Posted by
Katy Grimes on Wednesday, June 03, 2009 4:50:58 PM
He's once, twice, three times a Muslim... I'd love to take credit for that little quip, but alas, it is not mine.
Toby Harden of the Telegraph UK, writes about Obama's visit to Cairo, and his dubious claim that America is one of the largets Muslim countries in the world.
It is important to note that "if you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world".
So says President Barack Obama. Or I should say: Barack Hussein Obama.
That's right: Barack Hussein Obama. Say it proud. Say it out loud. The middle moniker that dared not speak its name during the election campaign is now front and centre of the US president's attempt to woo the Muslim world, the theme of his visits to Riyadh on Wednesday and Cairo on Thursday.
Now, implicitly contrasting himself with the born-again, evangelical Bush who pursued a post-9/11 "crusade" against terrorism, Obama is presenting himself to the Islamic world as the personification of a new, tolerant - and, yes, partly Muslim - America.
read Harden's column
HERE
(hat-tip to Mark Williams for finding this one)