obama and islam:
Obama said that the premise of the query was "false," as the support he's received from the Jewish community "has been far more significant than any support I've received in the Muslim American community, although I welcome and actively seek support in the Muslim community as well." He also noted that he spent some of his childhood overseas in Muslim-dominated Indonesia. There, he learned some of the local vocabulary and customs. "It allows me to say to them things that perhaps other presidents can't say," he said, also to applause. [who are they, exactly? the caliphate?]