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UPDATED: TNGOP spokesman on Obama in the National Enquirer
Posted By katie allison granju
UPDATE: Here’s a PDF scan of the whole article
I haven’t seen a hard copy of the publication yet (I don’t subscribe, although I do admit to a certain guilty pleasure in reading it), but according to Sharon Cobb, TNGOP Spokesman and conservative blogger Bill Hobbs is now fanning the flames of the alleged Obama-Muslim connection in none other than The National Enquirer.
Again, I have not confirmed whether this is real or spoof (this is so out-there, it strikes me that it could be the latter), but here’s Cobb’s report of what Hobbs is quoted as saying:
“Obama has a foreign policy advisor, Robert Maley, who blames Israel for anything bad and suggests that we ought to be doing business with Hamas,(the radical Palestinian militants dedicated to Israel’s destruction),” Hobbs told the ENQUIRER.
Hobbs goes on to attack Obama’s church, and questions whether Obama’s denunciation of Farrakhan is genuine.
“Obama calls Farrakan ‘Minister Farrakan,’” Hobbs told the ENQUIRER. “He denounces him with one hand and shows he tacitly respects him with that title.”
If Hobbs is quoted accurately here (Bill?), how will state GOP leaders react?
Mar 13th, 2008
Well, support for Hamas is common on the far nutty left. Obama’s long-time pastor and close friend has voiced active support for the Palestinians and their cause so another personal advisor with the same POV wouldn’t be a surprise. However, As a member of the far left, as Obama is, you don’t have to be Muslim to be a supporter of Hamas.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5tMvS5Ny2E4
When Republicans make just ONE visit to Bob Jones University they are vilified by the left stream media. When Mit Romney runs for President as a Morman he is compared to the devil. But Barack Hussein Obama attends a “church” that preches racism, hatred, class envy, death to Isreal, blame America for all the world’s ills and “God D—- America” for 20 YEARS and you say nothing!?????
Obama has a white mother & sits there for 20 years listening to his preacher blame white folks for hell on earth & does not confront him? If Obama won’t confront a man for disrespecting his mother, who will he confront?
The Tennessee GOP was among the biggest fearmongers/hatemongers during the campaign, so if you believe anything they have to say, then the joke is on you. Israel is and will continue to be our ally if for no other reason than for its strategic value.
But being Israel’s ally doesn’t mean that we have to agree with everything they do. Friends don’t let friends roll over houses with tanks, creating a new generation of terrorists.
The biggest problem in the Palestinian territory is that the Bush administration pushed hard for democratic elections without backing that up with aid or trying to convince Israel to show ome restraint while the new government got set up in Palestine. The end result was the people in the Palestinian territory voted for Hamas, believing that Hamas gave them the best chance for safety. Hamas is the DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED government of Palestine. If we are going to try and work with Israel and Palestine on establishing a stable peace agreement, we have to deal with Hamas.
The Isaraelis have made some boneheaded moves that helped set the stage for the election of Hamas. We can be Israel’s friend without giving approval to tactics that kill Palestinian civilians and make the security worse rather than better.
This is right-wing conspiracy at its finest.
As for Obama’s church, there has been no evidence presented that Obama was present for any of Wright’s more hate-filled sermons. It is quite possible that he made sure not to deliver those sermons if the Obamas were there. Too many preachers abuse their pulpit to deliver political messages, not the Word of God. The problem is far worse in GOP facades of churches. Blatant homophobia abounds in right-wing “churches”. I am not talking about stating that homosexuality is a sin. I am referring to mean-spirited attacks on gay people that serve the function of driving people away from God. It is time for the IRS to crack down on churches that are nothing but fronts for a political party. Notice that the Catholic Church makes a big show of not giving communion to any Democrat running for high office, but ignores the Republicans whose views violate the standards of the church. Just for example, the Catholic Church called our invasion of Iraq immoral, but the war cheerleaders were never threated with going to Hell for their beliefs.