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(Keith) Ellison speaks out in support of NYC mosque
StarTribune.com ^
| 9/13/10
| Jeremy Herb
Posted on 09/13/2010 5:26:18 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
Standing three blocks from the World Trade Center site on the eve of Sept. 11, Rep. Keith Ellison looked out over more than 1,500 people wearing white and holding candles in support of a proposed Islamic center and mosque near Ground Zero.
"The whole world is watching you," the Minnesota Democrat told the mosque supporters. "You emphatically say we are together, and we can't be torn apart based on religion."
Ellison has never shied away from talking about his Muslim faith, but until now has not attempted to be a spokesman for it. Now, as he tries for a third term, he has jumped head-first into the frontline of a controversy that has sparked the biggest anti-Muslim backlash since the terrorist attacks of nine years ago.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Minnesota; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: democrat; democrats; ellison; keithellison; mosque; muslims
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In Keith's district, this gets him MORE votes.....
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
his voters are welcome to him...
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posted on
09/13/2010 5:29:25 PM PDT
by
bareford101
(Be loud! We have nothing – NOTHING - to apologize for in fighting for our Country!!)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
lol is his district full of USA haters?
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posted on
09/13/2010 5:29:25 PM PDT
by
dalebert
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Might as well have Mohamad Atta’s headstone there
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posted on
09/13/2010 5:29:56 PM PDT
by
Son House
(Like Getting Liposuction, and Coming Out Fatter. Time to Convict Democrats of Economic Malpractice.)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Is Minnesota really that far gone? We are rapidly losing Fl. to Hispanics, Muslims & Blacks .
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posted on
09/13/2010 5:30:34 PM PDT
by
fuzzybutt
(Democrat Lawyers are the root of all evil.)
To: dalebert
Apparently so, if he’s a third-term critter.
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posted on
09/13/2010 5:31:16 PM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(Marking Time On The Government's Dime)
To: dalebert
Actually we refer to them as Somalis.....
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
But Ellison said his religion is not the reason he has become one of the most ardent defenders of the planned mosque near ground zero. If I lived in the 5th district I would move just to save face.
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posted on
09/13/2010 5:33:07 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Minnesota needs to throw this jihadist out.
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posted on
09/13/2010 5:33:52 PM PDT
by
counterpunch
(Life in Prison: The RINO compromise to "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death")
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Actually we refer to them as Somalis.....Minneapolis the city of Somali's, taxi's, dogs, and booze. ; )
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posted on
09/13/2010 5:35:20 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
whats he doing with a bunch of Samoli voters? Is he near Nancy Pelosi’s district? Whats the matter with that state?
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posted on
09/13/2010 5:36:26 PM PDT
by
dalebert
To: fuzzybutt
Yes. Grew up there, have family there, and travel back often. It is getting worse. The liberal PC crowd is destroying the place politically. Gangs have moved into small towns. Taxes high. Somalis out of control. MN is in parallel to this country.
To: fuzzybutt
Is Minnesota really that far gone? Not yet.....
Keith Ellison - 5th district
Michele Bachmann - 6th district.
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posted on
09/13/2010 5:38:09 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: dalebert
Cedar-Riverside neighborhood. Lots of cheap high-rise apartments....
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Good. O’Riely just blew the Imams cover. His partner is a Truther. HAHAHA! What next!
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Pardon the rest of us if we lack compassion in the event that MN is attacked by Muslim terrorists. They can demonstrate their tolerance while picking up the pieces.
To: EGPWS
The ENTIRE STATE OF MINNESOTA...:
"Ye who enter, abandon all hope..."
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posted on
09/13/2010 5:46:25 PM PDT
by
daler
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Well ain’t he wonderful. Send him a ham.
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posted on
09/13/2010 5:54:17 PM PDT
by
South40
("Islam has a long tradition of tolerance." ~Hussein Obama, June 4, 2009, Cairo, Egypt)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
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posted on
09/13/2010 5:54:31 PM PDT
by
Diogenesis
('Freedom is the light of all sentient beings.' - Optimus Prime)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Why do Democrats always side with those that HATE America?
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posted on
09/13/2010 6:01:23 PM PDT
by
LibFreeUSA
(Show me what Obama brought that was new and there you will find things only radical and destructive.)
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