Friday, December 29, 2006

First Muslim elected to Congress

First Muslim elected to Congress
Minn. Democrat converted in college, was once with Nation of Islam
MINNEAPOLIS - Voters elected a black Democrat as the first Muslim in Congress on Tuesday after a race in which he advocated quick U.S. withdrawal from Iraq and made little mention of his faith.
Keith Ellison, a 43-year-old defense attorney and state representative, was projected to defeat two rivals to succeed retiring Democrat Martin Sabo in a seat that has been held by Democrats since 1963.
Ellison, who converted to Islam as a 19-year-old college student in his native Detroit, won with the help of Muslims among a coalition of liberal, anti-war voters. "We were able to bring in Muslims, Christians, Jews, Buddhists," he said. "We brought in everybody."


Am I the only person in this country who is troubled by this?
Muslim? Nation Of Islam?
Why don't we just make Osama bin Laden president?
Turn out the lights, the terrorists have won.
I'm glad I'm old and won't have to see this country turned into a Taliban-like theocratic state with psychotic mullahs governing every aspect of our lives.
I just hope that sanity prevails and this terrorist is censured by his fellow Representatives and not allowed to vote or serve on any committees.
What the fuck is the matter with those shitkickers in Minnesota anyway?