2012 Election

[American Patriot]

Ummmmm ok. Maybe he will speak at the RNC? /chuckles

By Devin Dwyer



Aug 21, 2012 4:04pm
Joe Biden to Show Up During GOP Convention

(Image Credit: Lynne Sladky/AP Photo)



As Republicans converge on Florida next week to formally nominate Mitt Romney, Vice President Joe Biden plans to be in town.


Biden will be in Florida Monday and Tuesday, including a visit to the Tampa area, site of the 2012 Republican National Convention, the Obama campaign said today.


“Any of you going to be in Florida?” Biden joked to reporters today on a campaign stop in Minneapolis. “Well, I’m the speaker at the convention. I’m gonna be down there.”


His presence in the state – the largest electoral battleground – is part of a coordinated effort by Democrats and President Obama’s re-election campaign to bracket the Republican festivities and steal some of the spotlight.


Democrats are planning a “counter convention” in downtown Tampa to be orchestrated out of a “rapid response war room” steps from where Republicans are huddled, the Democratic National Committee announced.


Party officials said that DNC chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida would play a key role in the effort, leading the rebuttal from the left as each GOP speaker takes the stage.


“While the RNC will focus on burnishing Romney’s biography as a so-called Mr. Fix It, the DNC/OFA [Obama for America] response will be to highlight how his work in the private sector and as governor was a disaster for the middle class,” the DNC said in a statement.


A representative for the Republican National Committee did not immediately respond to ABC News’ request for comment on Biden’s appearance or Democrats’ efforts in Tampa.

[American Patriot]

Priebus Vows to Hit Back if Biden Trip Disrupts RNC

Wednesday, 22 Aug 2012 08:05 AM
By Martin Gould


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Republicans are vowing to hit back at Democrats if vice president Joe Biden’s trip to Tampa disrupts the opening days of the GOP’s national convention.

Biden and his team are trying to steal a little of the Republicans’ spotlight with the stunt which will see him in Florida next Monday and Tuesday.

Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus warned Biden’s trip — which is seen as unprecedented — could backfire. "I'm a big believer in: if they punch us, we put on the brass knuckles and punch back," Priebus told Buzzfeed.

Priebus said it is “pretty common” for each party to “play with” the other’s convention and the GOP has the advantage of being the first this year. "The nice thing about going first is that whatever they do to us, we can do ten times over to them."

With the Democrats due to gather in Charlotte, the week after Tampa, he would not rule out the possibility of some heavy hitting Republicans being in North Carolina. "You never know where we are going to be," Priebus said.

Biden’s visit became clear on Tuesday when his advance Secret Service team was spotted en route to Tampa. The Democrats later confirmed that he will be in town on Monday and Tuesday, the first two days of the Republicans’ jamboree.

Priebus said he had no message for the vice president. "It wouldn't matter, because if I had a message for Joe Biden, he's not capable of staying on message, so it doesn't matter."

In the past, parties have usually allowed each to take the spotlight for the week of their convention, using the time to rest up and refine their message for the final few weeks of the campaign.

Biden’s visit is unlikely to deflect too much from the spotlight of the convention’s opening day when speakers will include candidate Mitt Romney’s wife, Ann, House Speaker John Boehner, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul. It is also the day that property mogul Donald Trump has promised a “surprise event.”

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is due to give the keynote speech to the convention on Tuesday night.



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[American Patriot]

Republican Akin defies party bosses, stays in Missouri Senate race



U.S. congressman resists calls to quit over rape comments

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WASHINGTON | Wed Aug 22, 2012 9:22am EDT

