Gingrich Defends Investigations Into Links Between Obama Administration And Muslim Brotherhood

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ppearing on C-SPAN on Thursday, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich defended a recent report which said that the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood had significant influence over certain agencies within the United States government. Gingrich said that the negative reaction to those reports has been based in emotion. He went on to say that it is appropriate for the American people to want to know how much influence the Brotherhood has over President Barack Obama’s administration.

“It’s not about an individual person,” said Gingrich. He went on to says that it was “totally appropriate” to investigate certain departments in the government and their potential links with the Muslim Brotherhood.

“I think the Muslim Brotherhood is a very, very dangerous organization,” said Gingrich. He cited former British Prime Minister Tony Blair who recently said that the West has turned a blind eye to the aims of radical Islamist elements abroad to infiltrate foreign governments.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/gingrich-defends-investigations-into-links-between-obama-administration-and-muslim-brotherhood/

and yesterday on CNN:

Gingrich Glorifies McCarthyism To Defend His Support Of Bachmann’s Anti-Muslim Witch Hunt

Today on CNN, Newt Gingrich applauded the central tenants of McCarthyism to justify his support for Rep. Michele Bachmann’s (R-MN) baseless campaign to root out alleged Muslim Brotherhood infiltration of the U.S. government.

Host Wolf Blitzer singled out Bachmann target Huma Abedin, a top aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, telling Gingrich that it’s “ridiculous” to include her and that the whole thing reeks of McCarthyism. But the former House Speaker — and Mitt Romney supporter — wouldn’t back down, praising McCarthyism for rooting out communists and defending Abedin’s inclusion in Bachmann’s witch hunt. “This State Department has been amazingly pro-Muslim Brotherhood,” he said, “American citizens have the right to have the Congress ask the question.” Watch the clip:

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Bachmann has been widely criticized for her anti-Muslim campaign, including by some top Republicans, particularly for singling out Abedin. But the Minnesota congresswoman has yet to offer substantial proof of any Muslim Brotherhood plot. In fact, actual members of the Islamist group have recently lamented that they can’t even take over the Egyptian government.

more:http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/08/08/662331/gingrich-mccarthyism-bachmann/

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1. Whitman Criticizes Romney’s Failure To Stand Up To Right-Wing August 8, 2012 STATE — Former New Je

Whitman Criticizes Romney’s Failure To Stand Up To Right-Wing

August 8, 2012

STATE — Former New Jersey Gov. Christie Todd Whitman is saying presidential candidate Mitt Romney has not shown the character to stand up to extremist elements in his own party.

During an appearance on CNN, Whitman was critical of Romney for failing to speak out when an audience jeered a gay soldier during a September debate.

Romney has repeatedly refused to criticize the right-wing, ducking opportunities to condemn Rep. Michele Bachmann’s (R-MN) Islamophobic witch hunt against a Hillary Clinton aide and refusing to directly repudiate Donald Trump’s claims that President Obama was born in Kenya.

He also wouldn’t decry Rush Limbaugh for calling Sandra Fluke a “slut” or speak out against social conservatives who opposed his decision to hire an openly-gay national security spokesperson.



Read more: http://njtoday.net/2012/08/08/whitman-criticizes-romneys-failure-to-stand-up-to-right-wing/#ixzz233vn3130
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2. kick

to remind voters what is at stake this and EVERY election going forward. McCarthyism. What will they impose after that? Soft geneocide by throwing millions of us into poverty?

I actually read on an OP here, 2 or 3 days ago, that someone was staying home in November because President Obama didn't address one of their pet projects in a satisfactory manner. One issue. Really?

Wake the hell up. VOTE

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3. New Violence Prompts Criticism Of Anti-Muslim Lawmakers

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sunday’s terror attack on a Sikh temple in Wisconsin has prompted some civil rights leaders and members of Congress to say aloud what has long been whispered on Capitol Hill: That the words and conspiracy theories of some of the most anti-Muslim legislators have grown dangerous.

No one has suggested any direct ties between the statements of lawmakers like Rep. Michele Bachmann and the attack on Sunday, which left six victims dead and several others injured. Indeed, the attacker, Wade Michael Page, had longstanding ties to white supremacist groups and deep roots in the racist fringe.
But voices, including those of her colleagues and leading civil rights figures, said the shooting — and a suspected arson attack at a Joplin, Missouri mosque that has previously be the target of anti-Muslim violence — added an urgency to Republican leaders’ efforts to tone down the rhetoric of lawmakers like Bachmann and Reps. Louis Gohmert and Steve King.

Bachmann, Gohmert and King declined to comment for this story, as did the offices of GOP leaders in the House and Senate.

more: http://www.buzzfeed.com/johnstanton/new-violence-prompts-criticism-of-anti-muslim-lawm