Posted on 09/16/2002 6:10:57 AM PDT by truthandlife
Democratic Party insiders are said to be furious over published reports identifying the five al Qaeda cell members arrested over the weekend in Lackawanna, New York as registered Democrats.
Sunday's Buffalo News initially revealed the inconvenient detail, noting first that "members of Lackawanna's Yemeni community describe the five arrested men as 'all-American.'"
"They include a telemarketer, a used car salesman and a former high school soccer star who was named friendliest in his class. Four are married, and three have children. All are registered voters — Democrats," announced USA Today on Monday, picking up the News report.
News of the al Qaeda cell's political affiliation can only exacerbate the party's already growing image as being soft on terrorism. Monday morning, for instance, noting that the Lackawanna five will be unable to go to the polls in the future, WABC Radio's Curtis Sliwa joked, "There's five less votes for Hillary Clinton."
Some Republicans see the "Al Qaeda were Democrats" reports as poetic justice.
Over the years, Democratic Party spinmeisters and their liberal media friends have repeatedly attempted to make hay over the political ties of domestic terrorists like Timothy McVeigh, whom President Clinton once tried to tie to conservative radio talker Rush Limbaugh.
would anyone care to bet the "leaders" of the rnc will try to use this to their advantage?
this will tell you whether they are serious about winning, and whether many have been deceived by their true intentions.
stupidity is not that consistent. every once in a while, if they were that stupid, they would make a mistake in our favor
james forrestal
"They include a telemarketer,
one of those annoying people who calls in the middle of dinner trying to get you to buy new vinyl siding probably..
a used car salesman
great...what more needs to be said?
and a former high school soccer star who was named friendliest in his class.
soccer - remember all those threads on the World cup games?
Four are married, and three have children.
OBL is married (multiple wives) and has many children. This is supposed to make me feel like these guys are "fine, upstanding Americans"?
All are registered voters — Democrats," announced USA Today on Monday, picking up the News report.
No surprise there.
FROM CNN'S PROFILE OF TIM MCVEIGH:
... After renting a Ryder truck that has been linked to the Oklahoma City bombing, McVeigh telephoned a religious community that preaches white supremacy, but no one there can remember knowing him or talking to him. His only known affiliations are as a registered Republican in his New York days, and as a member of the National Rifle Association while he was in the Army....
Of course, one also notes that Timmy grew up in Buffalo area...hmmmmm?
I WONDER WHAT "KITCHEN TABLE" ISSUES THESE PERPS WERE MOST INTERESTED IN!
Bush ordered arrests of suspects
President George W. Bush ordered the weekend arrests of five alleged members of a Lackawanna "sleeper cell" who are suspected of having ties to the al-Qaida terrorist network, sources familiar with the investigation said Sunday.
The president, after briefings from the FBI and Justice Department, told agents to move ahead with the arrests because of fears that the five Lackawanna men - or others associated with them - might soon be called to action by al-Qaida network, the sources said. [snip]
Click link for the rest of the story.
Now if I were the FBI I'd be checkin' those Florida Dem voter registrations VERY carefully!
Well, yeah, but I'm going to say that's basically a coincidence. Pendleton, NY, where McVeigh's family is from, and Lackawanna may both be near Buffalo, but they're about a million light-years away from each other in terms of culture ;)
:-O I'm AGHAST! I thought the Democrat party was the party of PEACE.
(Of course they will continue to vote for democrats, as they know that this is the best way to continue to weaken the country and further their goals.)
Life....is good.....
NOW WE KNOW WHY THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO PUT OFF THEIR VOTES ON ATTACKING IRAQ UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION.
THEY DON'T WANT TO OFFEND THEIR MUSLIM BASE!!!!
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