SOCIAL: Finally a Decent Republican....

[Tom Radulovich]

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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