Republican leader calls Obama 'a Muslim socialist'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
County and state Republican officials criticized the head of a New Mexico Republican women's group for calling Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama a "Muslim socialist" and stating that "Muslims are our enemies." Marcia Stirman, the head of the Republican Women of Otero County, will be asked to step down, according to Sassy Tinling, the chairwoman of the Otero County Republican Party. In a letter published Tuesday in the Alamogordo Daily News, Stirman wrote that she believes "Muslims are our enemies." Stirman told The Associated Press in an interview: "I don't trust them at all. They've sworn across the world that they are our enemies. Why we're trying to elect one is beside me." Stirman, 56, an interior decorator, wrote in the letter titled "Why I'm a Republican" the 16 reasons for her party affiliation.