What McCain's Camp ( And Most Republicans ) Don't Want You To Know

Here's video of the moment where McCain finally decides to address one of the many issues that his campaign has "stoked" into a raging fire of idiocy:



The woman's shoulder-shrug meaning "well, I think he is" aside, the McCain campaign - as well as those that support them - continue to espouse this line of thought that Arab = Terrorist.

Here's some info that you might find enlightening:

• At least 3.5 million* Americans are of Arab descent. Arab Americans live in all 50 states. More than 80% are American citizens.

• The Arab American community is religiously diverse, but 63% ofAmerican Arabs are Christians.

• Almost every major religion is represented in the Arab American community.: Christians: Maronite Catholic, Melkite Catholic, Syrian Catholic, Chaldean Catholic, Roman Catholic, Antiochian Orthodox, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Protestant; Muslims: Sunni, Shia and Druze

• Arab Americans with at least a high school diploma number 85%

• More than 4 out of 10 Arab Americans have a bachelor’s degree or higher.

• 17% of Arab Americans have a post-graduate degree which is nearly twice the American average (9%).

• Of the school age population, 13% are in pre-school, 58% are in elementary or high school, 22% are enrolled in college and 7% are in graduate school.

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With the rhetoric continually being ramped-up, and the subsequent responses from McCain and Palin followers reflecting that, it's time that Americans stop being so willfully ignorant.