Ed Rollins "Because he grew up in a Muslim Family"

Thrill

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Thu Jun-04-09 03:22 PM
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Ed Rollins "Because he grew up in a Muslim Family"

This is what he said after Rick Sanchez asked why Obama was taking such a hard stance with Israel. Ok maybe I missed it, but what Muslim family did Obama grow up in?

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ayeshahaqqiqa

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Thu Jun-04-09 03:24 PM
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1. Must be talking about his Indonesian step-father

Though I don't know for sure the fellow was Muslim.

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grantcart

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Thu Jun-04-09 03:28 PM
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5. sounds like a pretty secular Muslim, which I found to be common in Jakarta

Soetoro was more of a free thinker than a devout Muslim, according to friends and neighbors.<16> He died of a liver ailment in Jakarta in 1987 at age 52,<17><18> and was buried in Tanah Kusir Cemetery, South Jakarta.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolo_Soetoro

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damntexdem

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Thu Jun-04-09 04:59 PM
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14. Whom he didn't grow up with.

He grew up with his grandparents.

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grantcart

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Thu Jun-04-09 03:25 PM
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2. for about three years he lived with his step father in Indonesia

Rollins was trying to be somewhat even handed and what I think he wanted to say was "he had relatives in his family that are Muslim and lived in a Muslim nation".

I was more surprised that Sanchez just went on without correcting it.

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opihimoimoi

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Thu Jun-04-09 03:25 PM
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3. Hey, lets not forget what family Bush was brought up in...a WASPy one...and yet...look at the Damage

Proving it don't matter....

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alsame

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Thu Jun-04-09 03:26 PM
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4. Sounds like he's mixing up having a Muslim father and then

living in a Muslim country (Indonesia) for several years :shrug:

Or, he's just lying.

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vaberella

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Thu Jun-04-09 03:29 PM
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6. Yeah...he was raised in Indonesia for a short time and his step-dad was muslim.

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SamCooke

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Thu Jun-04-09 03:29 PM
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7. He called out Israel bucuz Israel actully does do evil thing that are wrong as well.

Edited on Thu Jun-04-09 03:43 PM by SamCooke

They seem to want to exterminate the Palestinians rather than work with them. That kind of sounds like the Holocaust

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BrotherBuzz

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Thu Jun-04-09 03:35 PM
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9. Talk like that will launch this thread directly to the I/P dungeon

never mind speaking the truth. ;)

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CTyankee

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Thu Jun-04-09 04:27 PM
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13. That's outrageous. I know many Jews, some in my family, who do not wish to see

Palestinians exterminated.

It is simply unacceptable to compare the Holocaust to Israel. Where are you getting your information?

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liberalmuse

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Thu Jun-04-09 03:33 PM
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8. I can't see where he's taking a hard stance.

He's not coddling them, but he's certainly not being overly harsh, he's being firm. I just don't understand why so many people seem terrified of defying Israel.

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monmouth

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Thu Jun-04-09 03:47 PM
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10. He's not taking a hard stance, and not kissing Israel's a$$....n/t

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zulchzulu

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Thu Jun-04-09 03:52 PM
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11. What did Rick Sanchez say after Rollins made an ass out of himself?

Sanchez should have interjected that Obama was a kid when he had a step-dad who was a Muslim. It makes about as much sense are saying people who question Israel's tactics got that way from going to gas stations owned by Muslims over the years...

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secondwind

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Thu Jun-04-09 04:11 PM
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12. Sooo, all of a sudden where you lived DOES affect how you see things,eh?

SHH,

Don't tell this to Sonia Sotomayor!!!

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