Tolerance, Obama Style

Two Muslim women were barred from sitting behind Barack Obama's podium at his rally on June 16, 2008, in Detroit. The “campaign has apologized,” but the women feel betrayed by Obama’s message:

USA Today: Obama Campaign Bans Headscarf’s

One of the offended, Ms. Aref was not satisfied:

"I think this is a much bigger deal than maybe they're perceiving it as," Aref told Politico (the originate source of the story). "An apology from him personally would be better," she said. "If they are true to their word, I think it would suffice to have an invitation to their next rally and have seats behind him and show up on TV."

Spell it with me “H-y-p-o-c-r-i-s-y”

Side Note:

1. Good-luck trying finding this story beyond only a few outlets.


2. If you read further into the USA Today report, you will see comments from some “Obama apologist.” Some of these comments claim that, had these women appeared in the backdrop, some evil Republicans (Hannity, Limbaugh) would have twisted and distorted the presence of the women. Typical …blame the Republicans for the prejudice of the Obama campaign workers.