obama and the muslim women

Kind of a scary story - two women say Obama aides (actually they were volunteers) pushed them away from a photo-op with Obama. This puts a really bad message out to the Muslim world - and that was THE reason I've been such an Obama supporter (see last post).

Bush, McCain, and Oil

So McCain and Pres. Bush announce their intentions to allow for more drilling and oil exploration just hours apart - could it be any easier for Democrats to link the two together? (!)

Tom Friedman article on Obama and Islam

Exactly what I've been saying for the last 16 months.

A few quotes from the op-ed:

"it would mark a sea change in America-Muslim world relations."

"It would not be an exaggeration to say that the Democrats’ nomination of Obama as their candidate for president has done more to improve America’s image abroad...than the entire Bush public diplomacy effort for seven years."

See: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/11/opinion/11friedman.html