Posted on 09/25/2006 8:27:12 PM PDT by The Brothers Salazar
John Salazar is one of the most vulnerable Congressman in the country. He tries to get by pretending to be "moderate," though his staff is mainly composed of former Pelosi staffers.
He is running against Rightroots endorsed candidate Scott Tipton:
Scott Tipton is trying to knock off Democratic incumbent John Salazar in a district that went 55%-44% for George Bush in 2004. This is a seat that should be held by a Republican, but it's a huge district, and Tipton needs lots of cash to overcome the name recognition advantage Salazar holds. If he gets the money he needs, this is a seat that will turn from blue to red.
John Salazar's moderate image is a charade.
Salazar's campaign spokeswoman is Nayyera Haq, a former Nancy Pelosi staffer, who is using her position to launch attacks on the Pope and Rep. Tom Tancredo for being "anti-Islamic.":
The letter drew an angry response from Nayyera Haq, communications director for Rep. John Salazar. Haq, who is Muslim, stressed in an e-mail that she was speaking for herself and not for her boss.
John Salazar refuses to comment on any of this despite intense public and media scrutiny:
“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?”
Now, it has been revealed that Haq invited a series of radical Islamists to give lectures on Capitol Hill. Colorado conservative blog ToTheRight.org:
The Muslim Staffers Association did indeed bring Dr. Amr Hajjar to speak on Capitol Hill, per the Kuwait News Agency article cited in the video. Hajjar did argue that the definition of “jihad” and “terrorism” were up for debate. Furthermore, he implied that Israelis should be defined as terrorists.“Dr.” Amr Hajjar was representing a group called the “American Open University.” As far as we can tell, this isn’t a real university. It is a “distance learning center” operated by the Islamic Assembly of North American, a group that the Washington Post called “extremist.” The IANA is dedicated to spreading Wahabbism, the extremist Islamic philosophy of radical Saudi clerics, in America. The IANA is also under watch by authorities for funding terrorism.
Judging by the fact that virtually every news article ever written about the Congressional Muslim Staffers Association feature Haq prominently, it seems a fair assessment that in addition to co-founding the group she also has some sort of leadership role. In light of this; perhaps John Salazar will finally break his vow of silence on Haq’s ties to Nancy Pelosi, attacks on Tom Tancredo, and general bizarre behavior.
It's time to target Salazar.
Welcome to FR and all.
Welcome to FR
Well, it does look like Ms. Haq has at least left a mark on "Google News" search:
http://news.google.com/news?as_q=%22Nayyera+Haq%22&svnum=10&as_scoring=r&hl=en&tab=wn&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_nsrc=&as_nloc=&as_occt=any&as_drrb=q&as_qdr=&as_mind=26&as_minm=8&as_maxd=25&as_maxm=9
How well is Tipton polling?
welcome and thanks for the info
Nayyera Haq and some of her Muslim colleagues at the Capitol decided to form the Congressional Muslim Staffers Association. The group was officialy formed in June of this year. It was created to “dispel misconceptions about Islam.”
“That’s when I realized there was something really wrong,” said Ms. Haq, spokeswoman for Representative John Salazar, Democrat of Colorado. “Not just with members of Congress, but as Americans and our approach to dealing with ‘others.’”
“Tancredo is being irresponsible with his congressional authority and is knowingly creating a more dangerous environment for all of us. Congressman Tancredo should focus more on building bridges with the progressives in the Muslim world rather than burning the few bridges we have left.”
So whats the story about the Pope and Tancredo?
Welcome to Marxist Islam. Haq and her religion are the ones who must start building bridges, not the other way around.
Hit and run is frowned upon here.
Here's the thread from 9/21/06
Rep. Salazar silent on Tancredo demand
Short version...Tancredo asks the Pope NOT to apologize! Unfortunately, the open borders crowd used the thread as an opportunity to bash Tancredo!
I'm not done quite yet.
Uh, yeah, what's the quote of Haq attacking the pope? It must have been written in mystical disappearing pixels, I can't find it.
How fitting for such an extremist party!
I just read the first 50 posts on your link. I notice a newbie got banned. Must have done something later on, as I think s/he was doing a great job in the first 50.
Whut's a troll,?,,,,;0)
Several questions have been posed to you.
Consider replying.
# 17.
bttt
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