(Pajamas Media) Michael J. Totten - Is Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood moderate? That's what everyone wants to know. The Muslim Brotherhood's spokesmen have been waging a PR campaign in the West for many years. They know exactly what to say and what not to say. They tell Western reporters that they're activists for democracy and civil society. The term "moderate" is relative, though. Surely the Muslim Brotherhood is moderate compared with the Taliban and al-Qaeda. The only way a Western reporter can know is to interview former Muslim Brotherhood members who will tell it straight. Mohammad Adel used to work for the Brotherhood's Web site. "They aren't going to do well in the upcoming elections," he said. "Most of the votes they got before were protest votes against Mubarak's NDP rather than votes for the Muslim Brotherhood. Now that the NDP has been dissolved, they don't have that base to fall back on."
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