All this Muslim-baiting in this election will have consequences for the GOP

[bluestateguy]

There are many reasons why they pulled out of Michigan, but I can't help but think that the Muslim smears will also badly damage the Republicans in Eastern Michigan. Florida also has a lot of Muslims too.

Republicans will be in the doghouse among Muslims for decades as a consequence of this Muslim bating.

[Jackpine Radical]

1. A whole lot of Muslims in the US are prosperous MD types who used to largely

vote Republican before Bush. I don't think very many of them will go anywhere near a Republican for a few generations.

[CreekDog]

2. It should rid them of the votes of any nonwhite group that they still have

:eyes:

[BlooInBloo]

3. Just like the race-baiting against hispanics. hahahah! They just can't help themselves.

[ShadowLiberal]

4. Didn't Muslims already switch from massively supporting repubs to massively supporting dems?

I recall reading somewhere that Bush won the Muslim vote by like 50% or some large number like that in 2000, and that in 2004 the numbers were reversed, with Kerry winning them by just as wide of a margin as Bush once did.