Romney: No Muslims In My Cabinet
By Nicole Belle Monday Nov 26, 2007 11:05am
Via Democracy Arsenal, here's what Mitt Romney told Mansoor Ijaz recently about the possibility of appointing a Muslim to his cabinet:
I asked Mr. Romney whether he would consider including qualified Americans of the Islamic faith in his cabinet as advisers on national security matters, given his position that "jihadism" is the principal foreign policy threat facing America today. He answered, "...based on the numbers of American Muslims [as a percentage] in our population, I cannot see that a cabinet position would be justified. But of course, I would imagine that Muslims could serve at lower levels of my administration."
Hmmm. I thought Republicans were the ones opposed to identity politics and quotas? Let's just check their party platform and....let's see....aha, here it is: "Finally, because we are opposed to discrimination, we reject preferences, quotas, and set-asides based on skin color, ethnicity, or gender."
Sorry, my mistake. There's no mention of religious discrimination there, so I guess Mitt's on solid ground. Quotas for Muslims are OK.
Silly Kevin. You thought the Republicans were serious about that? C'mon, without racism and baseless fear mongering of the Other, Republicans would have to run on their record, and well, you see how that works for them.
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are these assholes begging for the new crusades or what?
jesus called and said quit pimping his name for war....
Mitt the Billionaire.
Can someone please acquaint this fucking moron with the Constitution? There shall be no fucking religious test.
below_me @ 1:
He has to maintain his manlyhood.
A Mormon racist?? Shocking!!!
C&L is skewing the real intent of the comment again:
He meant his kitchen cabinet.
nonbeliever @ 3:
Armageddon (Greek αρμαγεδδων; [armageddôn] also spelled as Har-Magedon in some modern English translations), is the final climactic battle (or Campaign) between God, also known as YHWH Elohim through the person of the Messiah, and Satan, whose name means 'adversary' and which is also known as the Devil, through the person known as the "Beast", written in the Book of Revelation in the Christian New Testament, or more generally, an apocalyptic catastrophe.
So we have a devil who thinks he is the messiah and another devil who thinks he is the messiah at war with each other meanwhile everyone is sitting around thinking . . . . what the hell is going on with these guys? This isn't putting food on my table or helping me pay the god damned bills!
Lollimom @ 6:
*plays rimshot*
Born to be a God amongst voters
Working in Skinny Tie
Serving up Burgers
Next stop down the line
OK then Mitt, I won't consider a MORMON for President. Two can play the bigotry card!
By that [perverse] reich-wing "logic", then this country shouldn't elect a Mormon.
He'll claim he's misquoted and said no muslin.
These guys are trying to turn this country back to a time when all minorities were just props. They ignore black people, attack Mexicans and Mulsims, fanning flames of paranoia and hatred everywhere they speak. George Wallace and Strom Thurmond would be so proud.
This mimbo is still running? Nice hair, Mitt, ya empty suit.
Left&Left @ 13:
Give Wallace some credit for atonement. It took a crippling gunshot to wake him up but he admitted after that he was an ignorant idiot.
Mitt Romney is also saying there will be no Jews in his cabinet - considering the numbers are roughly equivalent. Oh, and there are roughly twice as many Mormons as there are muslims, so including him we should expect to see one more mormon.
Thanks for making the math simple for us, Mitt.
From TP:
According to the CIA World Factbook (which uses 2002 numbers), Mormons comprise just 2 percent of the U.S. population, while Jews and Muslims comprise 1 percent each. Based on 2001 numbers, there were 2.8 million Mormons and 1.1 million Muslims in the United States. Surveys since that time indicate that the number of Muslims may have eclipsed the number of Mormons living in the U.S.
There you have it folks....Mutt is not qualified to be president by his own standards.
Left&Left @ 13:
And they have the Blackwater Christian Knights to deal with the non believers too!
so the MORMON wants to judge people based on their religion??
Gee...according to the latest census, .6% of Americans identify themselves as of Muslim faith...Let's see...in the same report, only 1.3% identify themselves as Mormon...how ironic...BOTH would seem to be "insignificant" percentages if you use Romney's barometer. Apparently, Mitt wouldn't have HIMSELF in his cabinet.
Okay, they'll be no Muslims in your cabinet Mitt, now how about gays in your closet?