(Reuters) - Republican Representative Todd Akin on Wednesday dismissed calls from party leaders that he drop out of the Missouri Senate race after his controversial remarks on abortion and rape, saying party officials should not overrule voters.
Akin has been under fire since he said on Sunday that rape victims could not get pregnant. He backtracked on that position in appearances on several morning TV programs on Wednesday, saying he was wrong to say the female body could shut down reproduction when raped.
"The people of Missouri chose me, and I don't believe it's right for party bosses to decide to override those voters," Akin said on ABC's "Good Morning America" program.
"It makes me uncomfortable to think that the party bosses are going to dictate who runs, as opposed to the election process," he added.
Akin won the primary race against several other Republicans earlier this month to challenge Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill in the November 6 election.
Democrats control the Senate and Republicans need to pick up four seats to take over the chamber. Prior to the Akin controversy, Republicans considered McCaskill one of the most vulnerable Democratic Senate incumbents.
"I've made the decision to stay in because I believe we can win this race," he told ABC.
But when pressed, Akin did not rule out stepping down later. "I'm never going to say everything that could possibly happen. I don't know the future," he said.
Under Missouri election law, Akin had until Tuesday to get his name off the ballot without having to seek a court order.
A number of Republican leaders, including presidential candidate Mitt Romney, have called on the congressman to quit the race after he said in an interview Sunday that it was extremely rare for women to get pregnant from "legitimate rape."
On NBC's "Today" program, Akin said he was not staying in the race for personal gain.
"It's about trying to do the right thing and stand on principle ... This is not about me. This is not about my ego. But it is about the voters of the state of Missouri. They have chose me because of principles I stand on... I believe they stand with me on a whole host of issues."
On both television shows said he was wrong about the medical facts about rape.
On Sunday he had said that pregnancy from rape was "really rare" because: "If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down." That notion has been widely discounted by medical experts.
"That's not true. I was misinformed," he told NBC.

[American Patriot]

Akin is nothing more than a distraction. The Left is using him that way. The right ought to shut up and get on with it.

Everyone makes mistakes in their comments. Even Biden, and I don't hear anyone telling him to step down.

[Ryan Ruck]

Not to worry, it's just Ol' Joe getting confused after being let out of the home again. He's gone and confused Tampa with Charlotte this time.

[American Patriot]

haha yeah, someone said he was confused about which convention to attend.

Given all his hot air lately and all the help he is giving to the Republicans maybe he OUGHT to be a scheduled speaker? LOL

[American Patriot]

Heard this on the radio this morning coming in. Sounds like more propaganda though - it's out of The People's Republic of Boulder - where a professor stated clearly the other day that even though the college now allows students with concealed carry permits to carry in class/school/campus, if he finds someone has a weapon he will shut down his class and call an emergency.... But, this is to try to get folks to "stop working" on elections, I am certain. If it's "predicted" as a win, folks won't work as hard. Romney will win election, state-by-state study predicts By Brittany Anas, Daily Camera (Boulder, Colo.) Posted: 08/23/2012 08:44:28 AM PDT Updated: 08/23/2012 08:46:19 AM PDT An analysis from the University of Colorado that has correctly predicted the outcome of presidential elections since 1980 is forecasting Mitt Romney as the winner this year. Political science professors Kenneth Bickers and Michael Berry found that the ailing economy spells trouble for the president's re-election bid. The professors conduct a state-by-state analysis, incorporating economic data such as unemployment figures. The results of their analysis show that Obama will win 218 votes in the electoral college, short of the 270 that he would need to be re-elected. While their study focuses on the electoral college, the political scientists predict Romney, the presumptive Republican candidate, will win 52.9 percent of the popular vote compared with 47.1 for Obama when considering only the two major political parties. The economy is a main driver in elections, said Bickers. "If the economy were just average, we would be forecasting Obama to win," Bickers said. "But the economy is below average, and he is struggling." Bickers said this election cycle has some parallels with 1980 -- a period when the economy was slumping and inflation was skyrocketing -- and voters chose Republican Ronald Reagan over Democratic incumbent President Jimmy Carter. Bickers said Obama risks losing almost all of the states now considered swing states, including Colorado, North Carolina, Virginia, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida. The CU model has accurately predicted the winner for the last eight presidential elections. The study will be published this month in "PS: Political Science & Politics," a peer-reviewed journal of the American Political Science Association. The CU study will be among about a dozen election prediction models. The professors provide some caveats that could affect their forecast, including the time frame the economic data used in the study was collected and close tallies in some states. The data was taken five months in advance of the Nov. 6 election, and the professors plan to update it with more current economic data next month. "As scholars and pundits well know, each election has unique elements that could lead one or more states to behave in ways in a particular election that the model is unable to correctly predict," Berry said in a news release.

[American Patriot]

From Washington Times:

Poll: Do you think that Republican candidate Mitt Romney will win the November election?

• Yes 65(87%)
• No 6(8%)
• Undecided 3(4%)
• Other 0(0%)

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Communist Party Endorses Obama For 2012


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By Aaron Klein, World Net Daily

It may be early in the campaign season, but the Communist Party USA already has seen fit to endorse Barack Obama for the 2012 election.

