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Congressman Criticized for Muslim Letter
briebart.com ^ | 12/21/06 | FREDERIC J. FROMMER

Posted on 12/21/2006 1:38:39 PM PST by Patriot28

A Republican congressman has told constituents that unless immigration is tightened, "many more Muslims" will be elected and follow the lead of a recently elected lawmaker who plans to use the Quran at his ceremonial swearing-in.

Rep. Virgil Goode, R-Va., made the comments in a letter sent earlier this month to hundreds of constituents who had written to him about Rep.-elect Keith Ellison, a Minnesota Democrat and the first Muslim elected to Congress. Goode's letter triggered angry responses from a New Jersey congressman and an Islamic civil rights group.

In the letter, Goode wrote, "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 said the U.S. needs to stop illegal immigration "totally" and reduce legal immigration.

Goode added: "I fear that in the next century we will have many more Muslims in the United States if we do not adopt the strict immigration policies that I believe are necessary to preserve the values and beliefs traditional to the United States of America and to prevent our resources from being swamped."

Meanwhile, Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-N.J., wrote to Goode on Wednesday saying that he was "greatly disappointed and in fact startled" by Goode's letter.

"I take your remarks as personally offensive to the large community of Muslim-Americans I represent in the Eighth District of New Jersey," Pascrell wrote.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: darnthatpeskytruth; inconvenienttruth; infiltration; islamiclaw; islamiclawmakers; islaminamerica; keithellison; minnesota; muslims; sharia; virgilgoode
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I still cannot believe the voters on Minneapolis put a Muslim in congress. Did anyone see the tape of Ellison's victory party and all of the animals there saying "Allah Akbar" just like the same kind of animals did on 9-11. I sent Rep Goode and e-mail thanking him and telling him I agree with him completely. It figures a democrat would have a problem with it.
1 posted on 12/21/2006 1:38:40 PM PST by Patriot28
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To: Patriot28

sharia law is apparently what some Minnesotans want.


2 posted on 12/21/2006 1:42:50 PM PST by MovementConservative (Known by love.)
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To: Patriot28

The real danger Islam poses to us is invasion through immigration. Yet, Islamic immigration is at an all time high, and the Bush Administration is doing absolutely nothing to reduce it.


3 posted on 12/21/2006 1:46:02 PM PST by Thorin ("I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: Thorin

"The real danger Islam poses to us is invasion through immigration.
Yet, Islamic immigration is at an all time high, and the Bush Administration
is doing absolutely nothing to reduce it."

Apparently the situation is worse than that.
The Bush Administration is INCREASING Islamic Immigration.
(if one can trust the threads linked below)

(links from previous posts)

More Muslims moving to U.S.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1699992/posts

US schools compete for Saudi students -not yet able do effective
background checks on applicants
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1699252/posts

Victor Davis Hanson: Those Saudi Students. It’s not irrational to
be wary of this deal
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1701943/posts


and here's a story of how one Muslim student learned tolerance and
embraced diversity after visiting America (/sarc):
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1686655/posts


4 posted on 12/21/2006 1:49:12 PM PST by VOA
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To: Patriot28
"I take your remarks as personally offensive to the large community of Muslim-Americans I represent in the Eighth District of New Jersey," Pascrell wrote

This takes the cake....now, we have third persons once removed taking personal offense...I think I have that right....it's kinda confusing, isn't it?

Should apologies now be forthcoming to third parties not related to the offensive affront who, in turn, will relay it to the supposedly offended first parties...or something like that!

5 posted on 12/21/2006 1:49:36 PM PST by Seeking the truth (Freep Gear & Pajama Patrol Badges @ www.0cents.com)
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To: Patriot28

Little by little, piece by piece, and sympathizing a$$holes like Pascrell are all gradual movements for the ultimate goal. I believe that radical Islam is for real; particularly when a Democrat, from New Jersey of all places no less, does NOT believe it is a problem.


6 posted on 12/21/2006 1:49:44 PM PST by lesko
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To: Patriot28
"I still cannot believe the voters on Minneapolis put a Muslim in congress."

