In "America's first Muslim president? Obama aligns with the policies of Shariah-adherents" in the [1] Washington Times, June 9, Frank Gaffney of the [2] Center for Security Policy echoes a point [3] I made in March 2007: that Barack Obama, whether or not he is actually a Muslim himself, can be America's first Muslim President the way Bill Clinton was our first black President: it's all about empathy, doncha know. Gaffney says:

During his White House years, William Jefferson Clinton -- someone Judge Sonia Sotomayor might call a "white male" -- was dubbed "America's first black president" by a black admirer. Applying the standard of identity politics and pandering to a special interest that earned Mr. Clinton that distinction, Barack Hussein Obama would have to be considered America's first Muslim president.

This is not to say, necessarily, that Mr. Obama actually is a Muslim any more than Mr. Clinton actually is black. After his five months in office, and most especially after his just-concluded visit to Saudi Arabia and Egypt, however, a stunning conclusion seems increasingly plausible: The man now happy to have his Islamic-rooted middle name featured prominently has engaged in the most consequential bait-and-switch since Adolf Hitler duped Neville Chamberlain over Czechoslovakia at Munich....

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