When possible, Obama tries to soften the implications of his vehement distancing from Islam. "I am respectful of the religion," he explains, "but it's not my own." Yet would Obama have pledged to establish a Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships if he was indeed a Muslim?
"Senator Obama has never been a Muslim, was not raised as a Muslim, and is a committed Christian," Obama's Fight the Smear website boldly proclaims. Such is the state of our post-9/11 politics...
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