{"id":387,"date":"2008-10-20T15:12:12","date_gmt":"2008-10-20T15:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/stevenwaldman\/2008\/10\/mccain-supporters-combat-antim.html"},"modified":"2008-10-20T15:12:12","modified_gmt":"2008-10-20T15:12:12","slug":"mccain-supporters-combat-antim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/stevenwaldman\/2008\/10\/mccain-supporters-combat-antim.html","title":{"rendered":"McCain Supporters Combat Anti-Muslim Intolerance in their Midst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I saw the Huffington Post headline, &#8220;Muslim McCain Fans Confront Intolerance At Rally,&#8221; I figured it would be a video showing a mob of intolerant McCainiacs. The video actually reflects very well on most of the McCain supporters featured here:<embed src=\"http:\/\/services.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f8\/1417423198\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" flashVars=\"videoId=1866657225&#038;playerId=1417423198&#038;viewerSecureGatewayURL=https:\/\/console.brightcove.com\/services\/amfgateway&#038;servicesURL=http:\/\/services.brightcove.com\/services&#038;cdnURL=http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com&#038;domain=embed&#038;autoStart=false&#038;\" base=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" name=\"flashObj\" width=\"486\" height=\"412\" seamlesstabbing=\"false\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" swLiveConnect=\"true\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/shockwave\/download\/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\"><\/embed>On the other hand, this video would seem to indicate that the use of the Muslim=Terrorism=Obama formula is a bit more common among McCain supporters.<object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/lPg0VCg4AEQ&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/lPg0VCg4AEQ&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I saw the Huffington Post headline, &#8220;Muslim McCain Fans Confront Intolerance At Rally,&#8221; I figured it would be a video showing a mob of intolerant McCainiacs. 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