In today's paper, the Washington Post states that Barack Obama has "helped fuel" the false rumors that he is a Muslim, and that his efforts in Turkey to reach out to the Islamic world were a shift from his "tactic" of diverting attention to these matters.
I'd call it hysterical, if it weren't simply more indicative of a lazy attempt at provocation.
During his campaign, Obama consistently played down connections to Islam, rarely mentioning his middle name, Hussein, or his childhood...
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