Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Paper Tigers, Muslim and Otherwise   [Jonah Goldberg]

I love the CAIR story. Three more points: I hope the guys at MRC keep track of whether these reports have any effect on CAIR's media appearances, not just in terms of booking frequency but how they're introduced. I don't think the spokesmen for the Muslim community intros should fly anymore. And, second, I really, really, hope moderate Muslims and existing moderate Muslim groups take note of this and go on offense against CAIR. Lastly, I love this sort of reporting generally. On the left and the right there are countless organizations, based here in Washington, which claim to represent millions of Americans who have never heard of said organizations. Some groups are honest about it, simply  asserting they represent a point of view. Many others are paper tigers,  claiming hordes of followers but actually lacking sufficient staff to keep the fax machine and coffeemaker running at the same time. 

06/12 09:05 AMShare