Mormon Milton doesn't know jack about jihad.
If Mitt only had a brain. The more he opens his mouth, the more stupid he sounds. I swear, he is competing with boy Bush in the lack of intelligence contest. So far, they are running neck to neck in the catagory of stupidity.
Calculatorr @ 16:
The next five years is going to be very strange.
If we make it through next year in one piece without all hell breaking loose.
You see, in Mitt's world it doesn't matter if the individual is actually QUAFLIFIED for a cabinet-level position if he/she happened to be Muslim.
So Mitt, what would you say to someone who won't vote for YOU because you're a Mormon???
Coffins Draped with Flags @ 23:
boosh and romney are necking?
Lollimom @ 6:
LMAO - I'm not sure the kitchen is safe when Mitt's in the room.
Those "lower level" positions in a Romney Cabinet:
Cooking on the grill
Serving coffee
File Clerk
Janitor/BusBoys
In other words, any job that is low visibility and represents a slave/master relationship.
He didn't learn shyt from George Felix "Macaca" Allen, did he? And Allen's the reason that Virginia's turning into a solidly "blue" state.
How the hell did Romney survive in Massachusetts, another "blue" state?
The Political Junkie @ 28:
You are not the only one to be wondering about Massachusetts. I dont know if I can forgive them for Mitt"jesus visited the injuns,really my sister humpin-granddaddy told me so"Romney.
Wow. to all the ppl in Mass.......You really elected this inbred slack jawed yokel?
Well, gosh. So if Romney uses his own "thinking" on this, we might extrapolate that "based on the numbers of American Mormons (as a percentage) in our population, I cannot see that a presidential position would be justified. I would imagine that Mormons could serve at lower levels in a Judeo-Protestant/Catholic administration."
I keep reading that Romney is a highly intelligent person. Would someone please direct me to where there is any evidence of this? When you couple this last statement of his with another fairly recent one having to do with our "right to be kept alive" as being part of the life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness trio, ... well ... I'm just at somewhat of a loss for words here to describe my confusion over his "thinking."
ysaddaden @ 26:
Now there's a possibility.
It's so pathetic I can't even formulate a response. 2. Mitt believes that "jihadism" is the biggest threat to foriegn policy and b. Is not interested in a "highly qualified" canididate from a Muslim background that might have a unique perspective because the population statistics are not high enough?
So, does that mean rich white men will not get all of the high level positions? Pretty soon hispanic-americans will be the largest ethinic group. When will they start getting all the high level cabinet jobs?
moniker @ 22:
I dunno, he seems like a jack off to me.
How do you think he got the name Mitt?
Wouldn't it be ironic if the Arabs have to save us from the irreversible damage Bush Co and the Repungicans have done to this country the past 7 years?
Linda @ 30:
it's called inbreeding my friend.
Result of being a Mormon.
The negative effects of inbreeding in human popuilations is well documented , Mitt is just the physical expression of that.
The Political Junkie @ 28:
In a reich-wing administration, "lower level" positions include fluffer, pillow-bitter, boot licker, murderer, or piss bucket boy.
The Political Junkie @ 28:
His magnificent collection of flip flops helped him survive in MA. Let's see how much air play this receives from the so-called MSM & if it's mentioned in the so-called "debate" tomorrow nite.
I need more coffee. sorry for the jumbled up comment
"... unless it's against those people. We all know who those people are, right?."
Romney... the only person who could make Huckabee look good.
Fanon @ 32:
They'll be polishing the cabinet.
Fanon @ 38:
I 2nd that motion.
L.A. Confidential @ 34:
Can you imagine an Arab Military Base outside of Salt Lake City?
"We're here to liberate the American People"
1-202-225-0100 DEMAND IMPEACHMENT. ( don't discount stupid as a winning hand in this country. example--- the last 7 years)
Right from the Tom Tancredo playbook.
What's your stance on having a Muslim in Congress or the Senate, Mitt?
Coffins Draped with Flags @ 23:
Wonder what he was thinking when he made his stupid - stupid remark. Someone ought to tell these Republican asses to make their thinking visible.
L.A. Confidential @ 42:
Linda @ 30:
He can't have too many brain synapses connecting because he tied a cage with his dog in it on top of his car and drove to Canada and wondered why the dog shit and pissed all over his car.
