Take that, you stupid dead horse

I know this has been thoroughly beaten to death, but not by me. I found this in some kind of question/answer session with some researcher on Islam-Online and kind of liked it:

Q: Don't you think Bush's reelection says something about the average American, in the sense that at least 60 million people actively voted to renew the mandate of a man who unleashed war on two Muslim countries and enacted laws that made Muslims the targets of harassment and Orwellian security measures? It seems to me that the majority of Americans have spoken as to what they think about Muslims and their grievances, either through apathy or through direct voting.

A: I am not sure I agree with you on this. Remember that Bush won a majority of Hispanic voters. This actually helped his popular vote. I don't think these voters are motivated by anti-Muslim bias.

Jews voted overwhelmingly for Kerry, although they support anti-Muslim, anti-Arab Israeli policies.

Most Americans don't even know what the Patriot Act is; most Congressmen who voted to pass the act haven't even read it.

Indeed, Bush should feel jubilant after this election. What helped him is that the country is in war. Never have Americans voted out a president in war time. Bush is the first president whose wars and lies have almost cost him the election. Remember he won the electoral college by 136,000 votes. The agenda of conservative zealots divided America rather than sway it to its vision. Nixon, the president to run for reelection in time of war won by a landslide and in 49 states. This happened during the much hated war in Vietnam.

He still won a majority and he is the president now. Muslims have to think smartly how they're going to go through the next four years.


The thing I like about this response is the "Don't hold it against the Americans, they don't know what the fuck they're doing" undertone. Sort of like saying, "They're not hateful, just stupid." I'd say he's half right.