Is Ellison as Anti-Semitic as His “Friends”?
Did Congressman Keith Ellison (D MN5) allow anti-US/Israel protesters the use of his official Congressional office and equipment to lobby him to oppose the Iraq pull out plan last week because it was not anti-war enough.
“We expected Keith Ellison to stand for better alternatives, like an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops and the withholding of all funds for this unjust and immoral war,” the Anti-War Committee’s Katrina Plotz said in a statement. “His vote to continue the war for 18 months with $123 billion in additional funding is not an anti-war vote.”
Moments before Ellison voted on what the Washington Post described as “one of the toughest antiwar measures ever to pass a house of Congress during active combat operations,” Ellison was being lobbied by his friends.
More than 30 peace activists were in his Minneapolis office Friday, urging Ellison, via conference call, to vote “no” on the bill, which ultimately passed 218-212. Three or four of the “no” votes were from Democrats who thought the bill did not go far enough in calling for an end to the war.
It was during that call that Ellison told the group that he would support the measure. (Source: Strib)
The Anti-War Committee, or Ellison’s friends, are not exactly a group of people I would say is on America’s side.
To this group, Iran is not a threat. Israel is the problem in the Middle East. They think Bush is a criminal. The group also claims that Iraqis were murdered by US troops for protesting what they call the occupation.
Tens of thousands of Iraqis have protested U.S. occupation of Iraq. The US forces have responded by killing and injuring demonstrators, including children.
If these are his close friends, whom he allows to use taxpayer funded equipment to give him last minute advice on legislation, can we assume he agrees with them on most issues?
Does Ellison agree with them, and is it OK to have such radical anti-American hate-filled people carry out special interest advocacy operations from the office of a Congressman?
Oh, and the group suggests people protest with this cute little chant.
Smash the Pentagon and not Iraq!
What do we do, stand up, fight back!
With “friends” like these, who needs enemies?
