I knew, as I think my response to Pod shows, that the killer may have been just some totally apolitical nutcase, a disgruntled employee or just a run-of-the-mill psycho and the connection to the PP center may have been purely coincidental. But I was not making a snark about abortions and the people who oppose them.
I was making a sarcastic comment about those who criticize Obama for not calling Islamic terrorists Islamic terrorists. In a society where every utterance is parsed and dissected for hidden meaning or to find a juicy gotcha, there is a very good reason for not blaming terrorism on Muslims. He does it for the same reason George Bush did it, to show the Islamic community that we need their help solving this problem, that we are aware that not everyone of their religion is a fanatical killer, and telling our home-grown bigots they don't have a free "Let's go git us a raghead" card.
as for my opinions on abortion, see my response to Jody below.
No, that's not what I assumed at all..
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- Why doesn't Obama just come out and say it?