Obama Camp Says Meeting With CAIR, MAS a "Mistake".....

Strictly a public relations move......

The Obama campaign said it was a mistake for an outreach coordinator to join a meeting last month attended by leaders of two controversial Muslim groups as it seeks votes from large Muslim populations in swing states.

Minha Husaini, newly named as head of the campaign's outreach coordinator to Muslims, attended a discussion session Sept. 15 with about 30 Muslim leaders and community members in suburban Washington, the Obama campaign confirmed. Participants included leaders of the Council of American-Islamic Relations and the Muslim American Society, which have been cited by the government in the past for ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas.

In August, the campaign's previous coordinator, Mazen Asbahi, resigned over a similar issue, pointing up one kind of challenge facing the campaign: pursuing the votes of the Muslim community while not perpetuating any misunderstandings about Sen. Barack Obama's religion. Sen. Obama is a Christian.

Mr. Asbahi, who also attended the meeting now entangling Ms. Husaini, resigned after questions arose about his brief tenure on the board of an Islamic investment fund along with a controversial Illinois imam. At the time, campaign officials said he was stepping down because he didn't want to become a distraction for the campaign.

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[BT in SA]

It is not the cair I knew...

It is not the MAS I knew...

Sounds as though Dr. Jerome Corsi is going to have some interesting things to say about Hopechange Hussein Obamessiah! Perhaps this "whole thing" CAN be turned around. Not counting on it.

It is not the Raila Odinga I knew...

[pulsar182]

coming soon. .. . a three dollar bill with Obamas picture on it..

[Elric66]

For a "smart" guy he sure has poor judgement

[Poopyhead]

The Great One sure makes a lot of boo boos. We certainly need a guy like this in the White House, don't we?

I can picture him greeting some wonderful folk from the Middle East at the White House and then a few months later those same people end up killing a whole lot of people in a terrorist attack. No doubt the Dear Leader will reply that "it was a mistake".