White_Male_Canada
09-14-2006, 06:48 PM
Ironic isn`t it,just when the Pope laid it on the line concerning Islam:
Some Democrats remain silent on Ellison
Kevin Diaz, McClatchy Washington Bureau
Last update: September 13, 2006
WASHINGTON -- - Usually, everybody loves a winner.
But some Democrats had little to say Wednesday about DFL primary winner Keith Ellison, who seems to have a good chance to become Minnesota's first black congressman, and the first Muslim in Congress.
Among those who maintained their silence: Rep. Martin Sabo, D-Minn., who has had a 28-year hold on the seat Ellison is seeking. Sabo was backing his chief of staff, Mike Erlandson, who finished second.
Republicans, meanwhile, weren't squeamish about slamming Ellison over his past ties to Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. Said Ron Carey, chairman of the Minnesota GOP: "This ain't your daddy's DFL."
http://www.startribune.com/587/story/675436.html
Keith Ellison dogged by his past
"... When he was in law school in 1990, Ellison wrote a column in the University of Minnesota's student newspaper defending Louis Farrakhan, the Nation of Islam's leader. In another column he called for a separate nation for blacks"
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/06/22/ellisonprofile/
Some Democrats remain silent on Ellison
Kevin Diaz, McClatchy Washington Bureau
Last update: September 13, 2006
WASHINGTON -- - Usually, everybody loves a winner.
But some Democrats had little to say Wednesday about DFL primary winner Keith Ellison, who seems to have a good chance to become Minnesota's first black congressman, and the first Muslim in Congress.
Among those who maintained their silence: Rep. Martin Sabo, D-Minn., who has had a 28-year hold on the seat Ellison is seeking. Sabo was backing his chief of staff, Mike Erlandson, who finished second.
Republicans, meanwhile, weren't squeamish about slamming Ellison over his past ties to Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. Said Ron Carey, chairman of the Minnesota GOP: "This ain't your daddy's DFL."
http://www.startribune.com/587/story/675436.html
Keith Ellison dogged by his past
"... When he was in law school in 1990, Ellison wrote a column in the University of Minnesota's student newspaper defending Louis Farrakhan, the Nation of Islam's leader. In another column he called for a separate nation for blacks"
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/06/22/ellisonprofile/