Tancredo: Terrorism is a dictate of Islam

[draft_mario_cuomo]

One thing that fell under the radar from last night's debate is Tom Tancredo's statement that terrorism is a dictate of Islam. His exact words were "It (terrorism) is a dictate of their religion (Islam), or at least part of it." None of the other nine Republican candidates offered any disagreement with this statement. Hopefully, the blogosphere can make this a story. That will force the major candidates to either condemn his statement or implicitly endorse it. They will probably not condemn it because they know much of the GOP base believes all Muslims are terrorists. This silence will help us with Muslim voters, who played a key role in George Allen's defeat in Virginia. Tancredo may have provided us an easy opportunity to win some more votes by exposing the Republican Party for what it is, the party of hate.

If you believe terrorism is a dictate of Islam you logically believe that there are 6-7 million terrorists in the US. That begs the scary question. What "solution" would Tancredo and his ilk advocate for that 6-7 million? :scary:

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Tancredo has not had much opportunity to talk to many Muslims, if any, has he?

Especially Sufis.

[BOSSHOG]

2. I didn't know the limbaugh listening mcveigh was a Muslim

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

4. oh my! Another zinger!

I'm glad I wasn't drinking anything when I read your reply! :rofl:

[BOSSHOG]

10. tim was just trying to get into the conservative spirit

by downsizing the federal government. Those who died were only collateral damage. And there's no way in hell he could have gotten any ideas about the federal government by listening to limbaugh. All you have to do is ask limbaugh.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. I think I'll email some brothers and sisters the link to this thread

Tancredo not only shows ignorance but dangerous ignorance. Was he one who also said he didn't believe in evolution? Do we really want people who are dangerously ignorant in the White House?

[BOSSHOG]

6. Wo Cowboy

Lets rephrase that: Do we want more dangerously ignorant people to be in the white house after January 2009?

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

8. Much better

thanks for the correction!

[draft_mario_cuomo]

9. Yes, he is one of the three out of ten who don't believe in evolution

I think the others were Brownback and Huckabee.

Thanks. I presume you are Muslim. Spread the word. Every Muslim should know the true nature of the Republican Party. The bottom line is that a minority voting Republican is like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders. We should be getting 90% of the vote of all minority groups, not just African-Americans, and the way to do this is by increasing awareness among newer groups about the real Republican record and view on racial and religious minorities. African-Americans are well aware of this and that is why 90% vote Democratic.

[BOSSHOG]

12. I might add

that any american citizen voting for a republican is like chickens voting for Col Sanders. Hell, even the rich would be better off without the likes of tancredo and inhofe and the rest of the trash in that party.

[NoPasaran]

14. I'm sure that if pressed Tancredo doesn't believe the Earth is round

Or at least that there's a lot of conflicting data that needs to be considered.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

5. Ignorant racism is a dictate of the GOP

or these candidates, at least.

[IA_Seth]

7. Anyone have a link to the video?

We need to start getting this spread far and wide.

Republicans = hate and intolerance.

[draft_mario_cuomo]

11. I doubt it will be up

It was basically ignored. The only way it will be online is if the entire debate is online. It came right after the Giuliani-Paul sparring match. Tancredo threw his two cents in and made this statement which apparently indicted all Muslims and all of Islam instead of just a small fanatic group within Islam.

[unpossibles]

13. ah yes, and Christianity has no such violence in its Book

David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron.--2 Sam.4:12

http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/cruelty/long.html

There are many references to how non-Christians should be treated badly and killed in the Bible, but that's different somehow, just like the Right's desire to kill all Muslims because they are all inherently terrorists is somehow not genocide. uh... yeah.