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Romney in damage control mode for Muslims in Cabinet comments
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I suppose he could have added a disclaimer at the time, but really, how many more little disclaimers do we need on everything we say/do/eat/read/etc.?
"Ijaz urged Romney and other presidential candidates to "actively begin searching" for American Muslims and Arab Americans to serve in Cabinet posts to diminish the "risk (of) promulgating policies that once again put the U.S. straight in the sights of the terrorists who seek to bring America down.""
If we (the USA) don't appoint a Muslim to a cabinet position then we should expect retaliation? Seems like a threat to me...
What's needed are the best people for the job. It just shows how little we have progressed (as a society) to consider that a candidate must parcel out positions on the cabinet based on race, gender or religious affiliation. Only until we become blind to such ideas will we truly have abolished racism, sexism and religious intolerance.
What Ijaz is saying is that, seeing as how Mitt claims "jihadism" is the biggest threat to America, having a Muslim in the Cabinet would allow President Mitt to have a greater understanding is Islam in general and an adviser close at hand. And on the flipside, allowing himself to remain ignorant and detached from it, well, face it, nothing good comes of ignorance.
Was a threat made? I think not. Just the simple statement of fact that we run more risk of terrorist attacks by remaining complacent and ignorant.
Should a Muslim be in the Cabinet just because he's Muslim? No more than Mitt belongs in the White House just because he's LDS. I'll vote for the most qualified person regardless of religion.
Cabinet members are established to serve the needs of the President, the number of cabinet members has varied from generation to generation (and often President to President) from George Washington to present. Besides, why do we need a cabinet member to represent radical muslims?
I used to live in the Detroit/Toledo metro area, and can honestly say I still knew more Christians, Jews, Wiccans, and Atheists than Muslims, and THAT area is "Mecca" for Muslim-Americans. Not everybody is capable of performing the essential functions of the job of a cabinet member, so statistically, the smaller your demographic is, the less likely you will be ethnically represented. He could have just as easily said what he said about albinos, dwarfs, or people with 6 fingers on their left hand. It isn't that there's anything wrong with those other people...it's just that there aren't that many of them.
But President of the United States ... I don't think so.
I hope to die first!
And this group is saying let them be in higher levels of government? When CAIR steps down it rhetoric, maybe.
I wish he would stop using the word Jihadist. Anything who knows a shred about Islam knows that this term is incorrectly used. It makes him look really uneducated about one of the world's great monotheistic faiths.
And no, I am NOT Muslim.
As for the flip-flopper claim, being able to admit your ideals were wrong and WHY shows far more insight into the character of that person than someone who never analyzes their thoughts and beliefs. Everyone has the right to change their opinions.
I realize many Muslims, particularly American Muslims, are productive, law-abiding citizens, but Islam is a violent, barbaric religion which consigns women to second-class citizenship and imposes hideous punishments like amputation upon miscreants. Islam is in serious need of a Reformation to bring it from the 10th century to the 21st century.
Fact: Mr. Ijaz was a democratic fundraiser in the last election cycle.
Conclusion: What business did Ijaz have at a Republican fundraiser? I would say that it was all a ploy to ask a deliberately crafted question and twist the response in a calculated effort to make Romney look bad. Looks to me like the dirt is starting to fly. The Dems are afraid of Romney and we will see more and more of this kind of nonsense as time progresses.
And to those who keep throwing out the flip flop label, just admit that it is a cover for your secret religious bigotry.
Muslim coutries would NEVER consider anyone but a Muslim for government positions.
They are the type that kill teenagers for teaching English (ie Afganistan recently).
This is the religion that put the teacher in jail a couple of days ago in Sudan because her 7 year old students chose to name their class toy bear Muhamed. She is now to get 40 lashes also.
Muslim countries routinely punish women for being raped by giving them 40 lashes.
Muslim countries worldwide have absolutely NO tolerance for any other religion in government in society or in anything.
So why should we bend over backwards to get someone from that religion of intollerance into our governtment?
I guess I really am a racist. We are becoming so open mided our brains are falling out.
I am an independent voter who won't vote for any candidate in the Republican party because of the Bush's administration policies the last two terms.
As far as Romney is concerned, I doubt he will be the Republican nominee simply because of his faith. Personally, I could care less about his faith but I don't agree with his stance on several issues. For instance, he supports the war in Iraq, he discriminates against gays, and his immigration record is unclear.
Either way, Ijaz is out to make Romney backpedal and appear odd to constituents.
Ijaz is just trying to get his agenda out.
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