Max Eternity - Ever notice that we don't call white people terrorist? Think about it, whenver a white man goes on a rampage with a gun, we call it "shootings" or something like that. Yet when an Arab [non-white] does the same exact thing, it gets classified as terrorism. Which is kinda like how during the New Orleans floods (after Katrina) white people who were struggling to stay alive were said to be "finding food" while black people were called "looters." [1]
In the course of making some mind-numbing, revisionist claim that no terrorist attacks happened while Bush was in the White House (ummm, what about Operation 911?) Dana Perino, former spokesperson for Bush, said on Fox News that President Obama should call the recent violent attack at Fort Hood a "terrorist attack." Why is she saying this? The person doing the shooting was an American, an Arab-American. So one has to wonder if Perino would be making such statements if the shooter were White.
Would Republican Perino be saying the same thing, by default accusing Obama of covering-up a terrorist attack?
Interestingly, this political slight to Obama comes on the heels of his recent nomination of Perino to the Broadcasting Board of Governors, also begging the question: why is Obama so eagar to please the very people who vilify his authority--slandering him and seeking his ruin:
The Huffington Post - Dana Perino, recently nominated by President Obama to the Broadcasting Board of Governors [2], made an odd claim Tuesday night.
On Fox News, the former press secretary suggested President Obama was playing politics by refusing to describe the massacre at Fort Hood as a terrorist attack. Read more (includes video) [3].
Links:
[1] http://www.snopes.com/katrina/photos/looters.asp
[2] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/19/dana-perino-nominated-by_n_363560.html
[3] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/25/perino-no-terrorist-attac_n_370393.html