New Congressman Thinks Quran Thumps Constitution

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

Does he though? That's what we're all asking in this entire thread. The article that Rupert linked to is a piece of journalistic trash. The author just makes outrageous claims regarding Ellison and his character and his beliefs with ZERO evidence to back them up.

Which leads me to believe that it's just fear and smear journalism, which just means i'm not really worried about it.

I don't think this article is really any different than most articles you see out there. If this guy was a Christian, it would be fair game to bring up his ties to radical Christian groups, if he had such ties. Sure you could argue that just because he has ties to the group, it does not mean that he shares their beliefs. That would be true, but it does not mean that the issue should not be discussed.

By the way, did you read that this guy failed to pay more than 40 parking tickets and had his driver's license suspended twice. He also failed to pay his taxes which resulted in liens being put on his home. You could argue that this guy shows a pattern of disrespect for US laws.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

By the way, did you read that this guy failed to pay more than 40 parking tickets and had his driver's license suspended twice. He also failed to pay his taxes which resulted in liens being put on his home. You could argue that this guy shows a pattern of disrespect for US laws.

Hey, Rupert, heard about this guy named Jack Abramoff? And this guy named DeLay? I hear they really respect US laws, too... did they ever have any influence in government, do you know?

I think parking tickets and property tax are city and state laws. While it's a dumbass thing to do, and clearly he got busted for it, it's not showing disrespect for federal law.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Hey, Rupert, heard about this guy named Jack Abramoff? And this guy named DeLay? I hear they really respect US laws, too... did they ever have any influence in government, do you know?

I think parking tickets and property tax are city and state laws. While it's a dumbass thing to do, and clearly he got busted for it, it's not showing disrespect for federal law.

I think that's a diffeent issue. This guy has also "racked up hefty fines from campaign finance violations". I didn't even bring that up because that is another issue. I can't call him out on that because there are tons of guys from both parties that do that.