Regardless of her economic views, which really aren't dramatically further to the left of John McCain, Mike Huckabee, or nearly any other Republican's (with the exception of Ron Paul), it's the kind of sleazy campaigning she engages in. This is incredibly similar to Mike Huckabee's idiotic comments regarding Mormonism.
There is so much wrong with this. Firstly when she idiotically (though most likely innocently) says "as far as I know" to the question of whether Barack Obama is a Muslim.
Secondly she talks about how she's been the target of sleazy rumors about herself. Okay, now when the right wing calls Barack Obama a Muslim it's done to get the right wing xenophobes inspired to vote against him. But these people who actually care whether Obama is a Muslim or not aren't going to vote for him anyway, and most likely were going to vote against him come the election because he's black. However these people are a distinct minority of the American population and they probably think the Jews are controlling the media and determining American policy. They're lunatics who aren't worth thinking about.
Why is it a sleazy rumor, Mrs. Clinton, to question whether Barack Obama is a Muslim? There's a difference, Mrs. Clinton, between wondering whether Barack Obama considers Mohammed to be a Prophet, and wondering whether Barack Obama has sympathetic feelings towards groups like Hezbollah. Charging someone as a Muslim in a derogatory way is stupid and disgusting, but the modern John Birchers are the ones engaging in that, the ones who genuinely wonder aren't motivated by bigotry, but curiosity, and aren't doing it out of some misguided bigotry towards people of the Islamic faith.
She's just a revolting human being and it would be a tragedy if she becomes our president.
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