Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), one of two Muslims serving in Congress, dismissed Rep. Michele Bachmann’s (R-Minn.) claims of potential Islamist infiltration in Washington “16 pages worth of nothing” last night on CNN.
Bachmann had outlined her basis for pursuing an investigation in a 16-page response letter to her home state colleague. This included asking how Huma Abedin, deputy chief of staff to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and wife of former New York congressman Anthony Weiner, received State Department security clearance even though three members of Abedin’s family having ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, the once-banned political party now in the Egyptian presidency.
“It’s 16 pages worth of repeated false allegations. Just regurgitated nonsense,” Ellison said. “And, you know, it doesn’t — 16 pages doesn’t take nothing and turn it into something. It’s still nothing.”
Ellison was interviewed last night by Anderson Cooper, who ripped into Bachmann himself. “Now you would think to make a charge like that — for sitting members of Congress to make a charge like that, that they would have some actual evidence, right?” Cooper said. “You would think that. But the truth is they don’t have any direct evidence.”
“Let me also assert that if there’s any, any source of threat to the United States, legitimate, you know, then I want them to be fully investigated, whatever source,” Ellison said. “I don’t care what religion, what race, what — whoever they are. If they’re a legitimate threat to the U.S., by all means investigate them. But in this case, there is none that I’ve ever seen.”
He charged that Bachmann aired her claims because “she thinks that it’s going to be popular and she’s going to make herself look like some sort of a hero and this may benefit her in her election.”
He can’t see it for the same reason fish can’t see water.
Either that, or he’s lying.
I gotta believe it’s the latter, given the circumstance.
(i.e. he is an inveterate and regular practitioner of taqqiyah)
Or some kind of steaming pile…
Was quite a debate in our local paper (St Cloud Times) about this. The paper hates M Bachmann.
Why does someone with close relatives to the Muslim Brotherhood get a high level security clearance? Why are we suppose to just ignore these security questions? Why is Morsi invited to the WH?
Because Obama has not given up on his islamic upbringing (if he converted he is an apostate, is he not? Under guidance from mohammed himself, a muslim can lie if it furthers islam).
Islam is not inside these United States to be apart of American culture. Islam is here to help destroy American culture.
The American government has sold out to the Muslim Brotherhood. In so doing, it has helped the enemies of Israel. Things are going to get worse. Giving power to Islam will bring more murder. Helping the enemies of Israel will get us cursed. Islam is a death cult, and political system following a 7th century mad man.
I am always suspect of ANY culture or organisation where dissent is never tolerated. If your ideology is so great, you should be able to argue for it.
Liberalism and Islam share many reprehensible traits. They lie to further their ends, because the ends always justify the means. They totally overuse appeal to authority to justify even the worst individual behavior. “Someone told me to do (say, eat, think) it!”, whether it be Muhammed (peace and all that crap be upon him)or Karl Marx.
Worst of all, any crowd of either will respond to any chant, no matter how idiotic or nonsensical, like some sort of retarded sheep. They live in a world of mantras, not reason. They really are two peas in a pod.
Wait ’til them there Arab peas gets control. The first thing they’ll do is kill all the lib peas, cause Arab peas hates THEM the most! Remember, Libs, they’re lying, too.
Hah!
I can’t wait.
Michelle Bachmann and her followers are un-american garbage. What she is stating is that Huma Abedin’s dead father who started an organization 20 years ago had support af another person who also stated another organization years ago who has had some support from the Muslim Brotherhood. Even Joe McCarthy would be embarrassed to make a claim like this but it appears there are just as many uniformed that post here as well. Oh and she said nothing about her mother or brother who have no ties.
So this come down to a dead man who started an organization which was supported by and individual who had started an organization that had some support from the Muslim brotherhood and of course all these facts are coming from the idiot Frank Gaffney. The same Frank Gaffney who called into question Grover Norguist because his wife was Muslim and because of his conspiracy nutjob theories about Muslims could not attend CPAC one year.
Michelle and those five other congressmen are nutjobs. Louis Gormert is still trying to convince us that there are terror babies. ROTFLMAO
The reason Republicans believe all this crap is that they are frightened little children who can tell reality from crazy talk and swallow every thing they hear that makes them frightened.
lovely earth?
So? After all these years, you never heard that Joe McCarthy was actually right? Usually, intelligent libs have changed the mantra to: maybe, but his methods were WAY out of line!
I really hate having to update stupid libs with their own approved spin.
God, they’re dumb.
It seems to me Ellison has more need to gin up some lucrative white liberal guilt to fatten his campaign coffers than Bachmann needs to incite voters against muslims. As of the June 30th report Bachmann had a 5 to 1 advantage over her opponent with $1.9 million cash on hand. Ellison had only $143,000 on hand, two announced primary opponents and a district to defend that while still very liberal is much more suburban than his old district.
That just tell me that you can fool the Republican base all the time. I suspect Bill Maher, Steven Colbert, and John Stewart all contribute to Michelle’s campaign as they just love her material.
Obviously Mr. Cooper and Rep. Ellison are counting on the fact that the typical CNN viewer won’t be bothered to read Rep. Bachmann’s letter, being content to believe whatever they’re told about it.
Anyone who actually takes the time to read the original letter to the Inspectors General, Rep. Ellison’s push back, and Rep. Bachmann’s response to Ellison, will be exposed to clear facts that comprise evidence of an important breach of basic security procedures. The typical leftist, of course, won’t be bothered by the facts in evidence, preferring to indulge themselves in hatred of those who don’t acquiesce to their worldview.
BostonLib, hire an editor. Or at least a spelling/grammar coach.
If anyone wanted to marry an American, get connected in local politics and get “cover” at the same time, wouldn’t they have to marry a major Weinerschnitzel?
Is that German for douchebag?