Posted on 01/04/2007 3:00:28 PM PST by MplsSteve
Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, was sworn in this afternoon, holding his left hand on a leather-bound volume of a Qur'an that was once owned by Thomas Jefferson.
In a day of firsts, Ellison was sworn in by Nancy Pelosi of California, the first woman House speaker.
Ellison held his right hand in the air, placed his left hand on two brown leather-bound volumes of the Qur'an, which were held aloft by his wife, Kim. The historic moment was played out in wood-paneled chamber of the Capitol before hundreds of journalists from around the world, including Al Jazeera. Moments earlier, the 110th Congress was sworn in en masse on the House floor, where Ellison shook hands with Rep. Virgil Goode, R-Va., who had criticized Ellison for using the Qur'an.
Ellison introduced his wife and four children to the international press corps and said, "We're here to work for the American people."
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Trust me when I tell you this. Amy Klobuchar is an empty skirt. No, she's not stupid - but she is disingenuous and vacuous. If you had the chance to see her on TV during the election season, she never ever said what she would do or how she'd vote.
Of course, the TV and print media in the Twin Cities never took to questioning her - or Keith "Jihad" Ellison - about too much of anything. I guess it was like that everywhere. The media has always leaned Dem - but in this election cycle, they completely climbed over the fence.
Last fall, I actually e-mailed a Red Star columnist and asked if he was gonna submit any of his columns to the Klobuchar campaign as an in-kind contribution. Never got an answer. Not surprised though.
The next two years are NOT gonna be fun. Not at all.
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There was some information about Thomas Jefferson's copy of the Koran on another thread. Apparently he wanted to study it to help him understand how to deal with the Barbary Pirates. Ellison is putting it to the opposite use. If he has his way, we will soon be seeing Barbary pirates operating here. Shameful.
I'll watch the Number 9. Robyne will be fawning, while Jeff Passolt sits there with a big, fake smile trying not to puke. (I've gotten the impression from listening to Jeff on the Morning Show that he's no lib)
We would be far better off with more of these Muslims in Congress than we are with Catholics like Pelosi. At least Ellison had the decency to convert so people would know what he stands for.
He touched the Koran with his LEFT hand!!!???
Wait a minute...isn't that...?
Hmmm...
You owe me a new keybord,my friend! If Pelosi's a Catholic then I'm a brain surgeon.
She's a Unitarian/Universalist...IOW,she's an atheist.Regardless of what she might claim.
Do you think that Zalmay Khalilzad will use a Koran when he is sworn in?
I had some free time this morning so watched the CBC ceremony on cspan. The guy who was chairing the festivities said something like "Praise to Allah" after introducing Ellison. My sense was the audience must have been shocked because he then started making excuses about what he said, then after more introductions made sure he quoted Biblical verses....
If we required honest labels, Pelosi would be a Satanist, like the majority of her constituents.
I had read that the koran thing would be for the photo op only, not the official oath-taking. Looks like that info was wrong.
No matter, 'cause if he obeys the koran, he will lie to non-Muslims any way. Of course, as a politician, he'll to everybody.
Okay Joe, is that you?? ; )
I went to High School with Amy Klobachar. She was one of those that you could not talk to unless you were in the inner circle. She didn't come off like being a biatch or anything, just kept to a certain clic. If I remember right, she was fairly decent looking back then. But then again, at 16-18, to a horny boy, any girl looks pretty good.
She's a DFL'er for crying out loud!
She couldn't have been raised to the position of Senator as a DFL'er without toting the party agenda.
As though it ain't enough to be living in Ellison's district, I learned yesterday that my alma mater, Wm. Mitchell College of Law, has a radical Somali on its faculty teaching Islamic law. In a way that fits since the faculty includes a coven of National Lawyers Guild members.
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