WHO'S BEATING THE DRUM AGAINST THE MUSLIMS?

POWERLINE:

...the Washington Post reports on its poll showing that a growing number of Americans express disapproval of Islam, and a majority now say there are more violent extremists among Muslims than other religions. The Post could have attributed these findings to the fact that lots of people follow the news. Instead, being the Post, it quotes far-left professor Juan Cole:

Americans have been given the message to respond this way by the American political elite, mass media and by select special interests.

Those "select special interests" would be Jews, I suppose. The Post also provides some unintentional humor by quoting Professor Ronald Stockton:

You're getting a constant drumbeat of negative information about Islam.

That's true. The drumbeat consists of news stories about bombings, violent demonstrations, demands that others conform to their religious practices, threats to obliterate other countries, beheadings, and so on. That's "negative information," all right.

YUP: there's a drumbeat all right - and the folks beating the drums are the radical Muslims. Though the Dems and the Left are...BLAMING BUSH! So what else is new!?! And how WRONG. One of the most irksome things about Bush is that he's ALWAYS saying, "Islam is a RELIGION OF PEACE." Oh well. I guess that just proves some people will never change.

WELL. AS THAT FAMOUS BANDLEADER HARRY S TRUMAN ONCE SAID:
"IF YOU CAN'T STAND THE BEAT, GET OUT OF THE CONGA LINE!"