Mike Meyer @ 43:
It might help youre cause to tell people who they would be calling.
Go back to Kolob, Mitt.
L.A. Confidential@18 No, I'll never give that sack of shit Wallace any credit. He got freaked out and confused because some blond blue eyed man shot his sorry ass.
Shadowgm @ 44:
Wide?
Coffins Draped with Flags @ 46:
I think ANY of us would shit and piss on the car if strapped to the top of it and taken CANADA.
Suits suck ~ Entourage
I think Mitt's comments is reflection of what is acceptable currently in America.
What surprises is not Mitt's comment, it is the lack of media outrage over this pure discrimination, one that counters the very essence of our constitution, more importantly by someone who wants to uphold our constitution.
I fear we are in dangerous territory, if Mitt's comment has become acceptable by the media and the public, then it would not be long before one can say 'Eff you JEWS - Jesus Killer' without any repurcusion whatsoever, and furthermore even encouraged by our church, and national leaders.
__________, a muslim, has a better chance of becoming president then mitt.
Picture this :::
Mitt Romney leading the "Moron Tap-an-Apple Choir"
Left&Left @ 49:
Okay. I won't argue with you.
I usually agree pretty much with the C&L slant, but this one is pretty lame.
There might be 1.1 million Muslims in the US--how many of them are long term, career politicians/operative Republicans? You are really asserting that Romney have Muslim, or Jewish, or Native American, or flying-Spaghetti monsterish, cabinet members based solely on their religion, for the sake of diversity? Granted, there appear to be Republican Muslims, although I don't happen to know any personally. Do you want a Democratic president to appoint Christian conservatives as a sop to diversity?
I am disappointed at the lengths NB is going to here to make an issue out of Romney saying he probably wouldn't have a Muslim on his cabinet. It stinks to high hell of molehill-to-mountainism we like to disparage the wingnuts for.
I am sure there are perfectly valid criticisms out there for Romney, but I don't think this is one of them.
What's the difference between Mitt's cult and somebody else's religion?
It's a trick question. They are all fantasy cults.
FarLefty @ 58:
Mine involve leather.
LiberalTarian @ 57:
You don't see the problem with someone who bemoans being discriminated against based on religion saying he would discriminate against someone based on religion? The constitution insures no relgious test to hold office. Why should what religion a cabinet member is make a difference? How would he even find out what religion someone was?
LiberalTarian @ 57:
It's an issue because Mitt has made it about 'religion' and 'percentage' rather than qualifications.
No one is saying there must be a Muslim included in Romney's cabinet, only that Romney's rationale for not choosing a Muslim is wholly specious, and thus, the public should be wary.
ysaddaden @ 59:
Most of my friends play fantasy football. I have my own fantasy sex league. I'm having a great season!!
ysaddaden @ 59:
does it have one of those red balls that go in the mouth?
Kulshan @ 47: Pelosi--Madam Speaker of The House. The number is answered by a HUMAN listening for a fellow HUMAN to say IMPEACH. If YOU want to say more then you will be transfered to Nancy Pelosi's voicemail. THE NUMBER IS A COUNTER. (you will NOT
I use the same litmus test for Mormons' in the Whitehouse.
Thanks for legitimizing my bias Oil Slick Mitt.
-GSD
Romney's cabinet will be one Morman and his wives.
64 (damn fingers) You will Not be asked for ID.
This makes perfect sense when viewed throught the "I'm for it if it benefits me" filter through which republicans see everything. Will a quota benefit those people and not me? Then I'm against quotas. Will a quota keep those people out of my cabinet and my friends in? Then I'm for quotas!
In a few decades, when whites are a minority in this country and non-whites and non-christians increasingly run things, these people will forget that they ever were against quotas. They have selfishness where their principles should be.
FarLefty @ 58:
My God can beat up your God(s).
Hey, just because Mitt is a Moron doesn't mean that he shouldn't be able to choose the cabinet he wants, discrimination be damned. Besides, it's not like he's going to win anyway (then again, I said the same thing about our current national embarrassment, so cross your fingers).
Personally, I only way that I could vote for someone named Mitt (please tell me that that isn't his name. While I still wouldn't vote for him I would feel a little better if his name were short for Milton or something like that. For some reason I imagine that Little Mitt was tormented throughout grade school, called everything from 'Muff" to "Mittens"; unless he came up in an environment where such a name is actually common, which could be part of the problem, I suppose) is that they were actually the Second Coming. Short of that, I don't think so.