While noting he is disappointed with "some aspects" of the Obama administration's domestic and foreign policy, Sam Webb, chairman of the Communist Party USA, threw his support behind Obama's re-election bid.

http://nation.foxnews.com/president-...ses-obama-2012

[American Patriot]

huh.... imagine that. The Communist Party of the United States endorsed Obama.

Obama is no Socialist... so he said. So he isn't. He's a communist?

[American Patriot]

Ah... too damned bad....

Mitt Romney's birth certificate joke not funny to Obama camp

Originally published: August 24, 2012 1:50 PM
Updated: August 24, 2012 2:46 PM
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Wading into a debunked conspiracy theory, Mitt Romney raised the issue of President Barack Obama's citizenship Friday by joking that "no one's ever asked to see my birth certificate."
At a rally in the suburbs of Detroit, Romney told a crowd of about 5,000 that he and his wife were happy to be back near their childhood home. "They know that this is the place that we were born and raised," the candidate said.
The remark was a clear reference to the discredited claims that Obama was not born in the United States and thus ineligible to be president. Hawaii officials have repeatedly verified Obama's citizenship, and courts have rebuffed lawsuits over the issue. The Obama campaign decried the remark, saying Romney was embracing "the most strident voices in his party instead of standing up to them."
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Top Romney adviser Kevin Madden tried to walk the comments back shortly after, saying: "The governor has always said, and has repeatedly said, he believes the president was born here in the United States."
Madden said Romney did not need to apologize because he was simply drawing attention to the fact that Michigan, where he was campaigning, was the state where he himself was born and raised.
But Romney's comments overshadowed an enthusiastic rally where he otherwise devoted himself to criticizing Obama's economic record and laying out a prescription of fiscal discipline, regulatory overhaul and freer markets to create more jobs and energize the private sector. It also gave Democrats, for the second day in a row, an opportunity to jump on Romney remarks that distracted from the run-up to the Republican convention next week.
The birth certificate comment for the moment aligned Romney with a conservative fringe that has pursued the issue. Among the most prominent Romney backers who have questioned Obama's birth in Hawaii have been developer Donald Trump.
"Throughout this campaign, Governor Romney has embraced the most strident voices in his party instead of standing up to them," said campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt. "Gov. Romney's decision to directly enlist himself in the birther movement should give pause to any rational voter across America."
Madden said Romney wasn't intentionally making a reference to the questions about Obama's birth certificate.
Romney was campaigning with his running mate, Paul Ryan, and with his wife Ann in Michigan, a state where Obama has been leading but where Romney's father, George, made his name both as a top auto executive and as governor.
Obama has been dogged throughout his presidency by question about his birthplace. He released a long form copy of his birth certificate last year, showing he was born in Hawaii in 1961.
Romney has been careful to steer clear of the birth certificate issue, even while enthusiastically accepting support from Trump. Whenever he was asked about the issue in interviews, Romney always demurred and said it was a settled issue.
Among a segment of the conservative, anti-Obama movement, the issue is a rallying cry that continues to persist despite evidence to the contrary.
For Romney, raising the issue at this point runs contrary to his campaigns goal of boosting his support among independent and undecided voters, for whom Obama's birth certificate is presumably a non-issue. It also overshadowed efforts by Romney advisers to establish convention themes that cast him as a compassionate and serious presidential candidate by featuring Romney's personal side and life's experiences.
Romney's birth certificate crack comes a day after he Romney gave Democrats another opening by declaring that big businesses in the U.S. were "doing fine" in the current strapped economy in part because they get advantages from offshore tax havens.
His comments echoed similar assertions by Obama about the state of the private sector, comments Romney has criticized. They're also a reminder that the GOP candidate himself has kept some of his personal fortune in low tax foreign accounts, including Switzerland and the Cayman Islands.
"Big business is doing fine in many places," Romney said during a campaign fundraiser Thursday. "They get the loans they need, they can deal with all the regulation. They know how to find ways to get through the tax code, save money by putting various things in the places where there are low tax havens around the world for their businesses."
Romney's assertions resembled Obama's declaration earlier this summer that the "private sector is doing fine." Romney and other Republicans pounced on the president's comments and cast them as an indication that he was out of touch with the nation's economic struggles.
Meanwhile, in a sign Romney was further solidifying his base, former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said he was releasing the delegates he won during the GOP primary race to Mitt Romney.
A senior Santorum aide said the former Pennsylvania senator informed supporters of his plans during a Thursday night conference call. He's expected to release a public statement Friday followed by a formal letter. The aide spoke on the condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak publicly.
The decision is a formality that frees more than 200 delegates to support Romney at the party's national convention next week in Tampa, Fla. Santorum became Romney's top opponent for the GOP nomination. His withdrawal from the race in April cleared the way for Romney's general election fight against President Barack Obama.
Santorum won a total of 245 delegates during the primary, according to a count by The Associated Press.

