The Mad Rants of an Unconventional Soccer Mom

During Powell’s endorsement on MTP this morning, he ended it very powerfully by the dismantling of McBush's "He's not an Arab... He's a Decent Man” and the "Obama is a Muslim" memes being spread by the right. He told the story of a young soldier named Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan. Kareem was of the Muslim faith.  Kareem died in action for this country in Iraq on Aug. 6, 2007. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

"Is there something wrong with being Muslim in America? No, that's not America," he said.

"He was 14 years old at the time of 9/11, and he waited until he could go serve his country, and he gave his life," Mr. Powell said. "Now, we have got to stop polarizing ourselves in this way."

And he finally says what every decent American should be saying  - "So what if Obama was a Muslim" and he goes on to tell the story of this heartbreaking photo of Specialist Khan's mother at his grave:


The highly charged rhetoric being spewed by the right must stop. The way McBush and Wolf Slayer are constantly trying to tie Obama to terrorism and Islam is once again an affront to all Muslim Americans. We saw this type of fear and backlash just after 9/11. We are seeing it again with the McCarthy-like invocations of Michele Bachmann. I challenge these repulsive, incendiary bigots to look this grieving mother in the face and tell her that her son was anti-American because of his faith.

We must set a new tone in this country. We must not allow the fringe to keep demonizing anyone of a different race or culture. Hell! They even demonize intelligence and educatation. They prop up Joe-the-Dumb-Ass-Phony-Plumber as a national hero when this real hero nobly sacrificed everything for his country.  Who would you rather represent what's great about this country?  The idiot who had made himself a houshold name by whining about having to make even the most modest contributions to this society or the young man who paid the ultimate sacrifice to this country before his 20th birthday?

Thank you Specialist Khan for your service.  May you rest in peace.

Please go and read more about this All-American patroit here.