WV Wayne Co Clerk Asks Obama in USA Today: "Is he Islamic or Not"

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Thursday May 08, 2008 · 10:29 PM PDT

2008/05/08 · 22:29

Attention Media

If you want a reason to completely ignore West Virginia, I present to you Wayne County Clerk Bob Pasley, possibly the dumbest elected official this side of GW Bush. Listen to this person's logic and realize, sometimes, there isn't anything you can do to help Stupid.

First: How's life in Wayne Co, West Virginia

Many Wayne residents used to make good money in nearby Huntington, about 20 miles north. But the factories making glass and auto parts and the chemical supply plants where people used to work "have gone on the skids in recent years," says Wayne County Clerk Bob Pasley.

In the face of Economic disparity, What made West Virginia, a state 2-1 Democrat, vote for Bush

"The people in the last election were persuaded by the gun issue," said Robert Dennie, a retired Union Carbide employee, a Democrat who cast an early vote Tuesday for Clinton in Charleston. "Everybody has wised up."

Obviously, this is a sophisticated state with sophisticated voter demands... Wised Up means they won't fall prey to petty side issues/distractions right?

Though Obama is ahead nationally in delegates and the popular vote, Clinton has a huge lead in statewide polls here. Local politicians say it will take more than a well-decorated storefront for Obama, the Illinois senator, to make headway. "He's going to have to visit," says Bob Pasley, who adds that Obama should come prepared to answer "tough questions," including some about his religion.

"Is he Islamic or is he not?" Pasley says of Obama, who is Christian. "I know he's tried to talk about it but he hasn't looked anybody in Wayne in the eye and told them."

Call me an Elitist, but Hillary can have West Virginia and the Bob Pasley's of the world. I'll stick with the Egg Heads in the 21st Century, thank you very much... It's a good God damned thing this contest was decided well before Bob Pasley's voice was heard...

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