[TLBSHOW]

Indeed, on February 27, California Democratic congressman Henry Waxman wrote a letter to the Secret Service requesting all electronic records of visits by Sami al-Arian to the White House complex.

Waxman also asked for "all requests, whether granted or denied, by White House employees that Sami al-Arian be admitted to the White House complex."

And he asked whether the Secret Service had identified al-Arian's alleged terrorist connections and objected to his visit, only to be overruled by White House officials.

Byron York

[Cicero]

Norquist's outreach made some sense before the 2000 election, but it makes very little sense now. There's no point in alienating Muslims unnecessarily, because you want votes from anywhere you can get them; but it would be irrational to expect that the Republicans can make Muslims a key part of its core voting base after 9/11.

[dagnabbit]

But, in January of this year, CAIR's Ibrahim Hooper and Jason Erb, communications director and government-affairs director, respectively, were back in the White House for a briefing on immigration policy.

The only immigration policy we should have related to Muslims is a ban.

[Captainpaintball]

How dare you post this! You are a Bush hater! You are a disrupter! Go back to DU! I don't care that you are RIGHT, I can't face reality, and refuse to see the truth about this administration!!! I'm gonna ping all the country-club bushbots, and we are going to gang up on you and call you names, thereby making the post/discussion too confusing to follow, thus preventing the truth from surfacing.

There! That about covers it. Now we can keep the thread open for serious replies and spirited debate, minusthe namecalling and disruption.

[The Duke]

Muslims, as perrennial victims, are tailor-made Democrats.

[jonatron]

bump

[TLBSHOW]

A very good take on what is happening.

[Captain Beyond]

If muslims want to join the GOP that's fine. But if they joined the GOP simply because Joe Lieberman is Jewish then they joined for all the wrong reasons. Because we are Americans and not a bunch of nationalities. The Constitution and the Bill of Rights apply to all. If they are peaceful muslims then they need to join in with the GOP and other Americans in condemning terrorism and terrorist organizations and be very vocal about it. If it was say the Wigit Makers whose religion was associated with terrorism then I would expect the same from them.