Florida Republican in Islam hate row

[Scurrilous]

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"A prominent local Republican in Florida said Tuesday he believed Islam was a "hateful, frightening religion."

Tom Hogan, Sr., the recently appointed commissioner of Hernando County, told the St. Petersburg Times Tuesday that he agreed with a letter his wife Mary Ann had written to the paper describing Islam as a "hateful, frightening religion."

"Overall, worldwide, it certainly is," Hogan said. "Don't you read your own paper?

"There's a saying out there, and there's some truth to it, that not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims. It's their thing," he told the newspaper."

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"The St. Petersburg Times described Tom and Mary Ann Hogan as being "widely considered the first couple of Hernando County's Republican Party, and both have helped lead the party since the 1960s."

http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20061102-111921-3064r

[TechBear_Seattle]

1. And Hogan's religion is any less hateful and frightening?

:eyes:

[Sequoia]

2. So Timothy McVeigh was a Muslim?

The Rudy Ridge people?

That David dude in Waco, Texas?

and how about John Wilkes Booth?

The southern states in the Civil War? Terrorists and traitors to boot?

[oblivious]

3. Dropping thousands of bombs on defenceless civilian populations is terrorism...

[NEOBuckeye]

4. Christianity, when carried to its' extremes is hardly any better n/t

[Solon]

5. So the IRA(presumably defunct) were Muslim? n/t

[Scurrilous]

6. Republican party condemns Hogan

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"The Republican Party of Florida is calling on County Commissioner Tom Hogan Sr. to apologize for his derogatory comments regarding Muslims.

Carole Jean Jordan, chairwoman of the Republican Party of Florida, acknowledged that, while Hogan has served the local party well, “we cannot condone your divisive remarks.

“Yes, our nation is at war with a group of individuals who twisted the Islamic faith for their own horrific purposes,” Jordan said in a written statement. “This does not, however, give anyone the right to paint all Muslims with a broad brush and the generalizations you made were reprehensible.

Jordan said the state party asked Hogan to apologize and retract his statements."

http://www.hernandotoday.com/MGB6ORUW1UE.html

[Shipwack]

9. Wow... it pains me to say that it's nice to see them do the right thing

Of course, that doesn't go anywhere near to making up for everything else, but it's refreshing to see that there is a line that cannot be crossed... at least when there is 4 days before an election.

[sugapablo]

7. Seriously, do we even need to comment? :)

I mean, we all know what we're all gonna say.

[onager]

8. A hateful, frightening Muslim had a razor at my throat last night!

He was a barber, giving me a haircut.

;-)

I've spent a little over a year in Egypt, where about 96% of the population is Muslim. I'm an atheist myself, but as I usually rant when someone horks up a quote about Hateful Muslims: I literally trust my life to Muslims every day over here. As incredible as it seems, I'm still walking around and breathing.

Amazing, eh?

[Demonaut]

10. Eric Rudolph? another muslim terra'rist?