The media avoided asking questions before the election. Obama purposefully lied and obfuscated the truth to get elected by minimizing his Muslim heritage. The Administration is now suddenly inflating or proffering the fact that he's got Muslim roots.
This stinks to high heaven, and the media failed the American people in a big way.
This is going to give all those birth certificate conspiracy nuts and others who question Obama's legitimacy as President more kindling for their theories.
And the Administration is willingly pushing this because they're now trying to appear more friendly to the Middle East regimes. Obama will say and do anything for any purpose - and yet the purposes aren't exactly clear.
ABC News' Jake Tapper and Sunlen Miller report: The other day we heard a comment from a White House aide that never would have been uttered during the primaries or general election campaign.
During a conference call in preparation for President Obama's trip to Cairo, Egypt, where he will address the Muslim world, deputy National Security Adviser for Strategic Communications Denis McDonough said "the President himself experienced Islam on three continents before he was able to -- or before he's been able to visit, really, the heart of the Islamic world -- you know, growing up in Indonesia, having a Muslim father -- obviously Muslim Americans (are) a key part of Illinois and Chicago."
Given widespread unease and prejudice against Muslims among Americans, especially in the wake of 9/11, the Obama campaign was perhaps understandably very sensitive during the primaries and general election to downplay the candidate's Muslim roots.
The candidate was even offended when referred to by his initials "BHO," because he considered the use of his middle name, "Hussein," an attempt to frighten voters.
With insane rumors suggesting he was some sort of Muslim Manchurian candidate, then-Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and his campaign did everything they could to emphasize his Christianity and de-emphasize the fact that his father, Barack Obama Sr., was born Muslim.
My head hurts from all this. I'm severely pissed that our nation's media was so intent upon getting rid of President Bush that they latched on to anything but - and didn't want to address any of the nagging issues that were raised from the outset.
They didn't do their due diligence, and their multiple failures to follow stories affecting the outcome of the 2008 election have been chronicled here including the New York Times running bogus stories about John McCain's relationship with a lobbyist, and minimizing Obama's ties to radicals and racists and unrepentant terrorists.
This is on them.
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