You would be opening up Sperry to a slander suit if what you said was true, so I dont think there is much error in this article, FrontPageMag does it’s homework.
Opinion is fairly well protected, as are false inferences.
For example, if I said McCain was a strong conservative, it would be a lie, but nobody can sue me for slander over it, because how do you really “prove” a label?
The record about Gill in DHS is clear, but he was investigated, so that’s not a lie — just left out the entire part where he was cleared, where his top security clearance was maintained, the charges were shown to be baseless.
During the election, several Republicans recommended Sperry’s book to convince me of the Muslim threat. I don’t need to be convinced of the thread of radical anti-American Muslims.
But, let’s see a show of hands, how many people believe the Muslim religion is going to disappear in the next 10 years? 20 years? 100 years?
We are stuck with people who will believe in false religions. It is to our advantage to encourage those who want an Americanized version, a moderate version, a “modern society” version of that faith.
We need a modernized, 21st-century Muslim community in the middle east, we need them to have a reason to want a stable, vibrant world economy, and to look for modern, non-threatening ways to practice their faith.
It’s a matter of survival.
Anyway, the Republican party won’t last long if it’s the white Conservative Christian party. I’m looking for POLITICAL allies in political fights, not religious allies. Would I prefer Christians? Sure. But I wouldn’t vote for a liberal Democrat simply because the conservative republican was a Muslim.
BTW, I’m not voicing an opinion one way or another about Norquist. I met him once, he was interesting to talk to. I wasn’t enamored with him in the past, nor am I today.
And as I said, I know nothing about this other guy, nor have I really heard anything about him in the local talk, even though he was in the next county over.
I just like it when conservatives vote for my candidates, even when those voters happen to be Muslim. We may not really run any Muslim candidates, but we can’t afford to turn Muslims away from our party, any more than we can afford to reject votes from Mormons.