Definitions

So I was curious to see what exactly is meant by being an Arab, like the woman at the McCain rally thought Obama was. I went to Dictonary.com to look up the definition, and was able to confirm my suspicion that Obama is not, in fact, an Arab.

Ar⋅ab

–noun

1.	a member of a Semitic people inhabiting Arabia and other countries of the Middle East.

2.	a member of any Arabic-speaking people.

Since Obama does not inhabit Arabia or any other countries of the middle east, nor does he speak Arabic, he can not, by definition, be considered an Arab.

As far as the accusation of being Muslim, I honestly don't see a problem with it even if it was true. The Muslim community in the US is a peaceful one as far as I can tell. I don't know of any negative associations other then 'The Nation of Islam' back in the days of Malcom X. Well, that and people being annoyed by not being able to understand the guy working behind the counter at the mini mart. But that is more a problem of accent then religion. And from what I have heard, Obama does not have that kind of accent.