[American Patriot]

I would think that calling someone a "felon" would have been a lot worse, don't you?

Or a killer?

[American Patriot]

By the way... I still haven't seen it "debunked" yet. I've seen NOTHING in the way of a real birth certificate.

What *I* saw was a forgery.

So there's no "debunking" here.

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Obama asks eurozone to keep Greece in until after election day

US officials are worried that if Greece exits the eurozone, it will damage President's election hopes

Oliver Wright

Friday 24 August 2012

The Obama administration will pressure European governments not to let Greece fall out of the eurozone before November's Presidential elections, British Government sources have suggested.

Representatives from the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank and the European Commission are due to arrive in Athens next month to assess Greece's reform efforts.

They are expected to report in time for an 8 October meeting of eurozone finance ministers which will decide on whether to disburse Greece's next €31bn aid tranche, promised under the terms of the bailout for the country.

American officials are understood to be worried that if they decide Greece has not done enough to meet its deficit targets and withhold the money, it would automatically trigger Greece's exit from the eurozone weeks before the Presidential election on 6 November.

They are urging eurozone Governments to hold off from taking any drastic action before then – fearing that the resulting market destabilisation could damage President Obama's re-election prospects. European leaders are thought to be sympathetic to the lobbying fearing that, under pressure from his party lin Congress, Mitt Romney would be a more isolationist president than Mr Obama.

The President discussed the eurozone crisis with David Cameron during a conference call on Wednesday and both welcomed statements by the European Central Bank that it was "standing firmly behind the euro".

The ECB is expected to present a plan in the next few weeks to help indebted countries like Spain and Italy by buying their government bonds.

Today, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will travel to Berlin to meet Chancellor Angela Merkel, and to France tomorrow for talks with President François Hollande. He is asking that Greece be given more time to meet its deficit targets and implement its reforms as its economy is struggling through a fifth year of recession.

But Germany's Finance Minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, said it was only months since creditors drew up a second bailout package and agreed on a massive debt write-down for Greece.

Britain is understood to have pressed the Germans to ensure that if eurozone leaders decide Greece's position is unsustainable the financial "firewall" around Spain and Italy is made stronger. Officials are worried that if Greece was to exit the eurozone, the move could result in dramatic increases in the cost of debt for other weaker eurozone members – making their financial situation unsustainable.

[Ryan Ruck]

Stephanie Cutter, Deputy Obama Campaign Manager: I'm Just Going to Make Shit Up About Jobs

August 23, 2012



Stephanie Cutter, deputy campaign manager for Obama's reelection effort, seems more a character out of fiction than a real person. A high-octane spokesman, she is willing to say anything to win the 30-second sound byte cycle. She will lie, contradict herself and make up stats on the fly to get through any single cable news appearance. Its something real people, with a credibility gene, wouldn't do. Fortunately, she's a Democrat, so the media will never really hold her statements to account.

Yesterday, Cutter appeared on MSNBC and was asked about Obama's economic record. She claimed that Obama's "recovery" had created 4.5 million private sector jobs. She went on to claim that Obama has created more jobs than Reagan.I realize media fact-checkers will be reluctant to dig into Cutter's statement, so I'll save them the effort. Her statement is false. It isn't true. Hell, its not even on the same continent as the truth.

When Obama took office, the US was officially emerging out of a recession. The country suffered a severe recession during the first two years of Reagan's first term, as the Fed took steps to wring inflation out of the economy.

Both men were facing very tough economic climates. Reagan responded with, first, across the board tax cuts and, after reelection, comprehensive tax reform. Obama responded by borrowing a huge pot of money and throwing it at state and local governments, renewable energy fantasies and other boondoggles and a smattering of minor tax breaks. Oh, and a new entitlement, regulations and a promise of higher taxes. In response, the economy under Reagan surged and added almost 17 million jobs during his tenure. Under Obama it has, at best, limped along.

When Obama took office, there were 142 million people employed. Last month, there were 142.2 million people employed. A tad under 200,000 more people have jobs today than had them when Obama was sworn in. In January 2009, 11.6 million people were unemployed. Today, 12.7 million are unemployed.

