Round Up The Usual Blogging Suspects
September 29, 2007 at 1:02 am
This story in the Washington Post …
Esam S. Omeish, a Fairfax County surgeon and Muslim leader who resigned from a Virginia immigration commission after videotapes of him making controversial remarks surfaced on the Internet, said yesterday that he has never promoted violence and accused his critics of perpetrating a “smear campaign” against him. … when video of Omeish speaking at political rallies surfaced Thursday on YouTube, the governor and Omeish agreed that he should step down. Kaine said Omeish’s remarks caused him “concern” and might distract from the work of the immigration commission.
… concludes this way:
“It trashes the reputation of a well-respected Muslim leader based on hype and hysteria,” said Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations. “It unfolded just the way I thought it would. Bloggers use any opportunity they can to marginalize American Muslims and their leaders. It’s political theater.”
It’s bloggers’ fault? Tough to imagine any credible blogger enticing Omeish to rally for the “the jihad way.” Sorry, on this one he marginalized himself. Bloggers aren’t the story, they’re just reporting it.
william said,
September 29, 2007 @ 9:53 am
Typical liberal and “progressive” language, it’s always someone elses’s fault.
Paul from Florida said,
September 29, 2007 @ 10:21 am
Assistance in Cooperspeak.
‘Trashes”= illuminates
‘Well respected’= successfully two faced.
‘Muslim leader’= self appointed and mutually supported Mau-Mau artists. Think Jessie Jackson/Al Sharpton for blacks,
Jeffersonian said,
September 29, 2007 @ 10:37 am
Oh no…have bloggers stooped to citing Islamists’ actual words again? Beyond the pale…
miss kelly said,
September 29, 2007 @ 10:38 am
Nobody knows “political theatre” better than CAIR’s Ibrahim Doug Hooper!
Michael Pate said,
September 29, 2007 @ 11:43 am
And Old Man Smithers would have gotten away with it as well if it hadn’t been for Scooby-Doo and those blasted teens.
JohnG said,
September 29, 2007 @ 1:56 pm
Why is the FBI still associating itself with CAIR. And why does this terrorist front and support organization still have it’s non-profit charter.
Hellooooo, IRS. CAIR is a non indicted co-conspirator of supporters of TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS. These people are lying anti American, anti Freedom, anti Democratic purveyors of false information in our country.
CAIR should be indicted under the RICO statutes.
AndyJ said,
September 29, 2007 @ 3:54 pm
Attacking the messenger never changes the truth of the message. It only changes the subject. When you cannot defend the facts attack the messenger.The Clinton WH showed this to be a viable response. Hillary is already doing the same thing.
The problem arises when we allow this to happen. When parents allow the children to change the subject and deflect the punishment we have jerks in schools and later in the workplace. When we have politicians advocating this and judges allowing it we have a society that is abandoning the rule of law.
Without laws; might makes right… Gangs prevail. Gangs, clans and tribes are the only way to ensure survival…
Lord Locksley said,
September 29, 2007 @ 5:18 pm
“Ah,you know how Muslims are…bunch of bitchy little girls”…..(with apologies to ‘Burn Notice’)
Ken Hahn said,
September 29, 2007 @ 6:23 pm
Why is Kaine getting a pass. He appointed the guy. Closet extremist like Kaine and Bill Clinton act so surprised when their appointments’ history comes to light. You cannot convince me that Tim Kaine didn’t know and ignore Omeish’s past any more than Bubba did with Zoe Baird. They got caught letting political correctness trump national security and the lapdog press acts like it was just a mistake and Omeish or Baird hid their past.
If a blogger could find this with no resources then Bill and Tim either knew or chose not to check.