- Top Features:
- War Room
- Glenn Greenwald
- Broadsheet
- Joan Walsh
- Camille Paglia
- Since You Asked
- Follow Salon:
Read other letters about this article
Mr Obama's beliefs are his own. But are these the things we want our Presidents to sort-of excuse? Imagine if you will any other scenario where the President had an odd acquaintance, a mentor even and that person advocated revolution, literally, grab an M-16 and kill people revolution. Or racial separation, or burkhas, or any number of other things that go against what we generally conceive of as the American experience. It's wonderful that we live somewhere where people are permitted to espouse those ideas if we like. But that's not the same thing as seeking out the wildest most extremist views and embracing them because you believe that's the way to be inclusive.
