Saturday, November 11, 2006

GOP Congress Woman Ginny Brown-Waite Defends Hatred and Bigotry

We have often heard anti-Muslim and racist comments from bigoted folks. But this week the hate flowed from the chambers of a U.S. House Representative. The Congress woman in question is Ginny Brown-Waite, who earlier this week was the only elected official to stand by a prominent Hernando County (Florida) couple who called Islam "hateful and frightening." Below is a an entry from Arabisto.com:

Mary Ann Hogan, the wife of Florida Commissioner Tom Hogan, was kicked off
of governor-elect Charlie Crist's election team for making the bigoted
comments.
Not only has U.S. Representative Ginny Brown-Waite publicly defended the bigoted remarks, but she sent a scathing three-page letter to Tampa's CAIR's office, criticizing its director, Ahmed Bedier, when his office asked her to denounce Ms. Hogan's comments.

In her letter, Brown-Waite points out that Ms. Hogan's anti-Muslim views
are shared by many of her constituents. And, when Fox TV confronted Brown-Waite earlier this week, she angrily added her own two-cents: "Not every Muslim is a terrorist, but every terrorist is a Muslim except for Timothy McVeigh."
Fox
TV's video coverage of this is amusing
as Brown-Waite falters a bit on
camera, but it's telling that an elected politician makes anti-Muslim
statements and insists that she is simply supporting the views of her
constituents. She doesn't see it as supporting bigotry at all.

Now watch Ginny Brown-Waite make a fool of herlself on FOX TV while trying to defend bigotry and refused to denounce the KKK. Almost dismissing their atrocities.