My latest Devil’s Advocate posting on our first modern Muslim president, and it’s not about Obama.
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Most gratifying campaign comment: Colin Powell’s “so what if he were?” to the persistent rumor of whether Obama had been a Muslim.
Chris Matthews and Keith Olberman had said the same thing some months ago, but when a Colin Powell says it, it resonates a bit longer.