Posted on 09/19/2006 3:59:53 PM PDT by abigail2
Contact: Ermias Alemayehu (323) 782-1980 / (213) 804-1872
Democrats’ Endorsement of a Radical Black Muslim for Congress Called a “Security Threat” by Black Leader
LOS ANGELES- Democratic candidate and black Muslim Keith Ellison’s victory in last Tuesday’s Democratic primary in Minnesota has positioned him to become the first Muslim ever elected to Congress. Ellison’s selection to represent the heavily Democratic fifth district has caught the attention of Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, founder and president of BOND, the Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny, who says that he is disturbed that Democrats have endorsed a “radical black Muslim with ties to a racist extremist group to join Congress in a post 9-11 era.”
“The Democratic Party has no shame. Democrats supported Jim Crow and segregationist Bull Connor. Democrats elected Robert Byrd (D-WV), an unapologetic ex-Klansman to the Senate. Now they’re backing a black Muslim with ties to Louis Farrakhan. Who will they elect next?” said Rev. Peterson.
Keith Ellison’s campaign and his support from Democrats has garnered national attention because of Ellison’s controversial past and association with the Nation of Islam. Ellison, who is favored to beat his Republican opponent, has called for an immediate U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. Ellison has also called for the impeachment of President George W. Bush; and he supports reparations for slavery.
Rev. Peterson said, “The issue is not Ellison’s religious affiliation, the issue is his extremist agenda and ties to domestic enemies. This is an irresponsible and dangerous precedent being set by Democrats at a time when our nation is engaged in a bloody war with Islamic terrorists abroad.”
Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson is the author of “SCAM: How the Black Leadership Exploits Black America.” For more information, visit www.bondinfo.org
Boy - reading the title of the thread, I thought they were talking about Obama....
Would they really be much worse than say Dennis Kucinich?
PING for your list......
Rev. Peterson said, “The issue is not Ellison’s religious affiliation, the issue is his extremist agenda and ties to domestic enemies. This is an irresponsible and dangerous precedent being set by Democrats at a time when our nation is engaged in a bloody war with Islamic terrorists abroad.”
I really find this so unbelievable, yet here it is. We are at war with radical Islam, and democrats would actually elect one to Congress? This should be the most telling thing ever about that party. As far as an anarchist, I would submit we already had two of them occupying the White House in the 90/s. Any real research on the Clinton twosome would tell you that.
ping
Meanwhile in New Jersey an Arab-American misspoke once about Israel and was forced off the democratic ticket with the OK of the Honorable Jon S. Corzine.
Must be quite a few Cynthia McKinney types around those parts.
Endorsements
Elected Officials
Vice President Walter Mondale
Mayor R.T. Rybak
Mayor Don Fraser
Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton
United States Representatives
James E. Clyburn
John Conyers
Artur Davis
Danny K. Davis
Mike Honda
Jesse Jackson Jr.
Carolyn Kilpatrick
Dennis J. Kucinich
Barbara Lee
Betty McCollum
Donald M. Payne
Charles B. Rangel
Bobby L. Rush
Stephanie Tubbs Jones
Maxine Waters
Mel Watt
Former Attorney General
Warren Spannaus
Minnesota State Senators
Ellen Anderson
Linda Berglin
Satveer Chaudhary
D. Scott Dibble
Linda Higgins
Steve Kelley
John Marty
Mee Moua
Larry Pogemiller
Jane Ranum
Former Senate Majority Leader Roger Moe
Former Senator Allan Spear
Minnesota State Representatives
Connie Bernardy
Karen Clark
Jim Davnie
Barbara Goodwin
Mindy Greiling
Alice Hausman
Frank Hornstein
Phyllis Kahn
Margaret Anderson Kelliher
Dan Larson
Diane Loeffler
Michael Paymar
Cy Thao
Paul Thissen
Jean Wagenius
Former Rep. Betty Folliard
Former Rep. Greg Gray
Former Rep. Richard Jefferson
Former Rep. Alice Johnson
Hennepin County Commissioner
Peter McLaughlin
Ramsey County Commissioner
Toni Carter
Minneapolis City Council Members
Scott Benson
Elizabeth Glidden
Betsy Hodges
Robert Lilligren
Ralph Remington
Don Samuels
Gary Schiff
Minneapolis School Board Member
Peggy Flanagan
Minneapolis Library Board Members
Alan Hooker
Laura Waterman-Wittstock
National Leaders
The Rev. Jesse Jackson
Labor and Organizations
Democratic Farmer Labor Party (DFL)
ACORN
AFSCME Council 5
American Postal Workers Union – Twin Cities
American Federation of Teachers
American Jewish World
Clean Water Action
Communications Workers of America
Education Minnesota
Insight News
International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers - Minnesota
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
La Gente
La Prensa
La Invasora, 1400 am
League of Young Voters
Minnesota AFL-CIO
National Association of Letter Carriers Branch No. 9
National Education Association
NE Minneapolis Democracy for America Group
SEIU – Minnesota State Council
Sierra Club
Stonewall DFL
TakeAction Minnesota
Teamsters
Minnesota Joint Council 32
21st Century Democrats
UNITE HERE
United Auto Workers
United Food and Commercial Workers
United Steel Workers District #11
LOL!
It is so obviously crazy and hate American...I guess that's the point!
Yes, it's like electing a SS guy to parliment during WWII.
Thanks for that! Very telling!
I think the only silver lining here is that a Black Muslim is probably not going to put on an explosive vest and push the "fire" button.
However, he could hold Congress hostage by his actions.
This is crazy. Doesn't anyone understand what's going on?
The Dems are like the Muzzies. All they see is their seething hatred for anyone not aligned with them. It's a mental illness.
Wouldn't it be neat is his name was Alfred?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/1702696/posts?page=5#5
I wrote that post 3 days ago. Think Rev. Peterson reads FR ? ;-)
I know you are all afraid of being called racists, but that means little to me. Lets not let the Democrats take all the heat here.
We have all seen by the Congressional Black Caucus and its members that blacks would vote for dog poop if it was black. the fact that this one is Muslim isnt why he was voted in. He was voted in because he was black his being a muslim didnt enter the equation.
Besides that many black communities think that Farrakhan is one cool guy. They love this anti-Semite dork.
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