UPI outrage : Obama has "Muslim-sounding name"

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Tuesday April 22, 2008 · 2:46 PM PDT

2008/04/22 · 14:46

Well I guess the profs over at Language Log (let alone crusading editor "fev" over at headsup) aren't going to be giving any plaudits to United Press International, who appear to have done their level best to tar Obama with the "hidden Muslim" tag. In a story posted today on the controversial South Carolina pastor Roger Byrd, they managed to come up with this little gem:

Despite a Muslim-sounding name, the freshman Illinois senator and Democratic presidential candidate is a practicing Christian and longtime member of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago.

Tybalt

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Wednesday February 06, 2008 · 12:17 PM PST

2008/02/06 · 12:17

I saw a comment in a thread earlier today that made my blood boil; for the commenter I am sure it was an non-reflective, knee-jerk response born out of Clinton hatred. But to me, it was an almost perfect symbol of the reflexive sexism of so many critiques of Hillary Clinton.

Tybalt

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Thursday January 24, 2008 · 4:03 PM PST

2008/01/24 · 16:03

Let's make a new rule for ourselves and pledge to ourselves to keep it - for every diary you write attacking a Democrat, you have to write two other diaries - one supporting or thanking a Democrat (without attacks), and one attacking a Republican (or other baddie).

Tybalt

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Wednesday January 23, 2008 · 1:03 PM PST

2008/01/23 · 13:03

Democratic supporters of Obama and Clinton appear to be doing their best to tear the Democratic party apart, at a time when the world needs Democrats to cleave together and consign the Republican party to political oblivion.

Tybalt

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Friday June 01, 2007 · 4:45 AM PDT

2007/06/01 · 04:45

In the interminable Jerome thread, Bill White asked a very important question in response to my comment that "If you don't understand why those of us outside the United States dislike saber-rattling, you will never understand why you are so isolated."

It's worth quoting almost in full, because it was very well put:

Nobody likes saber-rattling unless they are holding the saber. But America simply is the largest military power and with the EU is one of the top two largest economies in the world... Bill Clinton DID what Obama talks about, he was simply very good at papering it over with his personal charm...

Would you prefer American politicians lie?

Tybalt

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Friday February 23, 2007 · 12:44 PM PST

2007/02/23 · 12:44

It will be a long, hard road for the United States to get back to a position of trust with even its international allies given not just the disaster that is Bush II, but several presidencies before it.

Tybalt

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Wednesday February 07, 2007 · 11:12 AM PST

2007/02/07 · 11:12

My Shorter Jonah Goldberg:

Newer
Older

RSS

UPI outrage : Obama has "Muslim-sounding name"

Feminism and the Hillary Clinton narrative

Let's Make A New Rule

Duelling banjos while Rome burns

The Rattle of the Saber, the Ring of the Liberty Bell

A long, hard road for the U.S.

Shorter Jonah Goldberg