Posted on 03/11/2008 9:36:19 PM PDT by camerakid400
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Indiana voters on Tuesday elected a Muslim to Congress, only the second of that faith chosen in U.S. history.
Andre Carson, grandson of the late Democrat Rep. Julia Carson, was elected to serve the balance of her term in the U.S. House of Representatives in a special election.
She died in December 2007, after serving 11 years in the heavily Democratic district.
The younger Carson, 33, a member of the Indianapolis City Council who converted to Islam about a decade ago, will serve out the remainder of his grandmother's term through calendar 2008. He beat Republican Jon Elrod and a third party candidate with 52 percent of the vote to 44 percent for Elrod.
The first and only other Muslim member of the U.S. Congress is Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota, also a Democrat, who is in his first term.
Carson will face a strong challenge against other contenders in a May primary which will determine who runs in November for the next full two-year term in the district which covers most of the city of Indianapolis.
His Democratic opponents then are expected to be two state legislators -- Carolene Mays, an Indianapolis newspaper publisher, and David Orentlicher, a lawyer and doctor who is a professor of law and medical ethics at Indiana University School of Law and Indiana University Medical Center.
Carson's faith had not been an issue in the special election.
Great!
They told us how they’re going to take us over and then we just stand by and let them do it??????
It’s interesting how Democrats didn’t realize how much they loved Muslims until September 11.
Another American Muslim who conveniently hasn’t yet adopted an Arabic name...
Turban Sprawl...it keeps going and going and going...
It sure starting to look like the Islamofascists scared the hell out of the people living in this country on 9-11-01.
Muslim, black and democrat... just stating facts.
I can’t believe there are people so foolish in our Nation as to elect another Muslim as a member of the House of Representatives. If Obama becomes President, it will only be a matter of years before this country becomes the Islamic Republic of America.
Stage 1:
Start immigrating - move into a country quietly
Stage 2:
Begin starting churches: “learning centers” community helps: food etc.
Stage 3:
Political activism: demanding rights, denounce derogatory comments/press etc.
Stage 4:
Get elected, pass laws favoring rights etc. move toward political majority
Stage 5:
Political control, Sharia Law
years or months
Like water dripping on a rock— — — — — —
It’s not “and we let them do it”, it’s “and we’re dumb enough to vote them in”. They don’t get “in” unless we’re dumb enough to vote them “in”.
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