Posted on 08/26/2006 6:00:22 PM PDT by grey_whiskers
Who is Keith Ellison? (20)
Keith Ellison is the endorsed Democratic candidate for Congress in Minnesota's solidly Democratic Fifth District (Minneapolis). Ellison's local leadership of the Nation of Islam, his defense of the "truth" of an attack on Minneapolis Jews as "the most racist white people," his affiliation with convicted murderer and Vice Lords gang leader Sharif Willis, his support of the Vice Lords gangbangers charged (and subsequently convicted) with the murder of Minneapolis police officer Jerry Haaf, his outrageous attacks on law enforcement authorities, his demand that Symbionese Liberation Army terrorist Sara Jane Olson be freed, his concern for the continuing freedom of convicted cop-killer Assata Shakur on the lam in Havana -- not one of these elements of Ellison's public record has seen the light of day in the local media.
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NO cheers, unfortunately.
If you know of other Minnesotan-type Freepers, you might want to pass on the word.
Again, NO cheers, unfortunately.
Ironically, Ellison is, like me, a graduate of Wayne State University. He embodies the sort of mindset and approach to urban problems I was fleeing when I left Detroit, but are now becoming part of Minneapolis.
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