Oh dear...

[His Noodly Appendage]

The key to a bright, sustainable future for the U.S. economy, President Obama said, is a "foundation built upon five pillars," each of which represents a massive policy shift that is sure to set off a major political battle.

link (http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-obama-econ-side15-2009apr15,0,1380930.story)

No, that won't get the 'secret muslim' meme up and running again, not at all, nossir, not a bit.

Is it just me, or was that an incredibly and profoundly stupid bit of imagery to invoke?

[BioBeing]

It must be just you... what does that have to do with Islam?

[Barbarian]

As in, the five pillars of Islam? Oh dear, indeed ...

One of those pillars is the giving of alms. Muslims are socialists too, the lot of them.

[[serious]]

Meh, they will twist whatever he says to mean ZOMG A-Rab!

[premjan]

He may have been doing a little PR to the Muslim world trying to make them think of him as a crypto-Muslim.

[Free in Freeport]

*scratching head*

[Free in Freeport]

Oh, I get it, the 5 pillars of islam. Yes, idiots will twist that. He could have chosen a better term.

[lex]

Pillars stand on foundations, not the other way around. Regardless of allusions
to islam, its a hopelessly fucked analogy. Obama needs to put his brain in gear
before letting out the clutch on his mouth.

[Barbarian]

Did anything come from this? I don't seem to have seen any fallout. Surely fstdt would have carried the news. Is it possible that the allusion was too arcane?

[Lisa0315]

It is not an election year. He will get away with it THIS time. There is a part of me that wonders if Obama is so politically savvy that he KNEW what he was doing and figured that the people he wanted to pay attention would, and those he didn't, wouldn't.

Lisa