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Will this man seeking to lead Michigan be America’s first Muslim governor?
The Globe and Mail ^ | May 12, 2017 | Marcus Gee

Posted on 06/04/2017 10:33:31 AM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff

Abdul El-Sayed played football at his suburban Detroit high school. He was pretty good, so he was always double-teamed.

In his first game after the 9/11 attacks, opposing players hurled insults at him. “Go home.” “Raghead.” That sort of thing. In the blink of an eye, he recalled, “I went from being a chubby kid with a funny name to being a very stigmatized minority.”

Naturally, he was angry. He took a swing at one of the taunters. “The coach pulled me out of the game and said, ‘Listen, you’re going to be Abdul El-Sayed for the rest of your life, and that’s going to mean something to other people. You can use that as an excuse or you can use it as motivation. You get to pick that.’”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: abdul; abdulelsayed; elsayed; mi2018; michigan; muslimamericans; muslimgovernor; muslims; muslimvote; nextobama
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1 posted on 06/04/2017 10:33:32 AM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff
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To: GuavaCheesePuff
Don't see Party mentioned....must be a Rat.
2 posted on 06/04/2017 10:37:02 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

We better hope he does not.


3 posted on 06/04/2017 10:37:09 AM PDT by Lumper20
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Just what this country needs. Arghhhhh.


4 posted on 06/04/2017 10:37:37 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

I would NEVER trust a muslim. EVER!


5 posted on 06/04/2017 10:37:53 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Islamic leadership has worked so well for London </sarcasm>


6 posted on 06/04/2017 10:40:14 AM PDT by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: onedoug

I get to work with one, seated behind me and 3 feet away from me, five days a week. No worries.


7 posted on 06/04/2017 10:41:14 AM PDT by DickBrannigan ("And the fact that I haven't put a gun in my mouth, you pudding of a woman, makes me a winner!")
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

He will get this. Watch the ACLU is saying FGM is a right so those doctors will get away it too. Sharia, it is here.


8 posted on 06/04/2017 10:41:35 AM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

He’s polling at only 9% in the Democrat field.


9 posted on 06/04/2017 10:41:38 AM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff
"Naturally, he was angry. He took a swing at one of the taunters."

Oh, naturally. When leftists get angry they can punch people. Of course.

But it's conservatives that are the violent ones, so every leftist informs me.

10 posted on 06/04/2017 10:43:59 AM PDT by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Flag burners can go screw -- I'm mighty PROUD of that ragged old flag)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Lotta muzzies in MI. Only natural they’d elect one of their own to move along towards full implementation of sharia.

Knowing the history of this country, there is 100% chance that sharia will be implemented and fully accepted by 50% of the people as legitimate. Why? look at the madness known as Native American Sovereign Nations. A country within a country, with different laws and the right to discriminate.

Don’t accept it? There are “indian” reservations. Some have casinos. The casinos allow smoking and GIVE PREFERENCE in hiring to indians. One set of rules for them, another for us. The exact same thing will happen with muzzies. There WILL be areas ruled by muzzies. They WILL have their own laws, called sharia. Normal people will be in grave danger if they go there.

Yes, it WILL happen.


11 posted on 06/04/2017 10:44:05 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Le Pen: "Islamism is a totalitarian ideology that has declared war on our nation, on civilization.")
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

“Will this man seeking to lead Michigan be America’s first Muslim governor?”

Oh hell no!


12 posted on 06/04/2017 10:44:34 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: GuavaCheesePuff
“I went from being a chubby kid with a funny name to being a very stigmatized minority.”

No, you were still a chubby kid with a funny name. The 'stigma' is completely of your minority's making. So take it up with them.

13 posted on 06/04/2017 10:44:38 AM PDT by relictele
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To: Gay State Conservative

why not! a muslim mayor has worked out so well for London...


14 posted on 06/04/2017 10:46:49 AM PDT by Archytekt
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To: GuavaCheesePuff
Yup,he's a Rat.Figures.

My attitude is simple...regardless of your race,your ethnicity,your gender,your "sexual orientation",your claimed religious affiliation (does anybody really believe that the Community Organizer-In-Chief is a Christian?) if you're a Rat you will *never* get my vote.I will *always* see you as being *profoundly* inferior to your Republican opponent.

And regardless of your race,your ethnicity,your gender,your "sexual orientation",your claimed religious affiliation,if you're a Republican you'll probably get my vote unless I deem you to be so deficient as to not be fit for office (hello,Juan McLame!).Otherwise I'll lever that line on my ballot blank.

15 posted on 06/04/2017 10:47:25 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Why Not? It’s working out swimmingly in London.


16 posted on 06/04/2017 10:49:27 AM PDT by PJammers (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: onedoug

“I would NEVER trust a muslim. EVER!”

Can’t trust or associate with the unbelievers.

2 Corinthians 6:14
2 John 1:10-11


17 posted on 06/04/2017 10:49:56 AM PDT by sagar
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To: I want the USA back

This isn’t Mayor of Dearborn or Flint, it’s Governor. MI is mostly White, he’ll lose.


18 posted on 06/04/2017 10:50:23 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Gay State Conservative
Don't see Party mentioned....must be a Rat.

Maybe, but there is a Palestinian from Michigan in Congress, Justin Amash, and he's a Republican. Just because they disagree with US policy towards Israel doesn't mean they all want communist healthcare. Politics begins at home, right?

19 posted on 06/04/2017 10:50:58 AM PDT by SeeSharp
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Is is very simple: Muslim = Enemy.


20 posted on 06/04/2017 10:55:26 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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