Comments on: Omigod, Obama Not Just Muslim, But Somali Elder! http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2008/02/25/omigod-obama-not-just-muslim-but-somali-elder/ Essays on politics, culture and ideas about Israeli-Arab peace and world music Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:10:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Warren http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2008/02/25/omigod-obama-not-just-muslim-but-somali-elder/#comment-79892 Warren Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:10:41 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2008/02/25/omigod-obama-not-just-muslim-but-somali-elder/#comment-79892 I sometimes wonder where my intractable hostility to Hillary Clinton's candidacy comes from given that there are many admirable things about her. She's a tenacious fighter (which we progressives desperately need). She does have a solid command of the issues. I actually like her health-care plan better than Obama's. Yet the nasty under-handedness of her campaign really gets to me and serves to disqualify her. Hilary's sense of entitlement and seeming willingness to do anything to get the nomination is antithetical to progressive principles; there's just an undemocratic undercurrent to her whole approach to the nomination. With her recent talk of 'risk' and untrustworthiness when it comes to Obama's foreign policy orientation coupled with the Clinton camp's promulgation of this photo, they're clearly trying to Otherize, Islamize, foreignize Obama in a way that's just plain sad. This is straight-up Fox News Bush-Rove world. Happily, it doesn't seem to be working. But these kind of Image Scare-Tactics ought to have no place on the progressive/liberal end of the dial or in the Democratic Party. We glumly expect slimeball Republicans and Neo-Cons to do this sort of stuff, but not the supposed good guys/girls. I sometimes wonder where my intractable hostility to Hillary Clinton’s candidacy comes from given that there are many admirable things about her. She’s a tenacious fighter (which we progressives desperately need). She does have a solid command of the issues. I actually like her health-care plan better than Obama’s. Yet the nasty under-handedness of her campaign really gets to me and serves to disqualify her. Hilary’s sense of entitlement and seeming willingness to do anything to get the nomination is antithetical to progressive principles; there’s just an undemocratic undercurrent to her whole approach to the nomination. With her recent talk of ‘risk’ and untrustworthiness when it comes to Obama’s foreign policy orientation coupled with the Clinton camp’s promulgation of this photo, they’re clearly trying to Otherize, Islamize, foreignize Obama in a way that’s just plain sad. This is straight-up Fox News Bush-Rove world. Happily, it doesn’t seem to be working. But these kind of Image Scare-Tactics ought to have no place on the progressive/liberal end of the dial or in the Democratic Party. We glumly expect slimeball Republicans and Neo-Cons to do this sort of stuff, but not the supposed good guys/girls.

]]> By: Richard Silverstein http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2008/02/25/omigod-obama-not-just-muslim-but-somali-elder/#comment-79871 Richard Silverstein Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:20:44 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2008/02/25/omigod-obama-not-just-muslim-but-somali-elder/#comment-79871 Bill: I'm glad you got the joke. But this story is all over the web and MSM. So a lot of people are taking it very seriously. I wish we could take it merely as a joke. But unfortunately crap like this has been known to sink candidacies before. Bill: I’m glad you got the joke. But this story is all over the web and MSM. So a lot of people are taking it very seriously. I wish we could take it merely as a joke. But unfortunately crap like this has been known to sink candidacies before.

]]> By: americangoy http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2008/02/25/omigod-obama-not-just-muslim-but-somali-elder/#comment-79867 americangoy Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:02:41 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2008/02/25/omigod-obama-not-just-muslim-but-somali-elder/#comment-79867 OMG, and Hillary is Iranian, and so is...Nancy Pelosi and Bush is....Jewish! And so is Hillary's husband! Its a conspiracy! http://makkah.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/clinton-vs-obama-what-is-the-big-deal-over-wearing-muslim-or-jewish-attire/ OMG, and Hillary is Iranian, and so is…Nancy Pelosi and Bush is….Jewish! And so is Hillary’s husband!
Its a conspiracy!

http://makkah.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/clinton-vs-obama-what-is-the-big-deal-over-wearing-muslim-or-jewish-attire/

]]> By: liberal white boy http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2008/02/25/omigod-obama-not-just-muslim-but-somali-elder/#comment-79864 liberal white boy Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:56:10 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2008/02/25/omigod-obama-not-just-muslim-but-somali-elder/#comment-79864 Yes Drudge has long been known for his great sense of humor. Yes Drudge has long been known for his great sense of humor.

]]> By: Bill Pearlman http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2008/02/25/omigod-obama-not-just-muslim-but-somali-elder/#comment-79848 Bill Pearlman Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:28:06 +0000 http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2008/02/25/omigod-obama-not-just-muslim-but-somali-elder/#comment-79848 You've been out in Seattle too long. Not everything is life and death. It's funny. You’ve been out in Seattle too long. Not everything is life and death. It’s funny.

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