Posted on 11/11/2006 4:05:04 AM PST by LSUfan
U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite on Thursday angrily refused calls by a Muslim advocacy group to condemn a prominent Hernando County Republican who called Islam a "hateful, frightening religion."
Brown-Waite instead criticized Gov. Jeb Bush and the head of the Republican Party of Florida, both of whom last week demanded an apology from Commissioner Tom Hogan and his wife, Mary Ann Hogan.
On Friday, Gov.-elect Charlie Crist severed Mary Ann Hogan's relationship with his campaign.
"Mrs. Hogan expressed in her statements the views of many of my constituents, and while they do not encourage harmony in the community, they should demonstrate to you how many United States citizens perceive your faith," Brown-Waite wrote, responding to a Nov. 3 letter from the Council on American-Islamic Relations asking her to denounce the Hogans' remarks.
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Good for her! Well spoken.
Great letter...expresses my views perfectly.
Is this lady interested in higher office?
My goodness. This lady is normally comes across as a moderate.
Comes across as a moderate? I'd say, rather, a sleeper -- quiet on the outside, perhaps, but FIERY inside. And what great clarity.
I hope many other FReeper will do the same so that she can know her "voice" has been heard other places than in the St.Pete's tribune???
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