Then there's also that whole Republican thing, too.
Doesn't anyone find it rather telling that in the last few years more than one minority group has been vilified by the party of values?
Gays are now feared like the plague, Hispanics are hated because the GOP and the media managed to connect them to illegal immigration, despite the fact that illegal immigrants come from various ethnicities AND there are millions of Hispanics in the U.S. who live here legally and are U.S. citizens. On top of it all, there's the hatred of Muslims and Middle Easterners.
It's like a Republican wet dream to have so many groups vilified. It makes one wonder, what an ideal America looks like in these people's (like Mitt) twisted minds.
"But of course, I would imagine that Muslims could serve at lower levels of my administration.”
lower levels, mitt? what, like the dungeon? freudian slip much? yeesh, this hair-job is a class-A buffoon.
so, i would like someone to ask mitty, if he going to base his cabinet appointees based on population percentage, just how many gay people he will appoint to cabinet positions~
there are a lot more gay people than muslims on america (somewhere in the vicinity of 5-10%), so... will mitt go by his little formula?
me no thinky.
LiberalTarian @ 57:
Also reeks of all things un-American.
like Racism.
And prejudice based on an individuals religion.
What is the quota for Mormon presidents considering that they are approximately 2% of the US population?
Dr. Matt @ 69:
"We're all about Christ's teachings, but what we really want to see is Armageddon, and, of course, we expect to be watching it from the back window of the Rapture Bus on our way to HappyJesusLand ..."
Shadowgm @ 61:
Shadowgm, right on. Romney is a double idiot for not giving the obvious answer which is: I would exclude no one on the basis of religion. Instead, Mitt the Twitt says the opposite: I will absolutely exclude a Muslim on the basis of religion. Then he compounds his own stupidity by trying to make it appear as a statistical matter that just happens to have a religious component.
LiberalTarian, this is not a small matter. Sure Twitt has the right to choose whomever he wants to be on his cabinet. But he is here publicly asserting a right to disallow someone on the basis of religion. Romney is courting the bigot-vote here, plain and simple. He owes -- but won't pay -- an apology to Muslims and tolerant Americans everywhere. Further, he needs to disavow bigotry and narrow-mindedness and to eschew potential voters who embrace either quality.
I'm glad to see he's finally showing his true Mormon colors.
Maybe he'll hire a Mormon to act like a muslim... They both believe a post-jesus prophet, (a poor, uneducated man in both cases) who brings a new bible to the world through a revelation by an angel. Shouldn't be too rough.
HA!
Votingvet@77 It's not just Shit Romney Votingvet. All the Republicans candidates speak in code to the bigots. Just listen.
The ironic thing is that multiple Mitt Flopney will be a victim of his own religious bigotry! Mainstream Christian America will never vote for a Mormon! LOL!
I bet Mitt would have a problem with Jews as well in his cabinet. After all, the Nazis were not to fond of either religion and it would make perfect sense to think that Mitt would stack his cabinet in the same way as the Nazis.
Left&Left @ 81:
play their speeches backwards, its there.
no snark here, im serious, Rudy is Beelzebub.
Left&Left @ 13:
Hey...Jesse "Hogjowls" Helms would be proud too...
StirFry @ 78:
White's a color?
Shiva H Vishnu @ 64:
No, blue, if she ties them tight enough.
Who cares, Mitt? You're never going to have a presidential cabinet.
ysaddaden @ 87:
a: Gross!!
b: Where did the 'b' in your name go?
2 bee or not to bee
Seinfield sucks.
Mike Meyer @ 68:
Wouldn't it be cool if Mike Myers starred in a parody of the movie Halloween playing Black and Decker's favorite spokesman, Michael Myers?
Of all people he should be inclusive. The biggest knock on him is that he is a Mormon and he's tried to say that that should not separate him from the rest of the candidates. So your religion shouldn't matter but a Muslim's should?
whites only drinking fountainism always in fashion on republican runways
Fanon @ 89:
Try spelling the name of this little Welsh town correctly:
Lanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
Good thing Jesus wasn't born there or Christmas carols would be a bitch.