I'm uncomfortably

FallinAgain

finding myself loving Lindsey Graham these days:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/01/sen-graham-calls-beck-a-c_n_306434.html

SarahBethBR

Again with the "He's not a Muslim, he's a good man." though.  That still gives me the heebs.

wendyld

Why does that give you the heebs? (an implication that muslim =/= good man?)

SarahBethBR

I prefer that elected officials not malign an entire religion?

_Fenton

Wendy, seriously?Although I don't in this case think Graham really said that being a secret Muslim was bad, just that the rumor wasn't true.  But I'd have to look again to be sure.Anyway, I feel like Graham knows his audience here.  I wonder if his comments will ever reach anyone who needs to hear it.  All the right-wing outlets are going to be talking about Steve Schmidt's comments about a Presidential election with Palin as the R nominee being "catastrophic."  He is a big target for them, although in his case, I'd say he deserves it.  F'ing hypocrite.

wendyld

This was the only point I was trying to make. Sorry if it came across another way. "Although I don't in this case think Graham really said that being a secret Muslim was bad, just that the rumor wasn't true. " I think he was just trying to respond to the people saying that Obama is a dirty muslim, who are themselves implying that muslim = bad. I don't think that necessarily means he thinks they are right about the characterization of muslims.

_Fenton

OK, it sounded like you were saying, "Why does the implication that Muslim = bad give you the heebs?"  Sorry!

wendyld

It was meant to be more of, 'why do his comments give you the heebs, is it because of that implication?'

SarahBethBR

Yeah, I read that totally wrong.I doubt Lindsay Graham actually thinks all Muslims are bad, but I think given the situation (people calling Obama a Muslim as if it's an inherently bad thing), he should be a little more careful.