primitives try to make excuses for Barry "Goldwater" Obama

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pepperbear  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Thu Jun-19-08 04:30 AM
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Muslim women rejected at Obama rally.   

http://news.aol.com/?feature=20080618155909990001

ACCORDING TO AOL:

Two Muslim women attending Barack Obama's rally in Detroit on Monday said they were barred by campaign volunteers from sitting directly behind the presidential candidate because they wear head scarfs. Spectators seated in that section, above, were shown on TV.

Some asshat staffer panicked because he/she knew the opposition would pounce on the image of two scarved women at an Obama event.

Notice the use of the word "rejected", like they were not allowed in.

edited to add a slightly more credible source:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/20...

According to this source, it may have been rectified.

JustAnotherGen  Donating Member  (366 posts) Thu Jun-19-08 06:47 AM
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4. And later on Tuesday   

He was photographed outside of a school and a woman in headscarf is standing to his right . . .

That said, the New York Post and The Daily News this morning have this story featured. Two totally different takes (Post is obviously conservative in nature) . . . If he had been pictured with ten women in headscarfs - the NeoCons would have on every single news source that "Obama Is a Muslim Based on the Company He Keeps".

Enthusiast  Donating Member  (576 posts) Thu Jun-19-08 06:17 AM
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2. Given the nature of the Rovian Republican campaign, it would be foolhardy to position Muslims in close proximity to Obama. Why provide Faux News with fodder?

One must remember, nuanced thinking is foreign to much of America. Shown Muslim women at an Obama rally cinches it for some voters - he's damn Muslim.

This primitive needs to take out a card with the AFL-CIO union of cinema projectors.

Nay  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Thu Jun-19-08 06:41 AM
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3. The Rovian pub campaign probably SENT those two Muslim women to sit behind Obama. If they were even Muslim!

TexasProgresive  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Thu Jun-19-08 06:48 AM
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5. It's a no win situation now Sludge has picked up on this.
   
It was a mistake to exclude these women because it is wrong. It is what Bushco did for 8 years. We are the Democratic party and that means of the people- all the people.

malaise  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Thu Jun-19-08 06:54 AM
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6. The women weren't thrown out
   
All politicians arrange seating behind them.

There are two sides to this one. On the one hand, it's not rainbow politics. On the other hand, a Muslim wouldn't arrange to have two Muslims seated elsewhere so there's no bad press here and he sure is getting free press to kill that Muslim rumor.

dkf  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Thu Jun-19-08 07:08 AM
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7. Do muslim women wear headscarves as deference to men?
   
What is the purpose of wearing one?