Barack Obama Muslim

Now You Can Say It, President-Elect Obama: "So What If I Am a Muslim?"

Muhammad Sahimi | Posted 12.10.2008 | Politics


Muhammad Sahimi

As a follower of Christ, Obama should set the record straight about the injustice that has been done to true Islam in this country.

My Parent's Obama Sign Was Vandalized In Omaha Today

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics


Matthew Filipowicz

My dad hates having political signs in his yard. But, this year he's so fed up with the way things have been going that he agreed put an Obama sign in his yard.

Googling Joe the Plumber

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics


Christina Bellantoni

First published at WashingtonTimes.com Joe the Plumber came up in tonight's debate at least 23 times.   So naturally, reporters who haven't alre...

John McCain's Big Problem

Brad Mirman | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics


Brad Mirman

The issue the McCain campaign feels is giving them the most traction is an ugly one, and not worthy of someone who wants to lead the most powerful nation on earth.

"But He's a Muslim!"

Marty Kaplan | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics


Marty Kaplan

I'm not shocked by Americans' ability to think untrue things. But to enough voters that it matters for the outcome of this election, Muslims are as other, if not more so, as blacks.

That "Barack HUSSEIN" Business -- Put a Sock In It

Patt Morrison | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics


Patt Morrison

In an L.A. Times column today, one Coloradan told Ron Brownstein something we've been hearing across the country: "I can't vote for a guy whose middle name is Hussein.''

Don't Blow it Barack

Lucy Carrigan | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics


Lucy Carrigan

Up until now, the Obama campaign has been smarter in its dealings with controversy, but they feared what some right wing Republicans will do with a picture of Barack Obama and, god-forbid, a Muslim.

Fear Versus Hope in the Fight Against Terror

Scott Atran | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics


Scott Atran

Fear may be the oldest and strongest emotion in our species. The politics of hope plays to a less primitive emotion.

How Obama Can Reach Out To Muslims (Without Hurting His Campaign)

Boston Globe | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics


Last week, two Muslim women in headscarves were moved from their seats behind Senator Barack Obama's stage where they would have been visible on video...

Muslim Lawmaker Confronted Obama On Head Scarf Snub

The Hill | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics


When Barack Obama apologized in person last week to two women at a rally in Detroit wearing head scarves, he did it only after Rep. Keith Ellison (D-M...

Some Muslims Upset With Obama's Anti-Smear Site

Wall Street Journal | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics


It is inaccurate to call Barack Obama a Muslim. Is it a slur? The Obama campaign suggests it is. A new campaign Web site designed to air and rebut p...

Is Hotmail Contributing To Obama-Muslim Smear Campaign?

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics


There is great concern -- both within and outside of Barack Obama's campaign -- that the smear attacks suggesting that the Senator is, in fact, a Musl...

Hillary: Obama Not Muslim "As Far As I Know"

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Via Ben Smith, Hillary gives a less than adamant answer to a question about Obama's religion on 60 Minutes. Hillary claims, "I take him on the basis ...

Bill Cunningham Defends Controversial Obama Comments, Offers To Endorse Clinton

Politico | Jonathan Martin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


So after dropping three "Barack Hussein Obama" bombs at a McCain event, Cincinnati talk show host Bill Cunningham appeared on "Hannity & Colmes" to ex...

Karl Rove: Don't "Hussein" Obama

The Atlantic | Marc Ambinder | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


No less an authority figure than Karl Rove has warned Republican operatives from demagoguing Barack Obama's middle name. At a closed door meeting of ...

McCain Supporter Repeatedly Refers To Barack "Hussein" Obama

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


UPDATE: Bob Cunningham is now angry at McCain, and is questioning McCain's claim that he and Cunningham had never met: Mr. Cunningham later posted a ...

Obama Camp Buys Google Ads To Debunk Email Smear

Politico.com | Ben Smith | Posted 06.25.2008 | Media


Carrie and I wrote today about the technical aspects of fighting a viral e-mail smear, and Tim Tagaris writes approvingly of an Obama campaign move we...

Obama Campaign's Intense Effort To Combat E-Mail Smear

Politico.com | Ben Smith and Carrie Budoff Brown | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


For over a year, largely out of the media glare, Senator Barack Obama's presidential campaign has been fighting a determined, low-intensity conflict a...

Obama Takes on Question of Faith

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


COLUMBIA, S.C. — Barack Obama is stepping up his effort to correct the misconception that he's a Muslim now that the presidential campaign has h...

Emails Spread Rumor That Obama Is Atheist

Time | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Pool Report: U.S. Sen. Barack Obama spent a half-hour Thursday afternoon greeting diners at a downtown Des Moines food court. People swarmed around ...

Obama Fights Stories About Muslim Roots

Miami Herald | BETH REINHARD | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Max Holtzman, a Miami lawyer and fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, was in a downtown office building when he ran into a h...