Posted on 07/13/2007 6:42:50 PM PDT by blam
Bush like Hitler, says first Muslim in Congress
By Toby Harnden in Washington
Last Updated: 2:05am BST 14/07/2007
Keith Ellison, a convert to Islam, has cultivated a moderate image since being elected last November
America's first Muslim congressman has provoked outrage by apparently comparing President George W Bush to Adolf Hitler and hinting that he might have been responsible for the September 11 attacks.
Addressing a gathering of atheists in his home state of Minnesota, Keith Ellison, a Democrat, compared the 9/11 atrocities to the destruction of the Reichstag, the German parliament, in 1933. This was probably burned down by the Nazis in order to justify Hitler's later seizure of emergency powers.
"It's almost like the Reichstag fire, kind of reminds me of that," Mr Ellison said. "After the Reichstag was burned, they blamed the Communists for it, and it put the leader [Hitler] of that country in a position where he could basically have authority to do whatever he wanted."
To applause from his audience of 300 members of Atheists for Human Rights, Mr Ellison said he would not accuse the Bush administration of planning 9/11 because "you know, that's how they put you in the nut-ball box - dismiss you".
Vice-President Dick Cheney's stance of refusing to answer some questions from Congress was "the very definition of totalitarianism, authoritarianism and dictatorship", he added.
Mr Ellison also raised eyebrows by telling his audience: "You'll always find this Muslim standing up for your right to be atheists all you want."
A convert to Islam who was previously linked to the extremist Nation of Islam, Mr Ellison, 42, has cultivated a moderate image since being elected last November, concentrating on issues such as health and education.
He is an outspoken critic of the war in Iraq. But he angered his own anti-war supporters by voting for a budget bill that aims to end the war over the next 18 months. His followers want an immediate withdrawal of US troops from Iraq.
After his speech was reported, Mr Ellison said he accepted that Osama bin Laden was responsible for 9/11. But his demagogic comments threaten to plunge him in controversy.
Mark Drake, of the Republican party in Minnesota, said: "To compare the democratically elected leader of the United States of America to Hitler is an absolute moral outrage which trivialises the horrors of Nazi Germany."
“MUSLIM = TROUBLE AND PROBLEMS. “
The learn to live with us, or we can live with out them.
It is like kindergarden. Play nice or you can not play here anymore. What is so hard to understand?
If Bush were really the next Hitler, this cretin would be a lampshade by now.
I have to give him credit for holding out this long. He is one of the few dems who hasn’t already used the Hitler line. Until now, that is.
I stay away from large cities as much as possible. Been to Chanhassen. Good folks there. Good fishing too. :O)
Pay a visit and I’ll take you fishing in Bemidji...
Great nations are never conquered. But they do commit suicide.
Apparently:
Those that can do, do.
Those that can’t do, teach.
Those that can’t do ether, become a members of Congress
He compared him to Hitler? I didn’t know he liked George that much.
we have past our prime here in the U.S. the future is dim, and people will slowly become illiterate, we are so doomed,
it is all downhill from here.
It doesn't work that way thanks to the multi cultural wing nuts in this country. We are supposed to bend over backwards to accommodate them, respect their customs, religion. They know it, and use the PC card as often as they can. Slowly but surely, they are inserting Muhammad's insane ways into this country. When they have won enough concessions, then they demand Sharia courts for Muslim communities, after that, they riot when their numbers are high enough and demand sharia law throughout the sate. Then, one day they will take the whole state and make it an Islamic nation.
This is just the beginning, Minn is just one state of many northern states which are at various levels of infestation, with our wonderful, blind, or corrupt government bringing in more jihadi's 10,000 at a time.
Do you hear the call to prayer in your toen or city? If not, just wait a few years, it's coming.
Normally I would argue that no one, and I mean no one could be as nutty as McKinney … however, I think you are on to something.
Yeah, right.
ask the idiots in the minn-st.paul area...
Not really sure WTF is wrong with folks in this country.
Muslim and moderate = oxymoron. When your goal is to rule the world, moderation is never part of the formula.
I hope Ellison continues to expand his use of our beloved First Amendment.
Because I really love how it helps us to “Spot The Looney”.
Brothers by a different mother. Aim is still the same.
“How did so many idiots get elected in the House and Senate?”
There is a simple one word answer: “Democrats.”
You already know the answer. (a bunch of idiots voted for him) LOL
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