SOCIAL: Finally a Decent Republican....

[Amandeep Jawa]

Here is the picture Powell was referring to:

http://tinyurl.com/5lyxrv


On Oct 19, 2008, at 3:09 PM, Tom Radulovich wrote:

> I thought Powell's point – that Obama is a Christian and has always  
> been one, but so what if he was a Muslim – was right on; and going  
> on to say that he wanted a 7-year old Muslim kid to think he could  
> grow up to be president of the country some day, and the story about  
> the American Muslim soldier who died fighting in Iraq, were pretty  
> awesome. Democratic and Republican conventional wisdom has congealed  
> around the idea that one must be a devout Christian to be president,  
> so it was great to hear Powell remind us that even if it is  
> currently so, it may not always be so.
>
> As to the woman at the McCain Rally, she struggled a bit for the  
> word, but eventually blurted out 'Arab'. McCain reassured her that  
> she was wrong, and that Obama was actually a 'decent family man'. So  
> many Americans think of Arab and Muslim as more-or-less  
> interchangeable categories, but might be surprised to find out that  
> millions of Arabs (and a majority of Arab Americans) are Christian  
> (including Issa, Sununu pere et fils, and Abraham, but also Ralph  
> Nader and Edward Said), and that of the top 8 countries by Muslim  
> population, only one (Egypt) is predominantly Arab.
>
> On Oct 19, 2008, at 10:35 AM, Manish Champsee wrote:
>
>> fair enough and a good point.  I was somewhat amused at the woman  
>> at the townhall who said Obama was an Arab..Arab-Americans tend to  
>> lean Republican including the Sununu's, Spencer Abraham and  
>> apparently even the odious Darrell Issa.
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 9:07 AM, Amandeep Jawa  
>> <deep at deeptrouble.com> wrote:
>> It is not about endorsing Obama, it is about refuting this culture  
>> of hate and fear.
>>
>> Obviously not all Republicans are heinous, but the silence at the  
>> very top of this party has been deafening.  Here at last, is  
>> someone of national stature saying "and Muslims are evil? WTF?"
>>
>> 'deep
>>
>> ..ps
>> Besides, most Americans don't know who Chuck Hagel is much less his  
>> wife.  And I don't know who Gilchrist is, thus I'm not sure he  
>> exists.
>>
>>
>> On Oct 19, 2008, at 11:58 AM, Manish Champsee wrote:
>>
>>> in fairness, there have been a number of "decent" Republicans  
>>> already (assuming that we are equating "decent" with support  
>>> Obama)....
>>>
>>> Chuck Hagel's wife has endorsed Obama (and Hagel himself hasn't  
>>> endorsed either, but it would seem that his feelings are clear).   
>>> Chris Buckley, Susan Eisenhower (i.e. Ike's grand-daughter), and  
>>> Wayne Gilchrist have all endorsed Obama.
>>>
>>> Beyond that, there are a number of decent Republicans, even if I  
>>> don't agree with them on many issues.
>>>
>>> Manish
>>>
>>> On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Amandeep Jawa  
>>> <deep at deeptrouble.com> wrote:
>>> & no, I haven't forgotten his speech at the U.N.
>>>
>>> all of his statement is good, but a little after the 4:20 mark he  
>>> starts into something that I really wanted to hear said....
>>> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/27265746#27265490
>>>
>>>
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