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."
I feel the same way. Idiots elected idiots. Must be in the air. I hope they repent of their error and forget to vote for him next time around. That’s all we need, another nazi loving muslim.
“You’ll always find this Muslim standing up for your right to be atheists all you want”
Now THAT is one of the most provocative statements I’ve ever heard——It makes sense that to Muslims, athiests are not “infidels”, but potential converts to Islam. Just one more thing Islam and its spokesmen have in common with Communism and its recruiting tools and objectives, starting from the very beginnings of Communism. This shows you that Islam has more in common with athiesm than with any other religion, and more in common also with the ideology of Communism than any other religion.
Always a good decision. They won't get any cheaper or more available in the future, and they keep very well.
A muslim upset over our response to 9/11.
Imagine that.
Yeah, he's making a good impression, alright...
The irony of this whole story is that if Islam ever DID take over,those cheering atheists would be the first to get”stoned” under Sharia Law.
Ah, yes, he must be thinking of the connection between jihadi death cult members and Hitler!
They and the pornographic elites in Hollyweird
I’m surprised by Keith X. Muhammad’s comments, given the high regard in which Muslim radicals hold Hitler.
This man should be shot for treason.
So...coming from a Muslim, doesn't this mean he LIKES and ADMIRES Bush?
Yet another who took the OBL mail order course in creative thinking and dropped out after the third lesson.
I suppose he means it as a compliment.
Tancredo, how about helping us sane folk out by blowing multiple big puffs of cigar smoke in this Ellison-turd’s face?
Kick this idiot out of Congress!
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