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Opinion: Experience vs. “experience”

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Quote of the Day from the National Journal’s Hotline blog:

‘I like the fact that his name is Barack Hussein Obama, and that his father was a Muslim and that his paternal grandmother is a Muslim.’ -- HRC endorser/ex-Sen. Bob Kerrey

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Even though he endorsed Clinton, the former Nebraska govenor and senator seems to see this as valuable ‘experience’ that HRC doesn’t share. From the Seattle Times:

‘There’s a billion people on the planet that are Muslims, and I think that experience is a big deal,’ Kerrey said after the kickoff of a five-day tour of Iowa by Clinton. ‘He’s got a whale of a lot more intellectual talent than I’ve got as well.’

It’s cute and it sounds open-minded on the surface, but it’s also part of a larger trend of people bringing up the ‘M’ word all the time, in any context, frequently in ways that can be twisted around to suit smear tactics and have far more staying power than some old drug-use rumor.

Come on, people. Obama’s related to George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, but that’s not alienating Dems or endearing him to Republicans.

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