Went to the in-laws today and my MIL said this about Obama...

[southernleftylady]

"Well he is Muslim but doesn't want to talk about it"
of course I said that he wasn't and she said "well I have seen his something about his church and that they lean more Muslim than Christian"
first I have to say WTF to that? a church leaning more muslim that christian... ???
but HOW CAN PEOPLE STILL THINK THIS????
ugh..
ok thats all..

[butterfly77]

1. What I want to know is...

what if he was.. Are they saying that anyone running for the presidency has to be a christian and if they are why not, this country is full of all types of people...

[southernleftylady]

5. oh it would matter to her... she is a southern baptist and she said BUSH HAS DONE A GOOD JOB..

at WHAT I asked her but when I asked her that she said "oh I don't want to talk politics with my flaming liberal daughter in law" lol a label I take GREAT pride in :)

[parasim]

7. Naw, they are worried about Muslims because all they know about Muslims...

is that "terrorists" are typically seen as Muslim. Thanks to Bush and the Republicans.

Just the idea of a Muslim being President freaks them right out.

[parasim]

2. A church leaning more Muslim than Christian...

Now that's funny. It cracks me up how so clueless some people are.

[Sal Minella]

9. You know. Like somebody who leans more toward speaking Icelandic than speaking Inuit. .

[saltpoint]

3. Maybe call your MIL's old high school office and ask them to rescind her

diploma.

Basic information, let alone critical thinking, doesn't seem to be her long suit.

Dentists and doctors are expected to keep pace with current developments in their field.

It should be the same for citizenship.

[madrchsod]

4. the people who started one of these emails

has been busted by the feds. i think two of them were federal employees who used government computers. it should be on google somewhere-the story was broke today

[southernleftylady]

6. OH that would be a great story to send to her.. if you find a link let me know :) thanks! nt

[southernleftylady]

8. I tried to find this I cant seem to find it anywhere.. any help please?nt

[zbird]

11. Here you go. The three forwarded the email using their gov't email accounts.

"WASHINGTON - Three federal employees are being investigated for unlawful political activities after they allegedly sent an e-mail falsely accusing Barack Obama of being a "radical Muslim," the Globe has learned.

The US Office of Special Counsel - the independent federal agency responsible for enforcing a law banning civil service workers from engaging in political activism while performing their official duties - has launched investigations of two employees at one agency and one employee at another agency. All three are believed to have forwarded the erroneous chain e-mail about Obama from their government e-mail accounts.

Doing so would be a violation of the Hatch Act, a 1939 law designed to help protect career government employees and the government workforce from the influence of partisan politics. The act bans civil servants from taking "any active part" in political campaigns while on the job."


http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/01/26/3_us_workers_face_investigation_over_obama_e_mail/

[southernleftylady]

12. Great I just emailed it to her :) nt

[southernleftylady]

10. oh and I asked her who she was leaning to and her answer was..

a republican.... and I said which one and she said "huckleberry because he doesn't run from his faith" and I said "well neither did Bush and look how good he has done" and her answer was "I like bush he has a done a good job" and my answer was "WHAT tell me WHAT good thing has he done???" and then thats when she said that she didn't want to talk to me about politics

[TheWatcher]

13. This is the thought process that I cannot understand in People

When confronted and put on the spot to name just one thing good Bush is done, they can't, so they refuse to discuss the subject further.

What am I supposed to take from things like this? That they are in such denial that they are too embarrassed or shamed to admit they are wrong, that they like him in spite of all he has done, or that they actually SUPPORT what he has done, and they just don't want to discuss it? Or perhaps they are so desperate to live in the fantasy world that makes them comfortable that....GAH! My head is about to explode just from thinking about this.

What is wrong with people? Why can they not think? Why can they not use even the most basic forms of logic or reason?

[Lydia Leftcoast]

14. 'HuckleBERRY?"

:rofl:

[southernleftylady]

15. thats what I call him lol or sometimes ...

Fuckleberry depends on how annoyed I am at the time :)

[bidenista]

16. uh

When you got to this part,

her answer was "I like bush he has a done a good job"

it was time to give a look like this

<>

and end the conversation.

[Tennessee Gal]

17. Stupidity is astonishing.

I am hearing similar comments about Obama. I refute them with the facts via email. I will be emailing that article out today.