30, 2010
Anti-Muslim graffiti on side of mosque in TN telling Muslims to "go home"
Those who are supporting the anti-Muslim hatefest sweeping the nation may want to consider that the Taliban is seeing it’s support rise in the wake of the protests against the Park 51 community center:
Taliban officials know it’s sacrilegious to hope a mosque will not be built, but that’s exactly what they’re wishing for: the success of the fiery campaign to block the proposed Islamic cultural center and prayer room near the site of the Twin Towers in lower Manhattan. “By preventing this mosque from being built, America is doing us a big favor,” Taliban operative Zabihullah tells NEWSWEEK. (Like many Afghans, he uses a single name.) “It’s providing us with more recruits, donations, and popular support.” (via)
He goes on to say that they are expecting more western Muslims to join them and closes by predicting “the more mosques you stop, the more jihadis we will get”.
by Karen on March 27, 2009
Harry Reid has decided to address the outrage some of us have expressed over Democratic senators organizing against the party. And being the rotten fucking coward that he is, this is what he said (via: Think Progress):
I think it’s very unwise and not helpful," Reid said Friday morning. "These groups should leave them alone. It’s not helpful to me. It’s not helpful to the Democratic Caucus.”
Got that? Democratic groups who want democratic politicians to cease trying to block democratic policies are “very unwise” and “not helpful”.
This is why I do not support the party as a whole and will vote against a Democrat if need be. The Democrats suck at actually being Democrats.
