Now, I don't know this guy from Adam so I did what you suggested, a little googling. Here's what I found out about the this Ismamist manica, this crazed terrorsymp, this danger to Western civilization.
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I don't particularly like lawyers. I don't like Johnny Cochran but that doesn't make him a murderer because he defended OJ. Now, I don't know this guy from Adam so I did what you suggested, a little googling. Here's what I found out about the this Ismamist manica, this crazed terrorsymp, this danger to Western civilization.
"An immigrant who came to the United States speaking no English, Kamal went on to earn degrees in business and law. Today, Kamal is an immigration attorney and a Partner in a Virginia Law firm."
"Kamal recognizes that his community is entering a time of transition. Many Northern Virginians spend too much time in traffic, too little time with their families, and worry too much about the quality of their schools, their lives and their neighborhoods."
"He is running for the State Senate to represent all the people of his District and give a voice to those who have never been heard. He wants to serve his community everyday of the year and not just during election time. And he wants a Virginia that moves forward without leaving anyone behind."
"Kamal began life as a refugee. One of six children born in Bethlehem, Kamal was nine years old when his family arrived in New Orleans in 1979."
"Immigrating to the United States was not easy. His father spoke some English; Kamal knew only the first seven letters of the alphabet -- "A, B, C, D, E, F, G."
"As a child, Kamal helped his mom and dad operate their family's grocery store and came to appreciate the life of hard- working, small business owners like his parents."
"My parents spent a significant part of their lives in a refugee camp. We lived in poverty for many years. Everything to us was a struggle but we were inspired by the belief that hard work pays off and a good education is the best gift of all."
"Kamal earned a degree in business management while working his way through college in Louisiana. He also earned a law degree from Thomas Cooley Law School in Michigan and an LL.M. in international legal studies at the American University."
"I studied law because of the enormous benefit a legal education provides to those who want to make a difference."
"The only way that we as a people can make a profound difference and improve the quality of life for all Virginians is if all of us make a difference individually." Kamal firmly believes in the principle of public service. Upon completing his education in 1997, he became the Legal Director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), a human and civil rights organization where he worked on behalf of the poor, the disadvantaged and others who needed help managing their affairs."
"My work at ADC enabled me to learn the issues from a hands-on- point of view. I worked on numerous cases involving abused children and spouses; arrests without charges, and the firing and non-hiring of older citizens because of age. These experiences were constant reminders that in our march forward we must leave no one behind"
"Today, Kamal is an independent running as a Republican candidate for the Virginia State Senate. He wants to use his unique life experience and education to serve all of Virginia to make certain that anyone who is willing to work hard is given a fair opportunity to succeed."
"Kamal’s experience should be particularly advantageous in serving Virginia’s immigrant population. He has a personal understanding of what is important to most immigrants. Bringing that insight to Richmond will enhance the lives of all immigrants and all Virginians."
"Kamal Nawash, with the support of his family and thousands of Virginians, is embarking on a journey to make the Virginia of the future full of equality and liberty for all of our citizens."
"Kamal wants to represent all the people and give a voice to those who have never spoken."
"Kamal wants to serve you everyday of the year and not just during election time. And Kamal wants a Virginia that moves forward without leaving anyone behind."
"Kamal is the only candidate in this race who will provide the leadership needed to get things done. Kamal knows that if we want fair share from Richmond, Northern Virginian Republicans and Democrats have to work together."
And what exactly were the aims of this terrorsymp mole?
"Oppose building a professional baseball stadium in Arlington County."
"Kamal will solve our traffic nightmare by expanding Metro Rail to local high density areas such as Columbia Pike, Skyline, Glebe Road, and Seven Corners. Kamal will also create a convenient bus shuttle system that picks people up from within walking distance of their homes and takes them to our existing Metro Stations."
"Kamal wants to protect and provide relief to senior citizens on fixed income from skyrocketing real estate taxes."
"Northern Virginia faces a myriad of important challenges. Challenges like education funding, traffic gridlock, transportation funding, and other important quality of life issues. Kamal will provide the leadership necessary to bring Northern Virginia Republican and Democratic legislators together."
"Kamal will focus on expanding metro transit to existing high density areas such as: Skyline and Bailey’s Crossroads via Columbia Pike, Seven Corners, and Tyson’s Corner."
"Kamal believes that Columbia Pike has turned into a strip-mall, car-based suburban eyesore. Kamal wants to create a walkable community-friendly environment on Columbia Pike. His plan focuses on improved parking policies, cutting taxes for revitalized property and tech firms, and expanding Metro to the Pike."
"Kamal applauds the Commonwealth Transportation Board for its decision to advance a proposal to create special express lanes on the Capital Beltway. HOT lanes, two in each direction, would extend from near the Springfield interchange to north of the Dulles Toll Road. According to the proposal, HOT lanes would be free to carpoolers, buses and emergency vehicles. Large trucks would not be allowed in HOT lanes."
"Affordable home ownership opportunities for all."
"Protect homeowners on fixed incomes from skyrocketing property taxes."
"Kamal wants to make it easier for our senior citizens to teach and volunteer in schools."
"Kamal is proposing a new program that will open computer labs in our schools and community centers for use of our young people."
"Challenging curriculum preparing all students for college."
"Aid to education making class sizes smaller and state universities affordable."
Okay, this guys a politician. But, if he is a terrorsymp, or worse, an Islamist mole sent to destroy our way of life, I bet he's got every militant Islamic from Terre Haute to Timbuktoo helping to get him elected, so I checked his campaign donation disclosures. Funny thing is, I could only find two arabic names on the list, Nawash himself and a guy who I think is his uncle.
