it seems to me that it would be a good idea to get some facts straight. I heard Gaffney's comments at CPAC and I thought it was awful. He claimed that some guy at the White House shouldn't be in the White House just because he is a moslem. That is not just a shot at the guy, its a shot at the President. The left is always going after Grover making up stories that he hangs out with bad moslems just because they can. Why are so many conservatives feeding that frenzy, I don't know. People need to realize that not all moslems are Islamic extremists, and shouldn't be treated as if they were.
As for Grover, whether I agree or disagree, I admire what he is trying to do. He is taking the position that we shouldn't have hatred or bias towards people because of their religion and because some evil people performed evil in its name. It is a hard, politically incorrect thing to do. It's easy for people like Gaffney to call everyone a wahabi without even thinking about it, its much harder to defend the unpopular, even in a country created for purposes of religious liberty.
And he does not date a moslem. He has been dating a person in the movement for many years whose name most of you would recognize.
I heard Gaffney's comments at CPAC and I thought it was awful.I wasn't at CPAC, and this thread, as I recall, was discussing Norquist's appearance on Fox News. I was not aware of the background of the story, so was watching through unbiased eyes. Norquist looked bad, and his tactics, as I described in my original post, were worse.
He is taking the position that we shouldn't have hatred or bias towards people because of their religion and because some evil people performed evil in its name.
If that it his intent, that is honorable, but his tactics on Fox News were dishonorable, and definitely did not further his cause.
Considering the documented evidence of exactly who Norquist (the apparent liason with the Muslim community), has invited to the White House in the past (and to the 9/11 Memorial Service at the National Cathedral), I don't believe skepticism regarding his judgement are unwarranted, and certainly Gaffney is not the only conservative who has questioned that judgement. Are they all wrong? Are the anti-American, anti-Semitic statements of Norquist invitees, which are a matter of public record, to be disbelieved?
he does not date a moslem
I could care less who or what he dates. I made no reference to Norquist's love life in my original post.