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Why does Obama avoid mentioning 'Islamic' terrorism?

Feb 22, 2015 12:08PM PST
Ask Bush's speechwriter

WASHINGTON - Why is President Barack Obama so hesitant to talk about Islamic extremism — the question is being raised repeatedly these days by many of his Republican opponents who accuse him of chronic political correctness or, worse, of softness on terrorism.

But a sympathetic answer in support of the president came Sunday from a slightly surprising place: the former chief speechwriter of ex-president George W. Bush.

The scribe who held the pen in the post-9-11 years during Bush's war on terror explained why he thinks the current president is right to tone down the talk about Islam.

And Michael Gerson didn't flinch when asked whether Obama and Bush had a similar approach. When it comes to talking about Islam, he said, they're indistinguishable.

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But wait...
Feb 22, 2015 5:17PM PST

didn't Bush get everything wrong?

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(NT) and neither did Obama?
Feb 22, 2015 7:21PM PST