… 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?
He’s lifted the ban on embryonic stem cell research, is working on revoking the conscientious objector clause for medical personnel and he’s also established a new post in the state department for international women’s issues (source):
US President Barack Obama announced Friday the creation of a new foreign policy position designed to tackle global women’s issues.
Obama named Melanne Verveer, an aide in former president Bill Clinton’s administration, as ambassador-at-large for international women’s issues. She will serve at the State Department under Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
The appointment, which has to be approved by the Senate, “is unprecedented and reflects the elevated importance of global women?s issues to the president and his entire administration,” the White House said in a statement.
He will also be signing an executive order that will establish a White House Council on Women and Girls (source):
“The mission of the Council will be to provide a coordinated federal response to the challenges confronted by women and girls to ensure that all Cabinet and Cabinet-level agencies consider how their policies and programs impact women and families,” reads a memo describing the move and obtained by The Fix.
We’ve needed both for quite some time and I’m absolutely delighted to see this happening. Maybe the world will be a bit different by the time my daughter is my age. I sure hope so.
Mike Huckabee has been flamed from all sides for his overt and explicit use of religion to get votes. Now Barack Obama is doing the same by putting out the following brochure in South Carolina: Many have went on defense declaring this okay because Obama is not a raving lunatic like Huckabee. I’m calling bullshit. [...]
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fish. — Anonymous
No matter what he does, the guy just can’t win:
