Today, the president offered Ramadan greetings to Muslims in America and around the world:
Good for the White House to continue its outreach to the Muslim world in the face of continuing rumors about the president's origins and religion. It speaks to a kind of confidence that I'd love to see Obama demonstrate in domestic policy. I once spent the Ramadan month in Cairo and while the fasting really is burdensome, the fast-breaking meals and general festive spirit are not to be missed. Coca Cola had a really excellent marketing tactic where they would station people with bottles of branded water, Coke, and snacks on busy street corners and begin handing them to hungry bystanders and throwing them into the cars of passing commuters the minute the fast ended. Whoever came up with that idea ought to be in charge of our public diplomacy.
-- Tim Fernholz
