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Obama stimulus cost more than Bush's war

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by basso, Aug 25, 2010.

  1. Bandwagoner

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    I still cannot see this as a reason to have someone 100% nailed as a racist. I have read that since his father was a Muslim, most in the Islam community consider him a Muslim. Are they also racist? the line of thinking just has a huge hole for me.

    I think Obama is not religious, and just uses religion to get stuff done which I have no problem with. When I want to help the poor I go to...........the CHURCH. Huge surprise.
     
  2. Invisible Fan

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    It's shorthand to make him foreign and un-American. This was seen during a McCain rally where some old lady called him Muslim and an Arab after saying she didn't trust him and feared what America would be if Obama was elected.
     
  3. FranchiseBlade

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    To 100% nail someone as a racist, no. But to give an indication that someone is, sure.

    I haven't seen any link that shows most Muslims consider him a Muslim. Though if that is true based on some Muslim traditions it's off the point since those wouldn't be the reasons Saintcougar would believe him to be a Muslim.
     
  4. Steve_Francis_rules

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    I'm not calling you a liar, but I really doubt that is true. Unlike being Jewish, being Muslim is actually about religious and not ethnic identity. I doubt most Muslim people would consider a guy who has never been a practicing Muslim before in his life one of their own.
     
  5. Deckard

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    Exactly. The charge is so ludicrous that I can see no other rational explanation, unless this dude is 11 years old. If he is, then I apologize.
     
  6. Mathloom

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    That's true. Since Obama was elected, I have never heard anyone in the Muslim-majority United Arab Emirates or Turkey claim that Obama is Muslim.

    I have seen non-Muslim Kenyans celebrating his campaign success.

    The idea is strictly and purely housed in America. I'd go as far as to say 98% of people outside America who think he is Muslim have never seen any evidence and are only regurgitating what they have heard from Fox News or whatever.
     
  7. Bandwagoner

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    what about the Muslim Kenyans?
     
  8. Mathloom

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    Probably? I don't know, I haven't seen any.

    I just happened to see the one Kenyan group of people at work celebrating.
     
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