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TeamJordan23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:14 AM Original message |
Disappointment with the Obama campaign: Muslims barred from picture at Obama Detriot event |
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slinkerwink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
1. The Obama campaign already issued an apology for the actions of |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
2. Photo taken on June 17 shows a young woman with hijab... |
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Fluffdaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
3. Smart move, The right wing media would have killed us with that photo |
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BobbyVan (502 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Ugh, SOME of Obama's staffers are letting racists dictate who gets to sit behind him at a rally |
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Fluffdaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. You are living in a dream world. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I politely disagree |
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Fluffdaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:54 AM Response to Reply #13 |
26. True. But remember The GOP won the last election because of that fear |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. No, they won by rigging voting machines in Ohio n/t |
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Roxy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Enough Americans voted for Bush in 2004 without fraud, to prove that argument worked. |
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Fluffdaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Thank you .........for not trying to spin the 2004 election. We lost |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. I wouldn't necessarily assume that those volunteers are racists. |
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BobbyVan (502 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. The volunteers aren't the racists, but they're allowing fear of offending bigots to dominate |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:51 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Here is a technical point. Since Islam is a religion, not a race, is... |
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BobbyVan (502 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I agree with you - notice that I said that the volunteers were not racists... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Uhhh, yeah, it pretty much does. |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
4. WHY was it necessary for them to insist on being seated behind the podium? Were they denied seats |
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malik flavors (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
14. they didn't insist. It was offered to their friends, then rejected when they learned of the scarves. |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. Then my response to that is this: Are they not aware of the Muslim-connection problems? Why flaunt |
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Fluffdaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
41. GOP paid moles.............maybe? |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
5. I suspect the volunteers were only thinking about the PUBs using pics |
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Fluffdaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Thank you...........You get it. . The GOP 512's would have killed us with that photo op |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. You got that right - I agree 1000%!!! |
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wakemeupwhenitsover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
7. Hi TeamJordan23, |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
8. A person may be Muslim whether they have something on their head or not. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Amin to that |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
29. Then wearing the head scarf is optional? And if that is the case, couldn't these Muslims have |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Indeed it is optional |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Thank you for the brief education on this topic of Muslim clothing - maybe others here will read it |
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crankychatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
11. I should start a thread "Predict how many DU posts will there be RE Muslim women at Obama Rally" nt |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Considering the trolls have to overcome the national pnchline, Giuliani, |
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crankychatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. "ghouliani" ... gawud... I'm laughing at the punchline and there was NO joke - nt |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 12:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. I was thinking "noun/verb/9/11" courtesy of Joe Biden. nt |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
15. Bullshit. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
20. I don't like how ANY of the candidates try to tweak their image |
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demokatgurrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
22. It's a sad commentary on the country |
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mystieus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
23. Are you sure.. I have a pic here from Michigan yesterday with a Muslim woman |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
35. Campaign staff try to balance out audiences for the photo op |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. should Obama cancel his planned trip to the Mideast? |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. I'm talking about audiences in the U.S. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. but what exactly was the "screw up" by the staffer? |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. It's perception and campaigns have to manage perception |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
37. Gee we have only had three threads on this topic already. Let's put up four more. /nt |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
43. Those volunteers are idiots |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
44. It's the volunteers fault. It was not correct to do this to those ladies. |
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barack the house (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-18-08 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
45. As a black person I perfectly understood when he wanted to show representation in his audience... |
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