Those numbers are bad enough, but they are abysmal when you factor in population growth. We've added almost 10 million working age adults to the population since January 2009. The only thing keeping our unemployment rate from double-digits is that millions of people have simply given up. Since Obama took office, over 7 million people left the labor force. If the same number of adults today were in the workforce as in 2009, the unemployment rate would be 11%.

If you torture statistics long enough, they will confess to anything. But nothing in Obama's economic record supports even the most partisan spin of the numbers. Saying that Obama's recovery has added more jobs than Reagan's is pure fantasy. It is simply a made up talking point. If I were to read that in a political novel, I would shake my head thinking that, in real life, no one would have the audacity to make such a blatantly false claim. But, sadly, an objective media is the stuff of fiction today, too.

[American Patriot]

Make shit up? They've BEEN making shit up

[American Patriot]

Radical Islam Joins the DNC

By: Breeanne Howe (Diary) | August 21st at 08:30 AM |





Starting at the end of this month the Democratic National Convention will open with a focus on Islam. ?20,000 Muslims are expected to attend according to the?Bureau of Indigenous Muslim Affairs (BIMA), the national Muslim American non-profit coordinating the two days of events they?claim?are non-political. ?”Jumah at the DNC” begins August 29 and will start with a Friday afternoon jummah prayer followed by other unnamed programs and events, leading up to the Islamic Regal Banquet.

The following day will be an all day Islamic Cultural and Fun Fest which will include discussions on the topics of?Islamaphobia, Anti-Shariah, Middle Eastern Crisis, Patriot Act, National Defense Authorization Act and more. ?The purpose, according to BIMA, is to attract national and international attention to the plight of American Muslims and to hold political parties accountable for issues that affect them. ?However, not all Muslims feel that BIMA represents them and M. Zuhdi Jasser M.D., Founder and President of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, has expressed serious concerns.

It is troubling that the Democratic National Convention has decided to promote and lend its name and national political platform to the organizers of the ?Jummah at the DNC?. The leaders of this event ? Jibril Hough and Imam Siraj Wahhaj as advertised are no moderates. They are radicals. These individuals embrace Islamist supremacy and have demonstrated support for radical ideologies.
A quick Google search by the DNC would have shown them that Hough and Wahhaj are leaders in the separatist American Islamist movement. While they may be able to get a few thousand Muslims to attend the event, they are NOT going to be mainstream Muslims.? Most will likely come from Hough and Wahhaj?s radical networks that have long been entrenched in the Charlotte area. Make no mistake they are part of the Islamist movement.
This is?not about their right of assembly; this group under a different name pulled the same stunt at the US capitol in 2009 claiming 20k and getting 2-3k. THIS IS ABOUT the DNC calling this an ?official function? listing these radicals as typical of the DNC community and more importantly about this organization speaking out AS representing supposedly typical American Muslims (or ?Mainstream?).
If that is who the DNC is consorting with then all Americans, Democrats should be concerned. There are many patriotic Muslims who are part of both parties, and when radical ideologues like this do a demonstration of ?solidarity? in the name of our faith and choose an imam like Siraj Wahhaj who I saw with my own eyes in 1995 seditiously say it his duty and our duty as Muslims to replace the US Constitution with the Quran- then we need to speak up!
Their jummah (group) prayer is supposedly against the Patriot Act, the NYPD, and Islamophobia and is actually NOT about our democracy but about empowering their Islamist and MB (Muslim Brotherhood) sympathetic groups into the very fabric of the political system so that Americans become anesthetized. We need American Muslims to speak up and marginalize these radicals. The DNC needs to understand and reject them because of their radical history and ideas.
They use our American Muslim identity to speak as ?one community? as a political unit or as a ?bloc vote? ? a political Islamist party when in fact most us Muslims don?t want that political unity and seek reform against their ideology that seeks to hijack our community. They do not represent us.?(emphasis mine)