His biggest dono to the tune of 100k turns out to be a Republican by the name of Dave Hunt. Seems dave is no stranger to elections himself, having thrown his hat in the ring. Then there's 25k from the Dominion Leadership Trust, a PAC set up to support Republican candidates. There's 20k from the Virginia Conservative Alliance, 25,500 from Virginians for Responsible Government, 20,000 from the Republican Party of Virginia, 20k from "All Children Matter State PAC a conservative PAC and 10k from Committee for a Republican Leadership.
Then there's the donations from known terrorsymp organizations like the Va State Police Assn PAC, the Va Sheriffs Assn PAC, and OH MY GOD, 15k from the NRA Political Victory Fund! NOW I KNOW HE"S A TERRORIST!
A little more digging shows he's received funds from alleged subservise groups like Koch Industries, Bank of America, Coca Cola, Podiatrists of VA, RJ Reynolds, Dupont LandAmerica Financial, American Council of Life Insurance PAC, Citigroup PAC and GE Financial Assurance.
I got an idea. Let's forget all this and HANG GROVER NORQUIST BECAUSE HE HELD A FUNDRAISER FOR THIS GUY.
That ought to do it. No more worries about traitorous Americans opening doors so bad guys in head towels and C-4 can get an audience with the head of intercommunity faith whatever.
My suggestion is, if you're going to fry Grover because he helped this guy, you better get a pan as big as Omaha cause that line looks awfully long.
As I said, I don't know this guy from nothing, I just did what you asked and surfed some. I'm sure you can show a different set of search results, but I think ths demostrates their are two sides to every issue.
Oh, well, there's your tipoff - what kind of American doesn't like BASEBALL. He's gotta be some kind of a terrorist - next you'll be telling me he doesn't care for apple pie. Sheesh.
Why do I keep having this nagging feeling that some of the folks chasing after Norquist actually have their sights set much higher, that Grover's really just a means to their real end?
Regarding your contention that lots of people donated to Nawash so what's wrong with Norquist hosting a fundraiser: a lot of people did probably donate to him based on stuff like his website and (I'm betting) not being aware of this other information. He was the Republican nominee, after all. A host of a fundraiser is presumed to have a greater familiarity with a candidate than someone sending in a small donation. Not to mention that this association with someone who has terrorist-defending viewpoints is part of a continuing pattern with Norquist.
Now, I don't know this guy from Adam so I did what you suggested, a little googling. Here's what I found out about the this Ismamist manica, this crazed terrorsymp, this danger to Western civilization.
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At this rally that the good (R) candidate spoke, I was shoved around, singled out from the stage (Brian Becker - WWP secretariat) as a "government spy" and a cockroach, and threatened with grievous bodily harm by attendees of the peace rally; as you can read in this FR report.
Or you can blindly follow anyone who paid the requisite filing fee and registered himself as a (R) candidate, and believe that he is a good guy; and simply ignore the company that he keeps.
I vote country before party.
I found something interesting when I Googled on him. This was apparently taken by tgslTakoma, or at least posted by her. tgsl, can you give some more information as to the context of this photo and posting?
I also found this cached story, of which the original seems to be gone. But the parts which caught my eye are the following:
Nawash did not blame his loss on the fact that he was an Arab-Muslim. What may have contributed to his defeat, he explained, were the “numerous hits” he received from extremist Jewish personalities like Daniel Pipes, who some consider an anti- Muslim bigot. The “bad media,” as he described it, began with the revelation that he had received a $10,000 contribution from Abdel-Rahman Alamoudi, a leading Muslim activist and founder of the American Muslim Council and American Muslim Foundation. Caught at Heathrow airport on his way to Damascus carrying $340,000 in cash in his suitcase on Sept. 28, Alamoudi is currently on trial for allegedly attempting to fund terrorist organizations, including Al-Qaeda. Alamoudi denied the charges in court last Tuesday. Although he has returned the contribution, Nawash still defends him.This strikes me as yet another one of those things which by itself probably would not be all that damning against Norquist, but when taken in aggregate show a disturbing pattern. But even stand alone it is puzzling to me; why is a conservative activist actively backing a guy who speaks at ANSWER rallies, who took funds (since returned) from a guy with terrorist connections, and who continues to defend the guy with terrorist connections?
Further about Nawash, according to his Washington Post profile, he lists his "Extra-curricular activities: Member, Solidarity USA; host, radio show, "The Solidarity Hour With Kamal Nawash." What is Solidarity USA? According to their website, they are a "revolutionary, socialist, democratic, feminist, anti-racist organization".
Nawash is also a bigwig with adc.org. Looking at the groups which link to adc, I am doubting that this is a group which sees eye to eye with conservatives on most issues.
I don't think that Nawash is a friend, or someone who we should support, nor is he someone we should think is acceptable for a conservative activist to be supporting. The fact that Norquist does really makes me wonder.
Wrong again. There is right and there is wrong. There is freedom and there is tyranny. There is rightousness and there is evil. There were no "two sides" to horrors of Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Mussolini, Tojo, and there is no "two sides" to Islamic totalitarianism.
BTW, just how much outcry from the Muslim world community did you see after the massacre of 9/11? How much? Read the Hadith from the blood-thirsty self-appointed prophet called Mohammed. His ravings are still be taught in schools around the world.
Any so-called "moderate" Muslim is not a Muslim. Personally, I don't believe there are that many of them. Their theocracy comes first before their allegiance to a benevolent and compassionate nation like the US. You're backing the wrong horse here.