Lets turn the tables.
if you were muslim, and the whole poltical debate centered around your candaate having to renounce the very idea that he might be associated with islam, how would that feel?
Truly, this shows muslims , like myself, edcated muslims who have given much to this country, that this country cares not for the likes of us.
That, to me, is utterly devastating becuase as I grew up in this country, I had come to believe in its message its ideals, and its potential.
The last 7 years have shown me how quickly things can change.
Muslims were neer treated equally but after 2001, we have been relegated to the fringe, and fringe only.
No matter, how much I might love America, and how much I love Barack, a Christian Man, I will tell you tha the political debate, dominated by the media and the right wing , always marginalizing us good people, antagonizing us by attacking our faith, and our names.
Hussein is a great name., It is one of the great names in Islam. And yet, the right wing and others use it as a curse word. That to me, is disgusting. Same as if I did that to "Christopher"
So, tell me, when will America wake up??
When will it face reality for what it is: there are good people and bad people in this world. Some of them are Muslims, some are christioans, etc, etc etc.
And in the mean time, it makes me less than proud about my country.
Something Michelle Obama has referred to in one of her so called infamous quotes.
All I can say to America, is WAKEUP. Muslims don't hate you. Muslims love America . If its the America that dissociates itself from a foreign policy that is quite convincingly "Anti-Muslim."