Frank Gaffney: Obama Duped America Like Hitler Duped Chamberlain
The former Assistant Secretary of Defense in the Reagan administration, who now runs the Center for Security Policy, at first claims he doesn’t mean it literally when he calls Obama “America’s first Muslim president”; he means it in the sense that Bill Clinton was the first black president.
But he doesn’t mean it as a compliment, either.
During his White House years, William Jefferson Clinton – someone Sonia Sotomayor might call a “white male” – was dubbed by an admirer in the African-American community “America’s first black president.” 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.
Describing Obama as someone “happy to have his Islamic-rooted middle name prominently featured, Gaffney then goes in for a Hitler analogy, opining that Obama “has engaged in the most consequential bait-and-switch since Hitler duped Chamberlain over Czechoslovakia at Munich.” But after claiming he’s not actually saying Obama is a Muslim, Gaffney contradicts himself by adding:
… there is mounting evidence that the President not only identifies with Muslims, but may actually still be one himself.
And what evidence does Gaffney offer?
- Obama referred to “the Holy Koran” in his Cairo speech.
- Obama acknowledged being familiar with Islam before coming to the region where Islam was “revealed”. The word “revealed” is a word used by Muslims, and that has Gaffney in a snit.
- The president said there were seven million Muslims in America and Gaffney disputes the figure, but says, “Who knows? By the time Mr. Obama’s friends among the radical “community organizers” of ACORN perpetrate their trademark books-cooking as deputy 2010 census-takers, the official count may well claim there are considerably more than 7 million Muslims living here.)”
- Obama used the Muslim phrase “peace be upon them” to apply to Jesus, Moses and Mohamed; Gaffney says this only applies to dead holy men, so no Christian would use this to refer to Jesus, who Christians regard as living.
- He will enable Muslims to zakat, or tithing, and Gaffney asserts that means he’s encouraging them to give to terrorist groups.
Gaffney incredibly ends his argument by saying that these items will pressure American Muslims to submit to groups favoring Sharia law, “and heighten expectations, here and abroad, that the rest of us will do so as well.”
Ridiculous, and even if he had a legitimate point, I could care less.
June 8th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Frank Gafney is an ex-NEOCON tool looking for ANY publicity…wrong wrong wrong Neocon.
June 8th, 2009 at 10:24 pm
Ooooowww….!!! Stomp stomp stomp.!…!!
Oh!.
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This is awesome, you see. Remember, during the election when calling The Blessed Leader muslim was like, RACIST or mud slingin or or or or
And now he comes out sayin this nonsense? Really? And you lefties just—buy this? Serious?
deeznuts Reply:
June 8th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
Buy what?
What are you talking about?
Kregg Reply:
June 8th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
Rest your case, Pino… ;-)
pino Reply:
June 8th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
heh heh
jasperjava Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 10:34 am
What the heck are you talking about? You two idiots sound like Beavis and Butthead.
The only “nonsense” we’re talking about here is Gaffney’s psychotic rantings. And no, we’re not buying it.
TDro319 Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
Pay no attention to Pino and Kregg. They’re just right wing trolls.
June 8th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
I don’t like when people pull the Hitler card, even conservatives. That’s a little overboard. Obama isn’t a Muslim.
However, he’s spot on with the “first Muslim president” vis-a-vis Clinton being the “first black president.” Honestly, I think both are insane, but Democrats loved to pin that on Clinton.
June 8th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
Buy what?
When we called The Blessed Leader a Muslim during the campaign, you were shocked, just SHOCKED, i tell you.
But now, noooowww, well of course he is Muslim. Sheesh.
jasperjava Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 10:36 am
You obviously have no idea what you’re talking about. But thanks for playing, little guy.
June 8th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
Obama isn’t a Muslim.
Well, he’s not Christian!
trees are people too Reply:
June 8th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
Well I have this interesting observation to offer……………………….
For the first time ever Islam was acknowledged as a Nation rather than as a religion by a sitting American President.
What makes this particularly interesting is Obama’s declaration that America is no longer a Christian Nation.
Just what signals is this President of ours sending to our enemies?
4moreyears Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 12:34 am
The TRUTH tree, shocking. We were NEVER a christian nation.
trees are people too Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 4:55 am
There is an expression that may help you to understand.
There is the letter of the law and the spirit of the law.
We never were a Christian Nation according to the letter of the law.
We absolutely were a Christian Nation according to the spirit of the law.
Obama actually said, “We are no longer a Christian Nation”, and this, by the way, is an acknowledgment that we once were exactly that……….
Where do you think this idea of “freedom” comes from anyway???
OldLefty Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 6:27 am
Obama did NOT say,
“We are no longer a Christian Nation”, he said,
“One of the great strengths of the United States,” the President said, “is … we have a very large Christian population — we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.”
According to Article 11 of The Treaty of Tripoli:
‘Art. 11. As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen; and, as the said States never entered into any war, or act of hostility against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties, that no pretext arising from religious opinions, shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.’