In fact,?Zuhdi Jasser is correct, Jibril Hough and Imam Siraj Wahhaj have said and done radical things in their past. ?Which means either the Democrats failed to utilize due diligence or they simply didn’t care. ?In addition to the Muslims being misrepresented, Democrats and Charlotteans also have a right to know how the DNC has failed them before they even arrive in Charlotte.
Jibril Hough may be a name many in Charlotte are familiar with already. ? He is the leader of a Sunni mosque, The Islamic Center of Charlotte, who is been known for being outspoken against Representative Sue Myrick – a North Carolina Republican member of the House Intelligence Committee. ?Beyond calling her plan to fight against jihadist activity in America “a fear campaign” and the “new McCarthyism (or Myrickism)”, he confronted her in a Muslim Town Hall he organized in 2010. ?According to Jasser, the language used by Hough as his Town Hall was strikingly similar to that of the Muslim Brotherhood when he stated, “As citizens of a non-Muslim country and as American Muslims, we have a contract with America and not a contract on America. This means that we must abide by the laws of this state and we cannot be at war with this state.” ?As Jasser points out, “note the deep seeded separatism in this ?we? mindset. Basically he is saying that this system of laws is not his or the Muslims he represents but they will follow it-for now.” ?Further, Hough commented on his support of laws that would mandate “Muslim” behaviors for American-Muslims, but wouldn’t affect nonMuslims; again Jasser notes Hough’s separatist tone that mimics political Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood mindset, which supports “separate legal paths for each faith” instead of “one law based in reason”. ?Jibril has also stated he is the North Carolina head of the Islamic Political Party of America(IPPA), based in Charlotte, who in a 2002 press release claimed the Jews were behind 9/11. ?As if that weren’t enough, IPPA is close to another organization known as Jamaat Al Muslimeen (JAM), The Islamic Peoples Movement, who (in addition to being Holocaust deniers) had this advice for President Obama:

He should ensure that those Muslims he talks to do represent authentic Islam. All Islamic movements oppose America?s policies. If Obama talks to Muslims who support America?s policies, it will be an exercise in futility.

In response to Hough accusing Rep. Myrick of being anti-Muslim, he was interviewed on the formerly conservative radio station WBT in Charlotte. ?Radio host Keith Larson questioned him as to why his mosque was owned by The North American Islamic Trust (NAIT), an organization blacklisted by the U.S. Justice Department as an unindicted co-conspirator in the largest terror finance case in U.S. history. ?According to the government, NAIT is also a front for HAMAS and the Muslim Brotherhood in America. ?Hough, when presented by Larson with the documents, claimed he didn’t realize his mosque was owned by NAIT and was also unaware that they had been blacklisted. ?Hough went on in the interview to defend HAMAS and accuse the U.S. and Israel of the only “real” terrorism.
Imam Siraj Wahhaj is imam of a mosque in Brooklyn, New York, the leader of The Muslim Alliance in North America, a member of CAIR,?and an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. As a character witness for Omar Abdel Rahman (the Blind Sheik) who was convicted of plotting to blow up the World Trade Center and other New York City landmarks, Wahhaj described him as a ?respected scholar,? and ?bold, as a strong preacher of Islam.? ?Wahhaj?is also a Board of Trustee member of the North American Imams Federation (NAIF)(who’s website currently features an anti-Jewish, anti-black rant), a Muslim Brotherhood front organization, who (coincidentally) held a conference in Charlotte last year on Islamophobia. ?Like Hough, Wahhaj is also connected to NAIT by way of his membership in the Islamic Society of North America(ISNA), which was also found by the government to be a front for HAMAS and the Muslim Brotherhood. ?While Hough has been careful to play politics in Charlotte, Wahhaj has not hidden his hatred for America. ?He is quoted as calling America, “a garbage can… filthy, filthy and sick.” ?As an imam, he has stated, “Where ever you came from, you came to America. And you came for one reason ? for one reason only- to establish Allah?s deen (a complete way of life).? ?He believes that the only reason to get involved in politics is to use it as a weapon in the cause of Islam. ?By his own admission, the question of why Wahhaj would be interested in hosting events at the DNC is obvious.
How BIMA gained access to the DNC is more of a mystery. ?Muhammad Heshaam Jaaber, the Executive Director, Jibril Hough, spokesman, and Captain James Yusuf Yee, BIMA National Representative for the DNC are the only publicly identified members and each one appears to be connected to U.S. Representative Keith Ellison; the first Muslim ever to be elected to Congress and a former supporter of Louis Farrakhan. ?Ellison, who attended President Obama’s Iftar Dinner earlier this month, made the news?last month when Representative Michelle Bachmann called for him (among others) to be investigated for ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. ?Whether or not he has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, Ellison is not far from them having associates within BIMA. ?Jasser points out that Hough sought advice from Ellison before proceeding with his Town Hall with Rep. Myrick. ?Captain Yee (who will be speaking at the event) appears in BIMA’s promotional video for Jumah at the DNC quoting Ellison as saying, “If you’re not at the table, then you’re on the menu.” ?Yee is described by BIMA as “a chaplain in the U.S. Military” and an “eye witness to to the unjust treatment of military detainees and prisoners of Guantanamo Bay” who was allegedly detained “when he took steps to prevent the injustice.” ?However, BIMA fails to mention that Yee was charged by the military with sedition, aiding the enemy, spying, espionage and failure to obey a general order; charges ultimately dropped due to national security concerns about releasing evidence in the case. ?Also speaking will be?Hassen Abdellah, who BIMA has no problem admitting was “a lead defense attorney for the 1993 First World Trade bombing suspects” ?Ellison has also appeared alongside Wahhaj on many speaking engagements for organizations such as ISNA and NAIF, despite both organizations being fronts for the Muslim Brotherhood. ?If Ellison is the link between BIMA and the DNC, then can it be said that, not only does he not mind the questionable associations of those within the organization, but also the other speakers they will be bringing in?
BIMA has stated they have smaller events planned for the Republican National Convention, however when reached out to, GOP convention staff said they have no knowledge of any events planned in or around Tampa at the time. ?With the Democratic National Convention only a couple weeks away, it will be interesting to see if the media chooses to cover what one would assume to be a controversial start to renominate President Barack Obama.

