The NEW Christian attack on Obama

[Martin TK]

Did any of you hear what the Right Reverend Franklin Graham had to say about our President, today?

He said, and I quote, "Obama's problem is that he was born a Muslim. His father was Muslim, and the seed of Islam is passed to the child from the Father, just as the seed of Judeism is passed through the Mother."

Really, the "seed" is passed.. He said, "you can be born a Muslim and born a Jew, but you can't be born a Christian." WOW, again.... There is NO actual seed, and President Obama's father actually renounced the Muslim Faith, prior to Obama's birth. Further, President Obama wasn't raised by his father, but by his mother and his grandmother. These statements are NOTHING more than RACISM in the worst way, made over bigotry.

This is repugnant mythology, put forth by Graham. Obama embraces all religions as having a fundamental RIGHT to be practiced in this country. It's a scare tactic in an election year, NOTHING more or less than that.

[humblesmurph]

It's such an insidious attack.  Mr. Obama can do no more than profess his faith in Christ.  His unwillingness to attack Islam is being painted as unpatriotic.  Hopefully, other religious types will come out to support the President.

[Will]

I'm pretty sure President Obama's father was an atheist, or at least he de-converted at some point before he met the president's mother.

[The Magic Pudding]

Did any of you hear what the Right Reverend Franklin Graham had to say about our President, today?

He said, and I quote, "Obama's problem is that he was born a Muslim. His father was Muslim, and the seed of Islam is passed to the child from the Father, just as the seed of Judeism is passed through the Mother."

That's interesting, locally public figures tend to resort to the dog whistle technique to send a racist message.
If you're unfamiliar with the dog whistle - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog-whistle_politics
But if it's acceptable to say "Obama's problem is that he was born a Muslim" there is no need for the dog whistle.

[Thumpalumpacus]

Honestly, I think it's just conservatards getting all the mileage they can out of a name that sounds foreign, and, unfortunately, rhymes with "Osama".

Or, to twist a Mencken phrase around a bit, no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.

[Martin TK]

I'm pretty sure President Obama's father was an atheist, or at least he de-converted at some point before he met the president's mother.

I agree with that fact... and of course there is Obama's time in a Muslim School as a kid that the Right LOVES to bring up, but I say going to a Muslim school makes Obama about as Muslim as going to a Catholic School made me a Catholic... NOT..

[Asmodean]

I say going to a Muslim school makes Obama about as Muslim as going to a Catholic School made me a Catholic...