Posted on 07/21/2006 9:25:41 AM PDT by dolphin_CAGE
A Centre Party politician has stepped down after saying that immigrants accused of crimes should get a kick in the butt and leave the country.
Ingemar Pettersson, who was standing in Septembers local election in Landskrona, is bowing out even before voting takes place because of an unpublished article in a local newspaper.
Pettersson talked about energy policy, immigration, and crime. He is reported to have said foreign citizens who commit crimes should be deported before trial.
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Apparantly there are those in the Swedish government who prefer foreign criminals to their own people.
Before too long,a third of Sweden's residents will be facing Mecca five times a day.
Thank God I'm an American of Swedish decent instead of just Swedish.
Birds of feather, don't you know?
Amen to that. Examples of this dysfunctional mentality abound in Swedish politics. They are truly lost. They'll get what they deserve in the end. I'm glad I won't be there to experience it first hand, but feel pity for them just the same.
Sweden is unfortunately a messed-up country. It must be tough for the Finns and Norwegians to live so close to the Swedes....
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