Posted on 12/29/2006 10:07:06 PM PST by auzerais
Dec. 29, 2006 - In a highly unusual move, Sen. Barbara Boxer of California has rescinded an award to an Islamic activist in her home state because of the man’s connections to a major American Muslim organization that recently has been courted by leading political figures and even the FBI.
Boxer’s office confirmed to NEWSWEEK that she has withdrawn a “certificate of accomplishment” to Sacramento activist Basim Elkarra after learning that he serves as an official with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). After directing her staff to look into CAIR, Boxer “expressed concern” about some past statements and actions by the group, as well as assertions by some law enforcement officials that it “gives aid to international terrorist groups,” according to Natalie Ravitz, the senator’s press spokeswoman.
[...] The senator directed her staff to withdraw the certificate [...] and asked that a statement she had previously made endorsing CAIR be stricken from the group’s Web site, Ravitz said in an e-mail.
Ironically, just last month, Boxer had sent CAIR a letter in connection with its 10th anniversary fundraising dinner endorsing the group as a “constant support system for the American Muslim community” and praising it for its work on civil liberties.
Boxer tells NEWSWEEK she never saw the letter to CAIR signed in her name or was even aware of the award to Elkarra before it was sent out. “I feel terrible about this,” she says. “We just made a mistake. I was not in the loop. That was an automatic signature [on the letter].” But Boxer stands by her decision to withdraw the award and to distance herself from CAIR, saying she was influenced by previous critical statements about CAIR made by her Democratic colleagues Sens. Richard Durbin of Illinois and Charles Schumer of New York.
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Hmmmmm.....she must be planning a bigger role for herself.....she HAD to have known about CAIR previously....just didn't think it would matter....IMHO.
I'm shocked that a lib would do this, having just learned today that CAIR honcho Zogby has his own show on a channel called LINK (dedicated to ME issues) and carried by DirecTV.
Didn't think it was possible to be further offended by the
pandering of the "entertainment" industry to our mortal enemies but I was wrong.
More hopefully, the beginning of the end of Boxer's senatorial career.
Could it be that there is actually a brain cell somehere in her skull?
I wonder if Boxer has learned something serious is coming down on Elkarra or CAIR in the Sacramento area, it seems strange she'd open herself up to this.
Her main concern now is keeping me and you safe from "Big Oil" and "Global Warming". Islam and Muslims are George Bushes worries.
Boxer has occasional psychotic episodes where she inadvertently makes sense. Her last break of this sort was when she voted to authorize armed air marshals.
Nope. Insulating herself against some really stinky stuff that is about to hit the fan.
CAIR is about to go down hard!!
Well that takes brains. Not a lot. But some. Maybe a couple of cells.
LOL -- she is such a dunce.
Wow! What is she up to?
**Insulating herself against some really stinky stuff that is about to hit the fan.**
What do you know that we don't know?
Hehehe- I'd love to see their assets frozen.
We're all gonna get dirty-bombed back into the stone age and the politicians will "express concern"...
She doesn't cair any more?
Democrats plan for 2008. Pretend to care about national security with a couple of token gestures that will run as headlines on their political ads.
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