Representative Michele Bachmann was among the favorites of the Conservatives during the early months of the 2012 Presidential Primary. Now, it is being reported by Politico that conservatives "have their knives out for Rep. Michele Bachmann" over her willingness to point out the infiltration of the Muslim Brotherhood into American politics.
Politico is wrong. They don't even know what conservatism is. The ones that have their knives out for Bachmann are not the conservatives. It is the Republican Party, and more specifically those that have lined up with the party establishment, that are angry with her.
I am willing to wager (not that I am normally a betting man) that most Conservatives agree with her on this one.
Bachmann's accusations range from indicating that Keith Ellison, Congressman from Minnesota, has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, to the top aid of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Huma Abedin, having those very same ties.
The accusations against Abedin comes from a handful of letters to intelligence and national security agencies by her raising questions about her association with the Muslim Brotherhood. In response, the liberal media has requested that she be removed from the Intelligence Committee, because of her access to highly classified information.
So, they are saying that if someone raises questions about Islam, they have to be removed? That if concern is shown, and a request to look into connections is made, the person must be removed? I wonder if the media and political establishment did the same to anyone raising questions about Nazis during World War II.
Republicans are angry over Bachmann's comments, and Senator John McCain has gone so far as to call her words “sinister accusations.”
Senator Scott Brown, the moderate republican from Massachusetts that was voted in primarily for his willingness to stand against Obamacare, not for any non-existent conservative ideals, said, “Representative Bachmann’s accusations about Secretary Clinton aide Huma Abedin are out-of-line. This kind of rhetoric has no place in our public discourse.”
Democrat Representative Keith Ellison, a Muslim who served in the state Legislature with Bachmann in St. Paul, said it’s not personal, but Bachmann is out of line.
“It’s not right to question the loyalty of fellow Americans without any evidence,” said Ellison, whose district is based in Minneapolis. “I object when people do that.”
Bachmann has said her letters “are unfortunately being distorted.”
Bachmann's accusations did not stop with just Huma Abedin, however. She has also indicated that Congressman Keith Ellison himself has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. In fact, in an interview with Glenn Beck, Bachmann said that Ellison has a "Long History" with the Muslim Brotherhood.
Walid Shoebat, a former Muslim that speaks out against the evil of Islam, confirmed that Huma Abedin does indeed have a connection to the Muslim Brotherhood, and in the Muslim Community that fact is common knowledge.
In the case of Keith Ellison, he has denied any involvement with the Muslim Brotherhood, and is calling for Bachmann to admit she is wrong.
The Washington Post says that Bachmann's accusations are in the "squalid tradition of McCarthyism."
Looking back on history, especially after Russia released a number of documents from that era, it has turned out McCarthy was right.
In a more recent interview with Glenn Beck, Bachmann discussed the growing influence of the Muslim Brotherhood in Washington, DC and the attacks on her in the wake of her calls for an investigation
Bachmann stated the real concern is not her questions to the intelligence community, but the growing influence of radical Islamism in our government, and military.
Her letters in question were signed by three members of the intelligence committee, herself, Lynn Westmoreland from Georgia, Tom Rooney from Florida and two members of the judiciary committee, Trent Franks of Arizona and Louie Gohmert of Texas all signed onto a letter.
In the recent interview with Glenn Beck, Bachmann said, "We asked numerous questions of the federal government because a letter was sent ‑‑ well, let me just back up. After the Fort Hood tragedy, a report was issued that said the real problem in our government is that we are not teaching FBI agents or our military to recognize radical Islam. So that’s what we need to do. We need to teach about it."
Instead of taking heed to her warnings and recommendations, the American political system is beside itself. How dare she claim that the religion of death is anything but peaceful as they claim they are. It's not like they'd lie about it, or anything, right?
Videos: Michele Bachmann says Keith Ellison has "long history" with Muslim Brotherhood - Stillwater Patch
Bachmann alleges Ellison has ties to Muslim Brotherhood - StarTribune
The Dark Muslim Brotherhood World of Huma Abedin - FrontPage Magazine
Ellison to Bachmann: "Just admit you're wrong." - Minnesota Public Radio
Michele Bachmann's baseless attack on Huma Abedin - The Washington Post
Communism: McCarthy Was Right - Rense
Requiem for Senator Joseph McCarthy - World Net Daily
1 comment:
Doug, I gotta say, I grow weary of your endless fratricidal Republican-bashing, as well as your playing up of conservatives who don't understand how politics work.
You say that Michelle Bachmann was a "favorite of conservatives" during the GOP primaries. But that's obviously *not* the case, or she would have emerged from that moronic morass as the "not-Romney" alternative. From where this conservative sat, Bachmann came off as an anarchistic bomb-thrower who spent all her time attacking every viable not-Romney alternative that could have given the lie to his "inevitability" (i.e. Governors Pawlenty and Perry) rather than Governor Romney himself. Since she had zero chance at the nomination and was manifestly unqualified for it to begin with, she had no valid or legitimate purpose being in the primaries at all. In point of fact, her purpose seemed to be to thwart conservatives and ensure Governor Romney's triumph.
In the process, she made an ass of herself and did much do damage the Tea Party's image. She basically "Qualye-ized" herself and saved the Obamedia the trouble of having to do it for them. And now they have a ready target to point to whenever they want to discredit a valid conservative point - like the Muslim Brotherhood connection with Huma Abedin. Or do you think it's any coincidence that of the six GOP representatives' signatures on that letter to the intelligence community, it's only Bachmann's that the press latched onto?
Here's a little piece of advice both you and the entire Tea Party movement would do well to heed: Stop putting individual conservatives ("favorites") ahead of the conservative cause itself, and stop sniping at nominal allies until they become irredeemable foes. In times like these, conservatism - and the U.S. Constitution - needs all the friends it can get.
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