Kim Lehman, the Republican National Comitteewoman from Iowa, has sparked a big debate with a tweet she sent last Thursday in which she said President Obama was a Muslim. (Here’s a 2007 Radio Iowa story about Obama’s speech to the United Church of Christ state convention. Here’s the blog post about his speech, in which Obama talked about his “born again” experience.)
- This is today’s story in The Des Moines Register.
- Democrats are using the episode to raise money.
- Publications ranging from The Huffington Post to The Weekly Standard have weighed in this week.
- An anonymous Iowa Republican blogger lambasted Lehman. Another Iowa blog, Caffeinated Thoughts which is edited (and mostly written) by Shane Vander Hart, wrote a post. On the other side of the Iowa political spectrum, the blog Bleeding Heartland written by desmoinesdem has posted on Lehman’s remarks.
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Thanks for the link. Just wanted to point out that Bleeding Heartland was the first to post about Lehman’s tweets (on Sunday morning):
http://www.bleedingheartland.com/diary/4182/iowa-rnc-member-kim-lehman-believes-obama-is-muslim