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March 12, 2007
Dem Congressman Reserves a Room in the Capitol for Islamic Terrorist Front Group
Democrats take a lot of pride in their tolerance, which is ironic from the point of view of conservatives, toward whom they are often anything but tolerant. But they make up for it by being extra tolerant toward everyone else. For example, Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) is so tolerant, he has arranged for a conference room in the Capitol building to be used by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
CAIR still won't disavow Hamas or Hezbollah. CAIR fundraiser Rabih Haddad was deported to Lebanon after being arrested during a raid on an Islamic "charity" that "provided assistance to Osama bin Laden, the al Qaeda network, and other known terrorist groups." In 2004, CAIR "civil rights coordinator" Randall Royer got 20 years for conspiring to train terrorists in Virginia. Just last year, founding CAIR board member Ghassan Elashi was sentenced to a six-year wrist slap for funneling money to Hamas.
If it were up to the folks at CAIR, the Capitol would have the tail end of an airliner full of dead Americans sticking out the dome. But according to Pascrell's spokeslackey, "We just see it as a simple room request." The room in question is controlled by Charlie Rangel's Ways and Means Committee.
To be fair, not all Dems choose to be oblivious to the fact that CAIR is a terrorist front group. Charles "Chucky" Schumer has remarked on CAIR's "ties to terrorism" and "intimate links with Hamas." Dick Durbin has risked throwing stones from a glass house by noting that CAIR is "unusual in its extreme rhetoric." Even Barbara Boxer was shamed into withdrawing a "certificate of accomplishment" she awarded to the terror-supporting Executive Director of CAIR-Sacramento, Basim Elkarra.
Pascrell must be following the Breck Girl strategy of trying to outflank the rest of his party on the lunatic left — which isn't getting any easier.
On a tip from nanc.
Posted by Van Helsing at March 12, 2007 9:28 PM
Comments
I am of the opinion that CAIR is calling in some vouchers for having contributed to various election coffers.
Posted by: joseph buzzard at March 13, 2007 7:23 AM
