Posted on 09/21/2006 7:36:27 PM PDT by Pikamax
Rep. Tom Tancredo challenged one of his Colorado colleagues but drew no response on Thursday in a flap touched off by the pope’s controversial comments about Islam.
On Wednesday, Tancredo sent a letter to Pope Benedict XVI, urging him to resist calls to apologize over a recent speech that quoted a 14th century emperor who suggested that the Prophet Mohammed had inspired "things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached."
Tancredo’s letter, which included criticisms of specific passages in The Koran, drew a strong response from Nayyera Haq, the Muslim communications director for Rep. John Salazar, D-Manassa.
Haq, who said she was speaking only for herself, accused Tancredo of "hateful," irresponsible words that alienate progressive Muslims and merely "throw more fuel on the fire."
Tancredo fired back in a written statement directed at Rep. Salazar, saying he needed to clarify whether or not he agreed with Haq.
"Either he believes that forced conversion, the suppression of religious freedom, and threats to kill ‘non-believers’ are wrong as I do; or he agrees with his spokesperson, who seems to think that Americans should simply sit down and shut up when radical Islamofascists threaten to kill us if we don’t become Muslims," said Tancredo, whose note also referred to Haq as a "political hack."
Salazar’s office declined to respond.
"Neither Congressman Salazar, nor his staff will dignify that with a response," said Haq, who said she had shared Tancredo’s latest missive with her boss.
A spokesman for Tancredo, Carlos Espinosa, later pressed the issue.
"The constituents of the 3rd district elected and pay for Congressman Salazar to represent them, not to provide a platform for one of his staffers to push a personal agenda," Espinosa said.
"We just want to know whether Salazar agrees with what came out of his office yesterday, or if his press person has a green light to run a mini-personal policy shop out of his office?"
But this can't be. Tancredo only cares about illegals and he's in bed with Bay Buchanan.
TANCREDO FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!
Megalomania on display
If he runs, I'm there. I'm so there.
Defending the Pope is megalomania?
i.e Tancredo was right.
Tancredo is a media and attention whore just like John McCain.
Does he honestly think the Pope reads his stupid letter? His ego is running full speed.
I doubt that; she looks like Pat!
Sure this ol'gal's name is not "Haq", but "Huk", as in the "Hukbalahap", the supposedly now defunct Communist insurgency of the 1950s in the Philippines.
Well, at least HE wrote a letter supporting the Pope - did you???? And, WHY wouldn't the Pope read his letter?
What if they just lie to your face Tom? I mean after all, lying is small potatoes compared to beheading while chanting to satanallah.
Good way to make them publicly choose either the queeranus or civilized society!
The guy cares about getting attention beyond all else.
No, I'm not important enough to write the Pope. He can do just fine without my advice.
Multiple Choice Test
1. In 1968, Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in Los Angeles by
(a) Superman,
(b) Jay Leno,
(c) Tiger Woods,
(d) a man from Palestine between 17 and 40 years old.
2. In 1972, 11 Israeli athletes were kidnapped and killed at the Munich Olympics by
(a) the kid who cuts your grass,
(b) Sitting Bull,
(c) Arnold Schwarzenegger,
(d) Muslims between 17 and 40.
3. In 1979, the US Embassy in Tehran was over-ran & 52 Americans were held for 444 days by
(a) Bruce Lee,
(b) Elvis Presley's deceased twin brother,
(c) a tour group of Minnesota grandmothers,
(d) Muslims between 17 and 40.
4. During the 1980s, several Americans were kidnapped in Beirut by
(a) O J Simpson,
(b) the king of Sweden,
(c) the pope and a gang of Cardinals,
(d) Muslims between 17 and 40.
5. In 1983, the U.S. Marine barracks in Lebanon was blown up, killing 220 Marines, by
(a) a Domino's Pizza delivery man,
(b) the president of the Southern Baptist Convention,
(c) Catherine Zeta-Jones,
(d) Muslims between 17 and 40.
6. In 1985, the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70-year-old American passenger thrown overboard in his wheelchair by
(a) Sugar Ray Leonard,
(b) your next door neighbor,
(c) the Little Mermaid,
(d) Muslims between 17 and 40.
7. In 1985, TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens and a U.S. Navy diver trying to rescue passengers was murdered by
(a) Captain Kangaroo,
(b)Walt Disney,
(c) Mother Teresa,
(d) Muslims between 17 and 40.
8. In 1988, Pan American Flight 103 was destroyed by a bomb in midair by
(a) Butch Cassidy,
(b) the Sundance Kid,
(c) the Tooth Fairy,
(d) Muslims between 17 and 40.
9. The World Trade Center was bombed the first time in 1993 by
(a) Stonewall Jackson,
(b) Michael Jordan,
(c) Winston Churchill,
(d) Muslims between 17 and 40.
10. In 1998, U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by
(a) Santa Claus,
(b) your sister's cat's grandmother's first owner's son's basketball coach's ex-wife,
(c) the World Wrestling Federation,
(d) Muslims between 17 and 40.
11. On September 11, 2001, airliners were hijacked to crash into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon by
(a) Bugs Bunny,
(b) Bob the Tomato,
(c) Ricky Martin,
(d) Muslims between 17 and 40.
12. In 2002, Daniel Pearl of the Wall Street Journal was kidnapped and beheaded by
(a) Bonnie and Clyde,
(b) the Michelin man,
(c) Barney Fife,
(d) Muslims between 17 and 40.
13. In July of 2005, several targets were attacked in central London, killing 52 persons, by
(a) the Orkin Man,
(b) Margaret Thatcher,
(c) Mr. Goodwrench,
(d) Muslims between 17 and 40.
his brother Senator Ken Salazar said of Focus on the Family: "From my point of view, they are the Antichrist of the world."
and called its founder James Dobson "the Antichrist" - a term among the worst slurs in Christianity.
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