Bumblebee
03-22-2008, 03:34 PM
This is a John Kerry interview about Obama, who he has endorsed. I had my eyebrows raised through this entire article.
It's a real jaw-dropper. ABC News's Jake Tapper sums it up:
Kerry said that a President Obama would help the US, in relations with Muslim countries, "in some cases go around their dictator leaders to the people and inspire the people in ways that we can't otherwise."
"He has the ability to help us bridge the divide of religious extremism," Kerry said. "To maybe even give power to moderate Islam to be able to stand up against this radical misinterpretation of a legitimate religion."
Kerry was asked what gives Obama that credibility.
"Because he's African-American. Because he's a black man. Who has come from a place of oppression and repression through the years in our own country."
An African-American president would be "a symbol of empowerment" for those who have been disenfranchised around the world, Kerry said, "an important lesson for America to show Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, other places in the world where disenfranchised people don't get anything."
Please read the rest of the article, it's good.
http://online.wsj.com/article/best_of_the_web_today.html
Also, take the time and look through this "Obama the messiah site". I never new that many people could be such fools. obamamessiah.blogspot.blogspot.com (http://obamamessiah.blogspot.com/)
It's a real jaw-dropper. ABC News's Jake Tapper sums it up:
Kerry said that a President Obama would help the US, in relations with Muslim countries, "in some cases go around their dictator leaders to the people and inspire the people in ways that we can't otherwise."
"He has the ability to help us bridge the divide of religious extremism," Kerry said. "To maybe even give power to moderate Islam to be able to stand up against this radical misinterpretation of a legitimate religion."
Kerry was asked what gives Obama that credibility.
"Because he's African-American. Because he's a black man. Who has come from a place of oppression and repression through the years in our own country."
An African-American president would be "a symbol of empowerment" for those who have been disenfranchised around the world, Kerry said, "an important lesson for America to show Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, other places in the world where disenfranchised people don't get anything."
Please read the rest of the article, it's good.
http://online.wsj.com/article/best_of_the_web_today.html
Also, take the time and look through this "Obama the messiah site". I never new that many people could be such fools. obamamessiah.blogspot.blogspot.com (http://obamamessiah.blogspot.com/)