Keith Koffler, author of a spectacularly inane Politico column earlier this month, is inexplicably granted additional op-ed space by Politico, with which he peddles the absurd it's-Obama's-fault-people-falsely-believe-he's-Muslim meme.
Most of Koffler's reasons for blaming Obama are tired and lame. It is unclear why Politico would deem observations such as these worthy of publication: “Other actions confuse, like the deep and natural-looking bow he took before the Saudi ruler” and “When Obama fails to provide some type of public Christian narrative, he can expect it to be filled for him by others.”
Others are worse, such as this blatant falsehood:
[I]t is understandable if some are unsure about his Christianity or just don't know. The president almost never does what the overwhelming majority of the faithful do: attend church. He's more likely to be in a sand trap than a pew on Sunday mornings.
Nope. Not true. According to Pew, 89 percent of Americans are people of faith, and according to Gallup, only 43 percent of Americans are frequent churchgoers. As you may have noticed, 43 is not an “overwhelming majority” of 89. In fact, it is not a majority at all. Most Americans of faith do not attend church frequently.
Let's go ahead and say that again: Like Barack Obama, most Americans of faith do not attend church frequently.
Or, put another way: There is nothing noteworthy about Barack Obama's infrequent church attendance, particularly in light of the fact that frequent church attendance is not the norm among Americans in general or American presidents in particular. (Not to mention the fact that the President, like all other Americans, is under no obligation to attend church.) So, maybe the media could stop making note of it?