Via International Herald Tribune
Two Muslim women at Barack Obama’s rally in Detroit on Monday were barred from sitting behind the podium by campaign volunteers seeking to prevent the women’s headscarves from appearing in photographs or on television with the candidate.
The campaign has apologized to the women, both Obama supporters who said they felt betrayed by their treatment at the rally.
“This is of course not the policy of the campaign. It is offensive and counter to Obama’s commitment to bring Americans together and simply not the kind of campaign we run,” said Obama spokesman Bill Burton. “We sincerely apologize for the behavior of these volunteers.”
Building a human backdrop to a political candidate, a set of faces to appear on television and in photographs, is always a delicate exercise in demographics and political correctness. Advance staffers typically pick supporters out of a crowd to reflect the candidate’s message.
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it’s sad, but the true sad thing is that the majority of Americans live in the dark ages with limited understanding or respect for the Arab world and Muslims. And the Republican Party and Clinton’s campaign and MSM have already shown us how easy it is to exploit that reality and manufacture a loss for Obama. It’s a contradiction and one of many tensions this campaign will continue to encounter in the general election.
Its not like they were rocking rachel ray terrorist scarves!
huh?
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