Powell Talks About Obama

Powell also said he was troubled that some Republicans ― he excluded McCain ― continue to say or allow others to say that Obama is a Muslim, when he is a Christian. Such rhetoric is polarizing, he said.“He’s always been a Christian. But the really right answer is, what if he is? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer’s no, that’s not America,” Powell said. “Is there something wrong with some 7-year-old Muslim-American kid believing that he or she could be president?"”

[from an AP story on Yahoo! News]

Whenever I hear people saying “Obama is a muslim” or “Obama is an Arab” part of me thinks, “So what if he is? Isn’t our country founded on All Men are Created Equal?” The other part of me thinks that this country has become a scary place to live in.