Andre the Muslim

I find it immensely interesting that the national media has been so rabid about perpetuating the false rumor that Barack Obama is a Muslim. Then in good ole boy Indianapolis, the local newspaper so casually mentions that the winner of the Congressional 7th District special election was Andre Carson. And that he will be only the second Muslim nationally to serve in Congress--and Indiana's first Muslim to represent us in Congress.

I am bitter of course that Jon Elrod didn't win. And does it matter an iota that Carson is a Muslim? Of course not. But I think it's painfully obvious that Carson's campaign did whatever needed to be done to hide this fact. I wonder how many of his supporters would have been as insanely pro-Carson had they known this fact.

ADDENDUM (March 11, 2008, 7:57 PM) Over dinner, Reed told me that the fact that Carson is a Muslim had been reported by the Star during the campaign. I supposed I should offer some kind of retraction. But in my way of thinking, if I didn't know about it until this morning, then probalby most people didn't know it either. I guess I will admit that probably Carson's campaign didn't hide this fact. END OF ADDENDUM.

I guess this is what politics is all about, presenting as risk-free and sanitized package as possible to voters.

At this point, I think we all have to give Carson the benefit of the doubt that he will represent Indiana well in the national spotlight. I hope at the very least residents of the 7th District will wake the eff up and take notice of how their politicians are doing. Don't get me started about Dan Burton and the eff-tards in Indiana's 5th District who keep electing him to Congress.

Respectfully,

Drew

P.S. for my web colleague: Andre Carson is a Muslim!