[American Patriot]

Vote for Ron Paul, this is your LAST CHANCE!

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Ron Paul in Tampa: A GOP Outsider’s Last Hurrah

By Katy Steinmetz | @katysteinmetz | August 27, 2012 | +

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Texas Representative Ron Paul speaks at a rally at the University of South Florida Sun Dome on the sidelines of the Republican National Convention in Tampa on Aug. 26, 2012




Tampa

The Sun Dome at the University of South Florida (USF) is typically filled with basketball fans and shouts of “Go Bulls!” But on the Sunday before the Republican National Convention, it hosted a different sort of enthusiast: libertarians yelling, “End the Fed!” As they did in 2008, dutiful supporters of presidential contender Ron Paul rallied to celebrate their hero before the official GOP gathering. About 11 miles from the hall where Mitt Romney is expected to accept the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday, the Congressman’s constituency made its voice heard.


Paul took the stage after almost five hours of other speakers, montage videos and musical acts. He spoke for more than an hour, criticizing the Federal Reserve, calling for an end to overseas wars and praising the virtues of individual liberty and small government. Paul also alluded to grudges with Republican National Committee members and Romney backers who had worked to keep Paul out of the spotlight. “We’ll get into the tent,” Paul told his supporters at the rally, “because we will become the tent eventually.” On Saturday, the 12-term Congressman and three-time presidential candidate told the New York Times that he had been offered a chance to speak at the convention — if the Romney team were allowed to vet his remarks and if Paul would unconditionally endorse the presumptive nominee. He didn’t agree.


For Paul to be officially nominated from the floor at the convention — which would guarantee high-profile coverage and a speech — he needed control of five state delegations. Some were still being contested as Republicans descended on Tampa, but Paul didn’t have the numbers. Campaign manager Jesse Benton said his team only had themselves to blame. But Romney co-opted a few of Paul’s delegates through a strategic use of Republican Party rules. “They definitely exploited their influence,” says 24-year-old Eric Brakey, one of Paul’s Maine delegates who was unseated and replaced by a Romney supporter. “We certainly feel disrespected by the Romney campaign.”


In the days leading up to the convention, party officials proposed a rule that would bar candidates from chasing unbound delegates at state conventions — Paul’s approach this election cycle. Those at the rally interpreted it as a means of stifling democratic competition. “They’ve learned how to bend rules, break rules and now they want to rewrite the rules!” Paul told the crowd. The thousands gathered in the Sun Dome — not quite filled to its 10,000-seat capacity — responded to his remarks with cheers, waving signs that read, “Ron Paul 2016!” and “Our country is sick. We need a doctor.”


Paul’s political relationship with Romney has been fraught but not entirely antagonistic. Throughout the primary, Paul attacked other candidates more than he did the former Massachusetts governor. “That made it pretty clear to anybody with brains that our side had started talking with the Romney people,” says a senior Paul staffer. And while the convention won’t feature a major role for Paul, he won’t be entirely absent either. Paul’s son Kentucky Senator Rand Paul has a prime-time speaking slot. A video tribute to Paul is on the schedule. More important, Paul’s fingerprints can be seen on the party’s official policy platform, which includes some of his pet issues, like giving Congress more oversight of the Federal Reserve. “To get the attention of the Establishment Republicans, where they felt compelled to talk about [auditing the Fed] in the platform,” Paul said at the rally, “I never dreamed.”


