What Obama Could Say

Posted on January 26th, 2008 by Neil Aquino

A rumor is going around that Senator Barack Obama is a Muslim.

This rumor is false.

Here is what Senator Obama has said in denying the rumor–

“I’ve been a member of the same church for nearly 20 years, praying to Jesus with my Bible,” Obama told 1,200 people at a church-run community center in Sumter. “Don’t let people turn you around because they’re just making stuff up. That’s what they do, they try to bamboozle you.”

Fine.

What I’ve not heard Senator Obama say is, “I’m not Muslim, but so what if I was?”

Being Islamic is good enough for hundreds of millions of people.

So why not just say–”I’m not Muslim, but it would not matter if I were.”

And as Senator Obama makes an effort to win black voters in South Carolina, he uses a word–bamboozle– that Malcolm X had been know to use.

As in this example from Malcolm X—

“You’ve been hoodwinked. You’ve been had. You’ve been took. You’ve been led astray, led amok. You’ve been bamboozled.”

Mr. Obama is paraphrasing Malcolm X to deny he is Muslim, and not saying anything, as far as I know, about how it would make no difference if he was Islamic.

This does not seem like leadership from Senator Obama.

Tags: Election 2008, Religion // 2 Comments »

  • margaret

    I have to agree with you. I wish people would look past the religion. If he had said that then maybe the people would look at what really matters. The country and our outlook on others. If one of them could make a statement like that, even Romney. Then maybe we could get back to running the country instead of stating who speaks to God and who doesn’t. I was told that he listens to everyone.

  • http://texasliberal.wordpress.com/ Texas Liberal

    Margaret–Not much I can add. You’ve got it covered. Thanks for the comment.

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