Finally, somebody came out to face all this stupidity head on. And it came from Colin Powell, somebody whom those stupid hate-mongers cannot accuse of being un-American. Well, surely they can; quoting Forrest Gump's mother: "stupid is as stupid does". And it didn't take long for some to attribute his endorsement to race. Not that I approve of whatever he's done as a General or Secretary of State.
And this bold move came from a veteran Republican. And he did what Democrats did not have the spine to do. Addressing the issue of whether Obama is a Muslim, he didn't stop short of simply saying: "no, he's not" (or like how McCain addressed whether Obama is an Arab, saying: "no, he's a decent family-man citizen"). Watch this part of Powell's interview with Meet the Press below:
And this bold move came from a veteran Republican. And he did what Democrats did not have the spine to do. Addressing the issue of whether Obama is a Muslim, he didn't stop short of simply saying: "no, he's not" (or like how McCain addressed whether Obama is an Arab, saying: "no, he's a decent family-man citizen"). Watch this part of Powell's interview with Meet the Press below:
As somebody who has had personal experience with racism, he challenged the source of the problem: "the really right answer is: What if he is? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer's no, that's not America. Is there something wrong with some 7-year-old Muslim American kid believing that he or she could be president? Yet I have heard senior members of my own party drop the suggestion, 'He's a Muslim and he might be associated with terrorists'. This is not the way we should be doing it in America".
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