Pawlenty calls State Dept use of Imam "Disgusting & "Dangerous". Hmmh...

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Disgusting and Dangerous
Josh Marshall | August 17, 2010, 2:48PM
Presidential candidate and Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) says the State Department's sponsorship of Imam Rauf as part of its program to send American Muslims abroad to speak about US religious pluralism is "disgusting" and "dangerous."

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2010/08/disgusting_and_dangerous.php?ref=fpblg



BUT WAIT...where was Pawlenty when bu$h was working with the Imam?




Ground Zero Mosque' Imam Was A Bush-Era Partner For Mideast Peace
Megan Carpentier | August 12, 2010, 8:20AM


Tuesday, Reps. Peter King (R-NY) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) called Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf -- best known for his work with multicultural Cordoba Initiative to build a mosque and community center in Lower Manhattan -- a "radical" and criticized the Obama Administration for including him on a Middle East speaking tour. That tour, which includes stops in Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, is designed by the public diplomacy office to explain to Muslims abroad what it's like to be a Muslim in America.

Outside of how getting constantly called a radical by American politicians busy flacking the proposed "Ground Zero mosque" for political purposes might affect Rauf's view of what it's like to be a Muslim in America, there's one other big problem with King's and Ros-Lehtinen's accusation: Rauf already represented America in this way, under the Bush Administration.

State Department spokesman P. J. Crowley responded to the accusations Tuesday:

"His work on tolerance and religious diversity is well-known and he brings a moderate perspective to foreign audiences on what it's like to be a practicing Muslim in the United States," State Department spokesman P. J. Crowley said Tuesday. He added that the department's public-diplomacy offices "have a long-term relationship with" Rauf - including during the past Bush administration, when the religious leader undertook a similar speaking tour.

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http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/08/ground_zero_mosque_imam_bush_partner_for_peace.php?ref=fpblg


Just wondering. :eyes:

[malaise]

1. They are desperate

Ignore them.

[mod mom]

3. I say don't ignore...EXPOSE them. Here's more:

'Ground Zero Mosque' Imam Helped FBI With Counterterrorism Efforts

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/17/ground-zero-imam-helped-f_n_685071.html

Seems like our FBI was palling around with the dangerous Imam, as well!

[malaise]

5. Bush and Karen Hughes as well

They all palled around with terrorists.

[damntexdem]

8. And it this goes on, next time the State Department might pal around with a, yikes, ...

Bahai!

;-)

[elleng]

7. Agreed.

There's too much 'ignore' happening, when we should be framing/reframing, and calling 'them,' each and every time.

[Blue Owl]

2. Uh-oh, we better watch out for "1% Pawlenty"

He looks to be gaining major political momentum judging by the results in Iowa.

:sarcasm:

[Angry Dragon]

4. Selective memory

or could it be that little bushie could do no wrong
and it is just wrong when Obama does it??

little timie is a tool and is worthless

[damntexdem]

6. Yeah, how disgusting to send a Sufi to speak on religious pluralism.

After all, Sufi's have a conflict of interest regarding religious pluralism, having long been victims themselves of religious intolerance in the Muslim world.

;-)

[Bitwit1234]

9. Phewlenty after what he did to Minnesota ought to bury

his head in the sand for the rest of his life. AND the POS thinks he has a snow balls chance in Hades to be elected president. Seems like every single republican falling all over themselves running for that honorable office have slime sticking to them. Why do they think anybody except a stupid republican would give any of them a nod.

[EC]

10. These guys are really risking

getting anyone in the Muslim world helping us find and stop terrorists....They are making the case for Al Quada that we hate them, since they will only hear the loadest voices...