This idea of of “freedom” comes from enlightened minds of all persuasions….we know it didn’t come from the Puritans for example.
jasperjava Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 10:39 am
The United States was NEVER a Christian nation. The First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech, freedom of religion, but it also forbids the establishment of any official religion.
Perhaps you should earn a bit more before participating in boards like this, pino. Go back to school.
Southern Girl Lib Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 11:40 am
He’s not a phoney holier than thou christian.
average james Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 11:53 am
I’m with you on this SGL,
Obama doesn’t behave the way the loud conservative”christians” would have him behave therefore, he can’t be one.
I gotta call bullsh#it on that.
Judas looked like one. We all know how that eneded.
June 8th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
Just what signals is this President of ours sending to our enemies?
Like I said, he ain’t Christian.
Montana Reply:
June 8th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
You make it sound as if being a christian is a good thing. Scott Roeder is a christian.
4moreyears Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 12:36 am
So was Domestic Marine Catholic Timothy McVeigh
and mass murder Ted Bundy-
he prayed the prayer- see ya on the other side…hope there are NO Volkswagons up there!
June 8th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
You make it sound as if being a christian is a good thing.
Whatever it is, Obama’s not one.
Kregg Reply:
June 8th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
I suspect BO subscribes to whatever religion he wants to portray to whoever he wants to portray it to. Many people can wear a religious label for political reasons and never actually submit themselves to that religion. i think BO is such a person.
average james Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 11:40 am
Kregg,
I appreciate that you insert the phrase”I think” in your post.
No man can know another man’s walk with God, it’s personal.
The heart is deceitfully wicked, who can know it ?
If I cannot even know my own heart, how on earth could I presume to know someone elses ?
I do know this, Obama claims to be a Christian.
michael Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
Obama is a Christian. Granted, he may not be your traditional American Christian, but he is a Christian and clearly has been for 2 decades.
Regardless, Obama’s personal religious stance is largely irrelevant in my eyes. So long as he is not a radical fundamentalist of any faith, I really don’t care what he believes.
TDro319 Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
“You make it sound as if being a christian is a good thing.
Whatever it is, Obama’s not one.”
Let me see. Pino doesn’t know what a “good christian” is, but he knows Obama isn’t one. The kind of logic expected from a conservative.
June 8th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
And here I thought Cheney was the only Republican Dick.
June 9th, 2009 at 12:24 am
And here I thought Cheney was the only Republican Dick.
Think of that one all by yourself Otto?
GuidoVanHorn Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 2:17 am
how old is the youngest person that goes by Dick…40? 50? I can’t think of anyone younger than about 50 that still goes by Dick, everyone I know opts for Rich or Richie or the full Richard.
June 9th, 2009 at 12:29 am
The TRUTH tree, shocking. We were NEVER a christian nation.
Very good. Now what type of Nation were we?
OldLefty Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 6:45 am
We are the nation of Jefferson and Paine.
It really is stunning to me that the right who has such contempt for government seems to want the government to sanctify it’s religion.
It may be why al Qaeda ( and Rush?) are sweating bullets.
GuidoVanHorn Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 7:40 am
What about Madison, John Jay, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin?
OldLefty Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 7:41 am
What about them….sorry if I left anyone out.
GuidoVanHorn Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 7:50 am
I just thought maybe you were making a point by only including Jefferson and Paine…I was just wondering if any of those above mentioned men had anything to do with it.
Also, I got curious and I looked up the first Supreme Court case (John Jay was the first Chief Justice)Using this case as precedent, the Supreme Court has no room for compassion. Supreme Court callously took a guys farm away based on a procedural snafu that they all agreed was an undo hardship on the fellow in question, they also reaffirmed the power of the legislature, by allowing a rule that was asinine at the time to stand as it didn’t run afoul of the constitution. (the rule was that appeals to the Supreme Court have to be made within 10 days of prior ruling, and that it had to be done with the clerk of the Supreme Court. Anybody who didn’t live near Philadelphia (the early home of the “general” government) would have a hard time meeting that standard. Shortly thereafter the Supreme Court allowed the filings to be made at the Circuit Courts, and then passed along.
I probably butchered the facts, but it’s all basically there.
michael Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 9:09 pm
I think that what we all need to remember is that Jefferson and Franklin were Deists (meaning they believed in God but not religion) and Abraham Lincoln, though his writings seem to indicate that he believed in God, never joined any church. This all goes to show that our leaders need not be devout Christians to do an excellent job.
steve Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 8:05 am
A very true statement and in the name of GOD our fore farthers where,slave owners,brew makers,womanizers and some where members of the FREE MASONS as well.
Some how the extreme right forgot all about the short comings of our fore farthers and only focus on the word of GOD.
Daddio Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 8:29 am
Hi Steve. How you been?
I don’t think anyone forgot about our founding fathers shortcomings. Our founding fathers put together a wonderful document. With that document comes the ability to right the wrongs of the past. Such as amendment XIII which officially forbid slavery.
Brew makers, womanizers. Still have that today. What to do about it? I don’t know. Probably nothing.