That doesn’t mean his supporters are ready to back Establishment Republicans. Some so-called Ronulans accuse Romney of paying lip service to their movement. “They want the youth that’s in this movement,” says Patricia Dixon, 80, who came to Tampa from the North Hollywood neighborhood in Los Angeles. “They want the fervor that’s in this movement. They think they can — excuse the term — trick us into supporting them.”


Despite the bitter feelings, Paul’s rally was in many ways cathartic. Delegates who will vote for Paul, with no hope of him becoming the nominee, stood and pumped their fists while the crowd cheered them on. They booed government restrictions on raw milk, cheered for obscure economists and scoffed at zinc pennies. Carol Paul, Ron’s wife for 55 years, was given a “first lady of liberty” award. Barry Goldwater Jr. told everyone that he takes life with a grain of salt “and a shot of tequila.” Blues Traveler’s John Popper raged on his harmonica and Jimmy Vaughan picked his guitar.


It was a fond farewell. Paul is expected to retire from Congress this year, and another presidential run is unlikely. Although he seems to hope that his son Rand will continue his legacy — a video tribute at USF hinted as much — the libertarian leader sounded a note of caution about the future. “We have to aim high. We have to be very idealistic. We have to use reason. And we have to have passion,” he said to great applause. Outside the rally, a large roadside sign flashed, “Vote for RON PAUL.” And then, “This is your last chance.”



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Companion Thread:

• The Left's Unholy Alliance with Islam

Muslim group to host mass prayer at DNC; expects 20,000
Posted on July 5, 2012 by creeping
Labor Day Weekend.



Like Islam itself, groups like this are anything but apolitical. Not to mention led by individuals closely tied to terrorists. via Muslims to host events during DNC; up to 20,000 could attend | JournalNow.com.

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A national Muslim American organization plans a series of events to coincide with the Democratic National Convention in September. The kick-off for its three days of events begins with a jummah prayer, the weekly mid-afternoon Friday prayer, at Marshall Park in uptown. Other events include an Islamic issues conference and banquet, and a cultural festival held in different parts of the city, including at the Park Expo and Conference Center off Independence Boulevard. ...Hough, who expects up to 20,000 Muslims to attend the events, said he spoke to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Rodney Monroe about the public prayer in particular and was told to go ahead with it.

More http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/...expects-20000/

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Democrats host radical Muslims at Charlotte Event led by imam who urged overthrow of 'filthy' U.S. government http://www.wnd.com/2012/08/democrats...-at-charlotte/

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Radical Islam joins Democratic National Convention. Are you awake yet America? http://www.sodahead.com/united-state...stion-3128697/

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Radical Islam Joins the DNC It is troubling that the Democratic National Convention has decided to promote and lend its name and national political platform to the organizers of the ?Jummah at the DNC?. The leaders of this event ? Jibril Hough and Imam Siraj Wahhaj as advertised are no moderates. They are radicals. These individuals embrace Islamist supremacy and have demonstrated support for radical ideologies. A quick Google search by the DNC would have shown them that Hough and Wahhaj are leaders in the separatist American Islamist movement. While they may be able to get a few thousand Muslims to attend the event, they are NOT going to be mainstream Muslims.? Most will likely come from Hough and Wahhaj?s radical networks that have long been entrenched in the Charlotte area. Make no mistake they are part of the Islamist movement. This is?not about their right of assembly; this group under a different name pulled the same stunt at the US capitol in 2009 claiming 20k and getting 2-3k. THIS IS ABOUT the DNC calling this an ?official function? listing these radicals as typical of the DNC community and more importantly about this organization speaking out AS representing supposedly typical American Muslims (or ?Mainstream?). If that is who the DNC is consorting with then all Americans, Democrats should be concerned. There are many patriotic Muslims who are part of both parties, and when radical ideologues like this do a demonstration of ?solidarity? in the name of our faith and choose an imam like Siraj Wahhaj who I saw with my own eyes in 1995 seditiously say it his duty and our duty as Muslims to replace the US Constitution with the Quran- then we need to speak up!

More http://www.redstate.com/breeanneh/20...joins-the-dnc/

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Apparently Obama did am AMA on Reddit. The moderators of that subreddit do require proof and said proof apparently came in the form of the official Obama Twitter account saying he was intending to do this AMA. He took 30 minutes of questions after his rally in Charlottesville, VA

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comment...united_states/