Defining who's 'qualified' in a diverse nation

Seattle Post Intelligencer by D. Parvaz | Dec. 2, 2007 (Editorial)

But... Mitty, buddy, Habibi. Islam isn't an ethnicity. It's a religion. This is something a guy hoping to run a global superpower -- one that's trying to disabuse the Middle East of the notion that the wars it's waging there are rooted in hatred for the faith (one culture's jihad is another's crusade) -- ought to know. But this isn't about forcing Romney to hire someone on the basis of his or her religion. He was asked if he'd consider a qualified ... Full Story »

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Subjects: Politics, World, Religion, U.S.
Topics: Mitt Romney, Racism, Middle East, Church and State, Religion and Politics, Islam, Faith and Reason
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Dec 2, 2007 - 9:40 AM PST
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 by Patricia Blochowiak - Dec. 2, 2007

Quoting Romney as saying "There's no talking with them," regarding Muslims makes a powerful point. This is a very effective editorial.

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 by Dwight Rousu - Dec. 2, 2007

Parvaz focuses on evidence that a major candidate for the presidency is a blatantly ignorant racist bigot, or perhaps in his confused blathering, a religious bigot. Either those possibilities are true, or he is a politician without a compass pandering to the ignorance, hate, and bigotry that the population has been fed by a negligent culpable press that echoes the hate promulgated by bush bigots. In any case, his statements disqualify him from any consideration for president by ... More »

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