Born and raised in the great liberal bastion of the mid west (MN)I am not surprised by this but really saddened. I hate to say I am glad I do not live there anymore, the political climate would drive me crazy. I only became a conservative when I moved away and grew up.
7 posted on 12/21/2006 1:51:01 PM PST by Kimmers
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You should have seen Sandy Rios debate Doug Schoen earlier today. I stood and applauded her. Schoen talked about tolerance, but Rios said Islamists in this country were laying the groundwork for the destruction of our way of life. I sent her an email thanking her. Even earlier today, Bill Pascell (D) NJ said Goode was wrong. That people who said things like that didn't know anything about Islam. I think Pascell is the one who is ignorant and that he needs a crash course. He isn't alone, of course. At least half the country needs to learn about Islam. Soon.


8 posted on 12/21/2006 1:51:03 PM PST by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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To: Patriot28
Congressman Goode's constituents are largely conservative country folks from Central Virginia (excepting perhaps Charlottesville). CAIR and the liberal weenies dont' have any traction there (except again Charlottesville), and the Virginians there will back him up fully while he tells it like it is, thank God!

http://www.house.gov/goode/

9 posted on 12/21/2006 1:53:45 PM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner ("Si vis pacem para bellum")
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The West is not proud enough of its culture and traditions to protect them. Cultural or moral relativism will be the ruin of a Western Civilization invaded by Islamic savages.


10 posted on 12/21/2006 1:54:19 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Chani

ping for latr


11 posted on 12/21/2006 1:55:21 PM PST by Chani (Life is fatal. The 100% statistic is compelling.)
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To: Patriot28

I think his comments were over the top, one of those "stupid Republican tricks". Having said that, I can't help but feel he may be right in some way. Doesn't matter, he is pretty much wrong here, in my opinion, but then thats life..


12 posted on 12/21/2006 1:55:32 PM PST by Paradox (Let's really defeat Global Warming, build 100 new Nuclear Powerplants! {crickets....})
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To: Patriot28

A lot of people who voted for him didn't know he was an Islamobot. He hid the fact, slick-willy-fashion, during his campaign.


13 posted on 12/21/2006 1:55:56 PM PST by samtheman (The Democrats are the DhimmiGods of the New Religion of PC)
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"Meanwhile, Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-N.J., wrote to Goode on Wednesday saying that he was "greatly disappointed and in fact startled" by Goode's letter"

What do you expect but this kind of response from a state representative that approves same sex marriage, grants rights to transexuals, etc. Pascrell - rhymes with Rascal - is probably one of the first people the Muzzies will come after when they take over.

By the way is he still Mayor of that stinking sewer Patterson as well as State Legislator?????????


14 posted on 12/21/2006 1:57:13 PM PST by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis, Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
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I believe one reason Republicans has lost some close seats the last election was muslim immigrants.

I suspect the 40,000 Bosnians now living around St Louis cost Talent the election and I heard Allen lost because of the muslim vote.


15 posted on 12/21/2006 1:57:13 PM PST by Swiss
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To: Anti-Bubba182

One of the big cuases of the fall of the Roman Empire was the loss of national and cultural identity. When the provinces no longer thought of themselves as "Roman" the empire was doomed as a state. I hate watching history repeat itself and be able to do so little about it.


16 posted on 12/21/2006 2:00:24 PM PST by Patriot28 (1775-2006 Celebrating 231 years of excellence! Semper Fi my brothers!)
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To: Patriot28

If it were up to me I would give him the Medal of Freedom for speaking the truth. Keep them out! No more; not ever.


17 posted on 12/21/2006 2:00:59 PM PST by RichardW
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To: Thorin
My husband had a conversation with a Muslim from Saudi Arabia last week. Pre 9/11 the Saudis sent 19,000 students to attend college here and post it is now 90,000. The reason is they have opened up more scholarships to get these Muslims students here to have a better understanding of American culture and we of them. They want to promote peace and understanding between the two cultures.

One can only hope this works....I remain a skeptic
18 posted on 12/21/2006 2:04:09 PM PST by Kimmers
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To: Patriot28

Instead of us having to prove that we're not Islamophobic, we should demand that the Muslims prove to US that they are not coming here to turn this country into a Muslim dictatorship. I've heard nothing but words from them, and very few of that, but no PROOF.


19 posted on 12/21/2006 2:04:49 PM PST by kitkat (The first step down to hell is to deny the existence of evil.)
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To: Patriot28

Good for Goode!


20 posted on 12/21/2006 2:07:20 PM PST by Gritty (Multiculturalism is a Utopian ideology attractive to morons and totalitarians - Claire Berlinski)
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