Blowback from the GOP's holy war against Muslims

Salon by Juan Cole | Feb. 1, 2008 (Opinion)
The 2008 Republican race has left a bitter legacy of sloganeering against Muslims. It may well haunt the party this November.

Why might all this rhetoric targeting Muslims be unwise? For one thing, allowing the Christian conservative base to set an agenda that demonizes Muslims contains the danger of turning off more moderate segments of the GOP and American voters at large. McCain's comment on the importance of a president's being Christian appeared to have backfired on him in precisely that way. Full Story »

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 by Roland F. Hirsch - Oct. 1, 2008

This opinion piece has no journalistic merit. It is riddled with inaccuracies, and essentially is a reflection of the author's extremist prejudices. The author seems unaware that the U.S. has much better relations today with all Arab countries (except Syria), as well as Indonesia, than it did in 2000. He also seems to consider anyone to the right of him as a "conservative" which makes many of his comments pure hyperbole.

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