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^^^ Kinda what I was getting at, Like I said in another, thread, he could balance the budget, cure AIDS, and run in the winning touchdown in the Superbowl and they'd still say "Obama's a Muslim". <snip>


The amusing paradox is middle eastern papers this morning already talking shit about Obama and not buying for a second he's a muslim simply by his name, and yet some Americans including a proud few with confederate flag pillowcases do believe it, so he can't win all over a mere middle name that's as common as Mike or John in the arabic language.

Fortunately he seems to thrive on adversity. In 2000 he booked a last-minute flight from Chicago to L.A. to attend the Democratic Convention, and then the Hertz car-rental counter denied his credit card. When he finally got to the Staples center he was denied entry at the door and then no one cared to give him a floor pass. Faithful to the cause, he stayed to watch the speeches on the Jumbotron outside the arena, and then a few days later before the finale, dejected, he flew home. He's come a long way in 8 years.