Barack Obama and his Islam ties

As of this date, the 2 biggest names in Democratic presidential candidates for 2008 election are Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton. I think Barack has a lot going for him, charismatic, well-spoken, Harvard Law Review president, etc. Despite common misconceptions, he is Catholic, not a Muslim. However, his dad is a Muslim and Barack went to a Muslim school in Indonesia while he was a boy. Plus his middle name is Hussein and his name Obama rhymes with Osama.

But here's the reality of the situation, we are still in the middle of all this mess with Iraq, Al-Qaeda, Afghanistan, Iran, Israel and Palestinian conflict. Oh and of course, the series 24 is attempting to setup internment camps for Muslims. The point is that America has very negative feelings towards anything Muslim / Islam. Does Barack honestly think that over 50% of the Americans are going to vote for someone with ties to Islam in some form or shape? I don't think that America is ready to elect a Presidential Candidate with any ties to Islam (past or present) at this stage of our history. If Barack becomes the front runner for the democratic party, the evil Republican spin machine, aka Karl Rove, is going to kill the democratic dreams with his ability to create overly simplistic out-of-context damaging statements that Americans buy into. Remember flip-flop Kerry?

No Obama, unfortunately the majority of Americans have became too fat and lazy to really find out where candidates really stand on key issues. We mostly get our information from TV commercials, so sad but so true indeed.

Oh and just in case you are wondering, I am a minority (though not African American).