re: #224 The Vicious Babushka

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I’ve said before that I sometimes catch the first half hour of Morning Joke on MSNBC to see what Joke is going to be popping off about for the day. It is also a good way to know the day’s Republican talking points…they get them out early for Joke Scarborough to get everyone going on for the day. It’s the Republican version of caffeine.

I knew it would be quite the show because of the Paris attacks. No disappointment.

The big thing outrage for the day was “President Obama refuses to acknowledge ‘Radical Islam’ and call it for what it is…and so do all the Democratic presidential candidates.”

And everyone on the panel was mouthing off about Obama/Democrats can’t say ‘Radical Islam’ and how they are in denial, etc. Apparently saying Jihadists or terrorists is not enough…you have to get Islam in there.

Then he had a guest on (Black guy, I didn’t catch his name/position but seemed to be a terrorist expert) who came on an shot a big hole in the whole stupid plea to say ‘Radical Islam’ and said ISIS really is not Muslim, they are nutcase terrorists that use Islam as an excuse. He went on to say that Muslims do not use the term ‘Radical Islam’ because there is no real radical Islam. He made a point that Muslims do not want “Radical” associated with “Islam” and I think that is the thinking of Obama. I think he made a speech/statement about it a few times.

Well, that apparently didn’t meet the needs of Joe. No one on the panel said anything to contest the guy, they just moved on. I changed the channel after that.

Why is it so damn important to say Radical Islam??? I don’t get it.