I guess my point is is that we all have shortcomings. I have my short comings, some I am not proud of. But I don’t think anyone has forgotten the shortcomings of our founding fathers because we have corrected some of them.
GuidoVanHorn Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 8:43 am
I think Um Cara is devoid of shortcomings..at least that is what he says.
Um Cara Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 8:53 am
I think Um Cara is devoid of shortcomings..at least that is what he says.
Untrue. I am excessively humble.
GuidoVanHorn Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 9:06 am
The one great thing that I’m proud of is my excessive humility……doh!
June 9th, 2009 at 12:47 am
Gaffney was Richard Perle’s lieutenant. That’s all you have to know to realize Gaffney is a dangerous man and that he doesn’t have our best interests at heart.
It’s a shame he continues to get so much airtime. His Hardball appearances are disgusting.
OldLefty Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 6:51 am
anonymouse said,
“It’s a shame he continues to get so much airtime. His Hardball appearances are disgusting.”
………………………………..
Isn’t it just that acrimony makes for better TV, AND if you want to differing opinion, who else but these wrong about everything PNACers, and their carnival barkers?
June 9th, 2009 at 1:34 am
I think the real story is that Obama is a typical politician (shocker!!!!!)
rico58 Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 8:34 am
True!
But I think he is the one?
Read the left behind books? Im Latan, and black! But I see the “Fiction” and “Truth” I dont know? Read it and compaire? One world?
GuidoVanHorn Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 8:44 am
I’ve never read the Left Behind books…
rico58 Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 8:51 am
They are Fiction, But they are used in the bible tex. They are a good read,Trust me when I read those, I could not stop reading.
Daddio Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 9:32 am
Hey Rico,
I agree. I read the first 10 books and I could not put them down either. I am not sure what happened but I never bought the remaining books. I think I ran into some money problems and had to do some tight budgeting at the time. But that is a very good series of books.
Um Cara Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 9:52 am
I haven’t read them, but what I have read about them make it sound like some kind of creepy fantasy about the apocalypse.
Now, I personally like fantasy books, especially creepy ones – and maybe I’ll pick one up some day.
But the problem is that many folks don’t seem to know it is fantasy and not even particularly biblical, and yet it seems to inform their world view. (I am not speaking of Willy, Rico on the other hand seems to see some linkage to real events).
GuidoVanHorn Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 3:30 am
maybe I’ll try one on for size…see if I like it.
June 9th, 2009 at 2:18 am
And since Gaffney is a radical rightwing republikkkan extremist, and a disciple of His Eminence, Archibishop Rove of Taradiddle, then Gaffney himself must be guilty of baiting and switching, and is probably a “secret muslim,” and terrorist, and mostly likely is working feverishly to destroy our American democracy.
rico58 Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 8:44 am
The American, what is that? I saw protest in Indidna because of the pres, issue on ab, ND, which is a cath, unie, never held a protest for the priest, that were rapeing children! Why?
michael Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
“republikkkan”
Rocky, you’re rhetoric is just oh so helpful.
jasperjava Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
The way the Republican party is going, it’s going to be pretty hard to distinguish it from the KKK or other right-wing extremist groups. They chased away all the intelligent moderates, and are left with their base: mouth-breathing, moonshine-swilling, gap-toothed knuckle-draggers. Read the comments threads on right-wing websites. It’s amazing that they can be THAT stupid and yet still able to operate a computer.
Read this article about the violent radicalization of the Right, written by a former conservative:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-schaeffer/dr-tiller-murder-domestic_b_212473.html
June 9th, 2009 at 4:34 am
slave owners,brew makers,womanizers and some where members of the FREE MASONS as well.
Except for slave owning; the rest of the list is pretty cool, yes?
GuidoVanHorn Reply:
June 11th, 2009 at 3:29 am
what’s wrong with being a FREE MASON
June 9th, 2009 at 9:42 am
I know some of you want Mr. Jesus to be a forefather but it tisnt true. If the judeo/xtian god was responsible for this land then snakes would talking, cause thats how god rolls in the garden of eden. No sadly for some and proudly for others this country was built on the back of labor and laws were written from intelligence rather than superstition. I will take that history any day.
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June 9th, 2009 at 10:25 am
LOL ok ok I just woke up gatekeeper, only 2nd cup of coffee. I thought Hitler comparisons was that Goodwin’s law and should be avoided.
June 9th, 2009 at 11:17 am
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pino Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Nice looking site.
June 9th, 2009 at 11:46 am
The kind of logic expected from a conservative.
K, typed speech often doesn’t translate.
I’m not sure what I good Christian is.
Obama is not a Christian.
I think that’s better.
June 9th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
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June 9th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Gaffney is your typical loser, and now he assumes 66 million American voters were duped, I have heard of a few Yank the Plaks, but not 66 million of them. Why give this R Soul Media coverage, thats whats baffling
June 9th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Apparently, Gaffney’s argument is the fact that Obama tailored his speech to his audience, as any good speaker would, makes him an appeaser. Sorry, not buying it.
average james Reply:
June 9th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
Good call,
I smell bullsh#t too.
June 9th, 2009 at 9:01 pm