Right wing pundits invent another "GATE," "Obama's Nuclear Security Summit Secret Muslim Logo-Gate."

Conservative pundits: Obama summit logo a ‘Muslim crescent’

By Daniel Tencer
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 -- 3:09 pm

http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0414/pundits-obama-logo-muslim-crescent/



For the second time in the past few months, conservative commentators see something sinister in an Obama administration logo.

Following a controversy in February over what some said was a "Muslim crescent" in the logo of the US Missile Defense Agency, some commentators are saying they see the same thing in the thin, white crescent that borders the logo of President Barack Obama's Nuclear Security Summit.

"That’s weird … Obama’s Nuclear Summit logo is an Islamic crest," writes Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit.

The new talking point appears to have started with a New York Post column by Michael Goodwin published on Wednesday.

"The crescent, often with a single or multiple stars, is the main symbol of Islam," Goodwin wrote. "So now there is something like it at an official presidential event, prominently displayed in photographs being beamed around the world."

Goodwin continued: "No, I am not suggesting President Obama is a secret Muslim. But I am certain the crescent-like design of the logo is not a coincidence, especially at an event where Iran's nuclear ambition and al Qaeda's search for a bomb are prime topics.