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Muslims seeking apology for letter
SacBee ^ | 21 DEC 2006 | Rob Hotakainen

Posted on 12/21/2006 4:29:10 AM PST by radar101

A Muslim group is asking Virginia Republican Rep. Virgil Goode Jr. to apologize after he told hundreds of his constituents that more Muslims will follow Rep.-elect Keith Ellison, D-Minn., to Congress if strict immigration laws aren't passed.

"The Muslim representative from Minnesota was elected by the voters of that district and if American citizens don't wake up and adopt the Virgil Goode position on immigration there will likely be many more Muslims elected to office and demanding the use of the Koran," Goode wrote.

The letter was written to constituents who contacted Goode after Ellison said he planned to bring his Quran, the Muslim holy book.

Goode, an attorney and former state senator who was first elected to Congress in 1996, said he wants to "stop illegal immigration totally and reduce legal immigration and end the diversity visas policy pushed hard by President Clinton and allowing many persons from the Middle East to come to this country."

Corey Saylor, national legislative director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said Goode's "Islamophobic remarks send a message of intolerance that is unworthy of anyone elected to public office."

CAIR officials noted that Ellison traces his family roots in the United States back to 1742.

"There can be no reasonable defense for such bigotry," Saylor said, adding that Goode should apologize.

Linwood Duncan, Goode's press secretary, said Goode sent the letter to hundreds of constituents who contacted his office after Ellison disclosed his plans. About the same time, the head of the local Sierra Club contacted Goode about a different issue, and the letter was accidentally sent to him in response. The Sierra Club official gave a copy of the letter to a reporter.

"The congressman is not apologizing," Duncan said. "He stands by the letter."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government
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1 posted on 12/21/2006 4:29:11 AM PST by radar101
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To: radar101
"The congressman is not apologizing," Duncan said. "He stands by the letter."

Good!

2 posted on 12/21/2006 4:30:24 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: radar101
As far as I'm concerned, anything we can do to get the followers of islam out of our lives is good and anything the followers of islam try to do to become a part of our lives is bad.
3 posted on 12/21/2006 4:34:26 AM PST by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: radar101

Goode spokesman Linwood Duncan said Wednesday that no apology was forthcoming.

"The only statement the congressman has is that he stands by the letter," Duncan said.


4 posted on 12/21/2006 4:34:44 AM PST by IrishMike (Democrats .... Stuck on Stupid, RINO's ...the most vicious judas goats)
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To: radar101

"The congressman is not apologizing," Duncan said. "He stands by the letter."

Bravo !

5 posted on 12/21/2006 4:36:06 AM PST by af_vet_1981 (Waiting for Samson)
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To: radar101

bump for no apology!!


6 posted on 12/21/2006 4:36:42 AM PST by tutstar (Baptist Ping list - freepmail me to get on or off.)
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To: radar101

He should apologize for not using stronger language and defining why Muslims are a problem.


7 posted on 12/21/2006 4:37:00 AM PST by caver (Yes, I did crawl out of a hole in the ground.)
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To: xsmommy
Instead of apologizing, Moslems continue to threaten
including practicing for new atrocities (eg. the Imams on the flight last month).

Where is THEIR apology?


8 posted on 12/21/2006 4:40:41 AM PST by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: radar101
CAIR officials noted that Ellison traces his family roots in the United States back to 1742.

Thus demonstrating that CAIR officials are dumb as a rock. Goode was referring to the VOTERS, many of whom are immigrants and sons/daughters of immigrants. He wasn't saying Ellison is an immigrant.

Idiots.

9 posted on 12/21/2006 4:50:05 AM PST by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: indcons; MplsSteve; MinorityRepublican; knighthawk; hail to the chief

Getting a bit pushy, aren't they? Sounds like another trial run to see what they can get away with.


10 posted on 12/21/2006 4:54:35 AM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: xsmommy

Heads are going to roll for this.


11 posted on 12/21/2006 4:54:57 AM PST by Long Island Pete
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To: Long Island Pete

I am really geting sick of CAIR. What's the exit strategy?


12 posted on 12/21/2006 5:03:52 AM PST by ClaireSolt (Have you have gotten mixed up in a mish-masher?)
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To: savedbygrace

****CAIR officials noted that Ellison traces his family roots in the United States back to 1742****

Yes : Perhaps his family has been in this country a long time---BUT they werent Muslim.

This fool fell for Farrakhans tripe of racial hatred.

He isnt a true Muslim he is a racial bigot using Islam to justify his hatred.
Islam the cult of hate fits right in with black bigotry.


13 posted on 12/21/2006 5:08:52 AM PST by sgtbono2002 (The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
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To: ClaireSolt

CAIR's exit strategy? When we are all Muslims.

I just got back from Spain, and the Spanish equivalent of CAIR (yes, there is one, also funded by the Saudis) is demanding the "return" of the mosque in Cordoba, which had been converted into a Catholic cathedral after the Reconquista but was in any case built on the site of a Catholic church the Muslims destroyed when they invaded. They also have plans to build the biggest mosque in Europe down there and are saying it is designed to be a place of pilgrimage for Muslims, the new European Mecca. The Socialist government is politely agreeing, although the local citizens are up in arms.

Without people like the Rep Duncan, that's going to happen here, too. They come in legally and simply install themselves, and then it becomes a fait accompli. Remember that any place they have a mosque is, in their opinion, Muslim territory and thus can be considered conquered territory, even though there are (at that point) few or no Muslims in the area.


14 posted on 12/21/2006 5:09:33 AM PST by livius
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>>>CAIR officials noted that Ellison traces his family roots in the United States back to 1742.<<<

Prove it. Let's see the genealogical 180.
John Kerry spent Christmas in Cambodia in a manner reminiscent of Ghenis Khan.

I flatly refuse to believe one single word that the Muslims has to say. CAIR in particular.
15 posted on 12/21/2006 5:09:35 AM PST by ishabibble (ALL-AMERICAN INFIDEL)
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To: livius

Ooops, I meant Rep. Goode...


16 posted on 12/21/2006 5:10:02 AM PST by livius
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To: ishabibble

His roots may indeed go back that far. But they weren't Muslim "roots." He's a convert to Islam, brought up as a Baptist, IIRC.


17 posted on 12/21/2006 5:11:03 AM PST by livius
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To: metmom

Good for him. He should be muzzled for speaking the truth.

BTW, these barbarians can never assimilate in any civilized society.


18 posted on 12/21/2006 5:14:12 AM PST by indcons
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To: metmom

Good for him. He shouldn't be muzzled for speaking the truth.

BTW, these barbarians can never assimilate in any civilized society.


19 posted on 12/21/2006 5:14:20 AM PST by indcons
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Oops...next post (#19) has the correction.


20 posted on 12/21/2006 5:15:01 AM PST by indcons
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