Posted on 10/01/2009 10:09:57 PM PDT by Cindy
WHO IS KEITH ELLISON AND WHY SHOULD WE CAIR?
September 29, 2009 Posted by Paul at 8:03 PM
On September 18, Rep. Keith Ellison spoke at the annual fundraising dinner for the Arizona chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR). He did so even though, as the American Islamic Forum for Democracy notes, the FBI has broken all formal relations with CAIR because it is listed as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation terror financing trial.
The Holy Land Foundation and five of its board members were found guilty on November 24, 2008 of illegally funneling more than $12 million to terrorist organizations. The trial raised significant concerns for the FBI about CAIR's connections to Hamas, which is a designated terrorist organization by the United States Department of State.
In short, Keith Ellison is helping to raise money for an Islamist organization with ties to terrorist organization.
Three members of Congress from Arizona -- Sen. John Kyl, Rep. Trent Franks, and Rep. John Shedegg -- wrote a letter to Ellison urging him to reconsider his decision to speak to the Arizona chapter of CAIR. Ellison went ahead with the speech anyway. Ellison claimed he "would never associate with anyone even soft on terrorism." He called the concerns raised by Kyl, Frank, and Shedegg "ridiculous." As noted, however, these concerns are shared by the FBI.
(Excerpt) Read more at powerlineblog.com ...
Words do have meanings.
Thanks for using the dictionary, F15Eagle.
So is that why Savage was off today? ;) went to the shindig?
BTTT
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