Posted by
Daniel Crandall on Monday, May 12, 2008 7:38:47 PM
It used be verboten; mentioning it meant you were a knuckle-dragging Islamo-phobic Neanderthal.
Not any more!
Now it is a perfectly legitimate campaign issue according to none other than Sen. B. Hussein Obama, himself:
"It’s conceivable that there are those in the Arab world who say to
themselves, “This is a guy who spent some time in the Muslim world, has
a middle name of Hussein, and appears more worldly and has called for
talks with people, and so he’s not going to be engaging in the same
sort of cowboy diplomacy as George Bush,” and that’s something they’re
hopeful about. I think that’s a perfectly legitimate perception as
long as they’re not confused about my unyielding support for Israel’s
security."
Now about that "
unyielding support for Israel's security" thing.