Salon takes note of a reasoned, cogent argument in the Washington Times which suggests that President Obama is not even bothering to be secret about his Muslimity anymore. Sample passage: "After his five months in office, and most especially after his just-concluded visit to Saudi Arabia and Egypt, however, a stunning conclusion seems increasingly plausible: The man now happy to have his Islamic-rooted middle name featured prominently has engaged in the most consequential bait-and-switch since Adolf Hitler duped Neville Chamberlain over Czechoslovakia at Munich." Actually, I don't know if it's fair to call that a "sample" passage, since it's one of the most restrained parts of the piece. Also, wow.
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And then there's: ". . .to a degree that makes Mr. Clinton's fabled affinity for blacks pale by comparison."
If we're really going through with this Us vs. Them shit, where can I trade jerseys?
Hitler was Muslim?
Learn sumthin new every day...
And gay, remember.
Don't worry, the Muslim takeover will be just fine. If anyone's proved themselves willing and capable to really blow themselves up, it's the American capitalists.
I don't think becoming a Muslim nation would really be so bad. Have you ever been to one? They break for tea, like, twenty times a day. I get evil looks if I use more than one napkin at a time over here.
That ain't all!
Frank Gaffney: "When he uses the word 'respect,' in the context of a waist-bow to the king of Saudi Arabia, for example, and talks about respectful language, which is code for those who adhere to Sharia that we will submit to Sharia."
If you really think Obama very nicely suggested that maybe maybe maybe the U.S. of Archie would submit to Sharia--even as a cute joke!--you're just crazy. There's no other word for it. You have zoomed past the line that seperates the reasonable-if-dead-wrong and the completely unreasonable. You have achieved Manchurian Candidate levels of batshittery and now it's time for the talking cure and lots of delicious drugs, yum yum.
(If Obama was--Allah forbid--a super-sekret Muslim bent on undermining the Judeo-Christian whatever of the US, what, exactly, could he even do to achieve such an end? NOT A HELL OF A WHOLE LOT, ACTUALLY.)
The GOP reminds me of a robot in a bad science fiction movie that has been decapitated or otherwise torn apart, and is spewing out invective from deep inside its core programming:
"Socialism!!!...Hitler!!!...zzzort...zzznt...Muslim Pinko Commie!!!...zzzrt...zzzzapp...On-Demand Abortion!!!....Rooooonnnnaaaallllddd....Reeeeeaaaaggggaaaannn!!!
As long as he doesn't re-instate Prohibition, I'm pretty down with the whole Muslim thing. But if he takes away my booze, I'll be just behind Balk with my torch and pitchfork.