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McCain POW pal angers Muslims
Miami Herald ^ | 7-19-08 | MARC CAPUTO AND BETH REINHARD

Posted on 07/18/2008 4:09:31 PM PDT by Nachum

Riling Muslim leaders, one of John McCain's fellow Vietnam POWs defended the Iraq War Friday by saying, ``The Muslims have said either we kneel or they're going to kill us.''

''I don't intend to kneel and I don't advocate to anybody that we kneel. And John doesn't advocate to anybody that we kneel,'' Col. Bud Day added in a conference call with reporters arranged by the Republican Party of Florida on behalf on McCain.

Muslims and Arab-American groups quickly denounced what they described as the ''bigoted'' comments from Day, a Pensacola resident, Medal of Honor recipient and member of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth attack machine from 2004.

''This is as close to racist as it gets. These are cheap street tactics,'' said Khaled Saffuri, who helped organize Arab outreach for President Bush's 2000 campaign but is now a Libertarian. ``Even if this is called a mistake or a slip of the tongue, it shows a bigger problem with racism. McCain and the Republican party should denounce this.''

(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: budday; khaledsaffuri; mccain; muslims; muslimvote; pal; pow; saffuri
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To: Nachum

I still don’t understand how having a point of view about a religion can be racist....

Methinks the muzzies are a tad sensitive.


41 posted on 07/18/2008 5:37:34 PM PDT by rottndog ( Government is a necessary evil, but as with all evils, the less of it the better.)
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To: Nachum

Screw Off, Muslims! We are not going to take your guff and whining ANY MORE. GOT IT??!!


42 posted on 07/18/2008 5:37:54 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Accepting the REALITY & trying to reverse America's slow global economic decline, is true patriotism)
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To: Nachum
This is as close to racist as it gets.

Muslim is not a race.

43 posted on 07/18/2008 5:40:22 PM PDT by B Knotts (Calvin Coolidge Republican)
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To: Nachum

Khaled Saffuri - I don’t remember any Muslim apologizing to Americans for 9/11. I remember Muslims happily jumping up and down in Palestine/Gaza. I remember some MUSLIM Saudi Prince blaming us for 9/11. I don’t remember any remorse from any Muslim or Muslim country. BTW, if I were you, I’d be too busy making sure that another 9/11 DOES NOT happen in the United States instead of whining about a few ill chosen words.


44 posted on 07/18/2008 5:41:31 PM PDT by Chgogal (Voting "Present" 130 times might be a sign of a smart politician. It is not a sign of a good leader.)
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To: Nachum

Col. Bud Day gets it.


45 posted on 07/18/2008 5:41:39 PM PDT by Boagenes (I'm your huckleberry, that's just my game.)
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To: Nachum

There is no “Islamic race” ~ just doesn’t happen.


46 posted on 07/18/2008 5:42:24 PM PDT by muawiyah (We need a "Gastank For America" to win back Congress)
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To: darkwing104

You notice that Muslims, like leftists, really hate to hear the truth? Why is it that both groups always want to keep what they think and believe so carefully under wraps?


47 posted on 07/18/2008 5:42:32 PM PDT by Boagenes (I'm your huckleberry, that's just my game.)
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To: w1andsodidwe
Actually I'm pretty offended. They should have used the most diplomatic language possible when discussing statements by a Medal of Honor awardee.

Else they make themselves appear to be disrespecting our heroes, warriors, traditions and customs.

Well, maybe not just "make themselves appear" ~ they did this so automatically and casually that it clearly demonstrated none of these pukes have any business in America.

48 posted on 07/18/2008 5:45:05 PM PDT by muawiyah (We need a "Gastank For America" to win back Congress)
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To: Nachum

I have a problem with all this. If American muslems are really Americans then why are they not wanting a successful war against our enemies?Same for Americans of all race.


49 posted on 07/18/2008 5:50:05 PM PDT by dalebert
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To: Nachum

I have a problem with all this. If American muslems are really Americans then why are they not wanting a successful war against our enemies?Same for Americans of all race.


50 posted on 07/18/2008 5:50:05 PM PDT by dalebert
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To: garyhope

http://www.karachikids.com/


51 posted on 07/18/2008 5:59:10 PM PDT by happygrl
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To: Tzimisce

Thank God he didn’t draw a cartoon!


52 posted on 07/18/2008 6:33:12 PM PDT by Islander7 ("Show me an honest politician and I will show you a case of mistaken identity.")
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To: Nachum

Let’s see, he is quoting almost directly from the Koran so how in the he** could this be racist? Besides, since when is being muslim a race? I thought it was supposed to be a religion, not a good one but, still, a religion. I think the world has dumbed down so much people have forgotten the word prejudiced.


53 posted on 07/18/2008 6:37:57 PM PDT by calex59
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To: Nachum
...Swift Boat Veterans for Truth attack machine from 2004.

I am so tired of the MSM constantly misrepresenting the Swift Boat vets. They were not liars, attackers, or smear merchants. They spoke out about what they believed and challenged Kerry on points he never refuted. He never released the records and he never sued a one of them. That is the legacy of the Swift Boat Vets. They told the truth about a fraud who denounces them but wont face them.

54 posted on 07/18/2008 6:51:39 PM PDT by MovementConservative (John Roberts and Sam Alito.... Thank you GWB)
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To: Nachum

Khaled Saffuri has now gone on record as a Muslim LIAR.

QURAN
45 - The Kneeling
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

28. And you shall see every nation kneeling down; every nation shall be called to its book: today you shall be rewarded for what you did.

They HATE us...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZCqOH7E52k

Money quote: @ 6:22 - scary, scary hate from this Chicagoan. Farrakhan currently resides in Kenwood, an affluent neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, and part time at a Nation of Islam farm in New Buffalo, Michigan.

Don’t forget that both Rev Wright and Barack Hussein Obama were both ‘former’ muslims.

And Rev Wright used Farrakhan’s body guards in Detroit.

KHALED SAFFURI is a Muslim LIAR because the Quran does talk about kneeling.


55 posted on 07/18/2008 6:56:27 PM PDT by ameagle
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To: Nachum; Fred Nerks; george76; USF
"`The Muslims have said either we kneel or they're going to kill us.''
--Col. Bud Day

The truth is told, and the muslims are angry ping...


56 posted on 07/18/2008 6:58:23 PM PDT by jan in Colorado (For Barack Hussein Obama TRUTH FILE see my homepage!)
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To: Nachum

Col. Bud Day for VP!


57 posted on 07/18/2008 7:35:02 PM PDT by WellyP (How much does Huma know?)
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To: Nachum

The only thing that doesn’t anger Muslims is a Christian or Jew getting his head cut off by a Muslim.


58 posted on 07/18/2008 7:49:03 PM PDT by expatpat
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To: Nachum
...recipient and member of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth attack machine from 2004.

Another impartial and objective view from the the Miami Herald attack machine.  Sheesh.


59 posted on 07/18/2008 8:19:56 PM PDT by Harrius Magnus (LIBERALS: We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity.)
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To: Nachum

PRAY that McCain won’t throw Bud under the bus! PRAY!


60 posted on 07/18/2008 11:15:51 PM PDT by SolidWood (Stop the Muslimarxist Obama.)
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