So the first conundrum, the Democratic Party somehow agreed to let FOX News host the Democratic Presidential Debates. Still trying to figure that one out. I guess since it’s in Nevada, someone black-mailed or bribed the right person the Nevada Democratic party. How anyone in the Democratic party leadership could think that FOX News was the right pick, I have no idea. Why not just let Republicans write all the questions and answers? Who knows, maybe they were planning that.
So, thanks to public outcry arroused by groups like MoveOn.org, John Edwards boycotted it and now they’ve cancelled it. Thank god. Anyway, below is a video someone put together exposing FOX News’ treatment of Obama.
And CNN’s expose.
As someone that’s studying arabic this whole “madrasa” thing is quite odd. “Madrasa” is the arabic word for “school.” In Arabic when you say you went to school, you use the word “madrasa.” The terms for high school, elementary school, driving school, they all use the word madrasa. It’s just as common as our word for school. So saying he went to a “madrasa” (insert amazed and horrified tone here) is really playing on people’s fear and ignorance. Of course he went to a madrasa. Thankfullly we all went to madrasa. Of course, some people were too busy memorizing Bible verses to learn critical thinking skills. But yes, as unbelievable as it may be, even everyone at FOX News went to a madrasa.
They could just as easily say he was with the “taliban.” “Taliban” is the word for “students” in Arabic, so we could all be said to have been with the taliban at some point in our lives. It’s kind of interesting how they’re latch onto any type of fear or ignorace and trying to exploit it, even fear of a foreign langauge (specially one with a scary script that you can’t even sound out phonetically :).