Posted on 10/30/2006 12:17:18 AM PST by lonewacko_dot_com
The rhetoric of Rep. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, against illegal immigrants, coupled with a racist e-mail he inadvertently forwarded to friends several weeks ago, has rallied at least one group of unwelcome supporters: white supremacists.
Around the country — on blogs, forums and e-mails — members and supporters of white-supremacist groups have been posting the news articles about Pearce on the Internet and cheering him on...
...On Friday, Pearce said he has very little knowledge about the different white-supremacist groups, but he is disturbed that they are posting his e-mail address on their sites.
"There are groups out there that are just full of hate," Pearce said. "And they love to co-opt peoples' statements or issues as if they are on that side, when it's just not true...
..."I have never supported these kinds of groups. This is about America. It's about standing up for what's right," he added.
Experts on hate groups say it's no surprise that Pearce attracts the attention of white supremacists. Immigration is a hot issue for such groups, and when they hear Pearce's position, they see a candidate who is reflecting some of their views.
"There's no doubt at all that immigration has helped spur the growth of hate groups pretty dramatically in the last few years," said Mark Potok, director of the Intelligence Project for the Southern Poverty Law Center...
...Pearce is not the only politician that has the support of white supremacists. Other candidates, including immigration hard-liner Randy Graf and Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., are also praised on hate Web sites...
(Excerpt) Read more at azstarnet.com ...
It is BS. If a sheethead says something favorable about a person or publishes an email the opposition is all over that person with a spurious allegation.
"The Church of Morris Dees" By Ken Silverstein. Harper's Magazine, November 2000. How the Southern Poverty Law Center profits from intolerance
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a3e5cb925c4.htm
I notice the newspaper, and Sarah Lynch, don't mind quoting a group headed by a man whose stepdaughter says molested her. I guess that means they support child molestation.
One should also note that MS13 agrees with them on open borders. So by their standards, that means they support gang violence too.
Sarah and the paper should be asked to explain their connection to child molesters and violent street gangs.
Anyone, or any newspaper, that quotes the Southern Poverty Law Center is absolutely not credible.
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