Opinion of Frank Gaffney

[YRABNNRM]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Gaffney

You must be logged in to read this quote.

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/09/americas-first-muslim-president/

[YRABNNRM]

I guess opinion polls have to be FF or HP to generate discussion?

[© tweed]

no, it just has to be somebody that people already know about because in almost all cases they aren't going to bother to read anything more than a sentence or two.

[Magic 8-Ball]

Very negative.

I guess opinion polls have to be FF or HP to generate discussion?

There's not really much to discuss.  If you click the link to the article and read the whole thing, the guy essentially engages in the tired  "Obama's a secret Muslim/terrorist sympathizer! OMG!"  argument.

But, for the hell of it, here are some bullet points:

You must be logged in to read this quote.

No other American president has given a speech directed to a certain religion either.  When you're trying to convince a billion people that the country you lead isn't at war with their faith, it might be a good idea to be more respectful than usual.  Also, he used "Talmud" several times...does that mean he's also Jewish?

You must be logged in to read this quote.

Or it means that Obama's speechwriters do their homework.

You must be logged in to read this quote.

Once again, check the audience.  The best way to win people over is to not piss them off.  Is the goal quoted from Obama's speech any different from his predecessors?

You must be logged in to read this quote.

Oh noes, Obama's a Muslim!


The tone, in general, is a turn off for me, and I dislike all the spurious connections he makes between Obama and Islam.  Reading his Wikipedia article reveals that he likes to make strange connections (Saddam and the Oklahoma City Bombing, for example).

[Landslide Lyndon]

A deranged, far-right ideologue.

He should be locked up in a padded cell, instead of polluting the airwaves with his neocon/paranoid theories.