Obama is not an Arab… he is a decent family man
By Iqbal Tamimi • Oct 16th, 2008 at 16:32 • Category: Analysis, Hasbara Deconstruction Site, Newswire
WRITTEN BY Iqbal Tamimi
A few days ago a woman at a rally for John McCain said, “I don't trust Obama. I have read about him and he's an Arab.”
So from a US citizen’s point of view, Arabs are not trustworthy, maybe because they invaded her country killing hundreds of thousands, and causing almost 3 million people to become homeless and refugees. Besides, those bloody Arabs have been stealing her country’s oil that they have been hiding under Iraq’s sands.
Of course Sen. John McCain had to defend his buddy Obama, after all he is working on bleaching him even further, so he defended him immediately before Obama is stamped with shame and some might think that he has an inch of Arabism in his being and said…. “No ma'am, no ma'am. He's a decent family man.”
What a surprise, we have something in common with Americans. We Arabs too know when one repeats a phrase twice; this makes sure that no way the information is questionable or misunderstood. It is waterproof information. What a brave man. Imagine if Obama was contaminated by Arabism or suffered acute case of Arabiantitis…before McCain came to the rescue!!! One does not even want to think of the consequences.
Most Americans are racist deep down to their bone marrow, regardless of any show they create or any drama they produce for the elections; Obama has been and always will be on the receiving end of questions about his religion and ethnicity. Of course they keep feeding the public the same big fat lies about being an American and that this is what it matters. But is that true?
Imagine if Bush himself ‘God forbid’ was a Muslim, would he have been elected? Of course not, because he would not have been a decent family man then.
I see McCain not as alert as he should be, but his impulsive answer is what Arabs should hear, especially those who keep licking the shoes of USA, hoping to be blessed by the USA’s acceptance, and granted the honour of being called civilized.
Imagine if the wealthy Arabs have a drop of dignity that would weigh on the scales as much as one dollar, decided to withdraw their money and assets from the USA - what would happen? Whoops I have forgotten that many Arabs …I mean many not good, decent family men, now are crying already because they did not hear the rumours about the credit crunch earlier. Well should they have been decent family men, they would have been informed earlier to smuggle their toys before the tower of cards collapsed.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/13/campbell.brown.obama/#cn
Iqbal Tamimi is a Palestinian journalist and poet from Hebron. She is the creator of a vibrant and important activists' network Palestinian Mothers, open to all who share the vision of peace and justice, men and women alike. She is working now in UK.
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Press Release: CAABU shocked at McCain’s reaction to Obama being called an Arab
Friday, October 17, 2008
The Council for Arab-British Understanding expressed it dismay at the statement of US Presidential candidate, Senator John McCain at a rally on 10 October 2008.
He was approached by one of his female supporters at a rally who stated: “I have read about him and he's not, he's not uh…he’s a.. he's an Arab. He's not…?” before McCain responded, “No, ma'am. He's a decent family man …. citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues and that's what this campaign's all about. He's not. Thank you”
Commenting on this, CAABU Director, Chris Doyle stated, “Senator McCain overtly failed to challenge the speaker’s racist and divisive comments thus missing the opportunity to put an end to the anti-Arab and Anti-Muslim rhetoric that has started to characterise his campaign. Instead, McCain left the impression that if Obama was an Arab it would have been a problem. His response implied that, Arabs can neither be decent family people nor proper American citizens. This racist language and behaviour is highly dangerous, and Senator McCain should have made this clear. There should be no room for politicians in a democracy who do not stand full square against racism. ”
The statement can be viewed here.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=w4Xi8JnfAHI
For further information and interviews please contact the CAABU office 0207 832 1320 – doylec@caabu.org. Chris Doyle can be reached on 07968 040 281.
Chris Doyle
Director
CAABU (Council for Arab-British Understanding)
CAABU 40 Year Appeal
http://www.caabu.org/pdf/caabu-40-appeal-beige.pdf