This is a piece of news makes you wonder if you should laugh at the GOP or be saddened by their paranoid, racist fantasies.
So the main news is from here:
Four Republican lawmakers have accused the most prominent Islamic advocacy group in Washington of trying to plant "spies" as interns on Capitol Hill.
The claim was quickly denounced as "racist" and "insidious" by the Council on American Islamic Relations, and the effort appears to have little support from GOP leaders.
In an unusual announcement this morning, four conservative Republicans — Reps. John Shadegg (Ariz.), Paul Broun (Ga.), Trent Franks (Ariz.) and Sue Myrick (N.C.) — formally asked the House Sergeant at Arms to launch an investigation of the Center for American-Islamic Relations. They accused CAIR, a non profit group, of trying to infiltrate Capitol Hill with interns and staffers.
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So apparently some wackjob Worldnetdaily editor's son 'infiltrated' the Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR), a well known Islamic lobbying group based in DC. He grew a beard and pretended to be Muslim and prayed with them and became close friends. He repaid their trust by stealing a bunch documents that detail gasp
The lawmakers also released a one page "strategy" document they said they obtained from CAIR. But the document basically lays out a fairly straight forward public relations and lobbying strategy and indeed, one of the goals is "placing Muslim interns in congressional offices" and registering people to vote.
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By the way, this is the same 'birther' Mr. Trent 'Obama is an enemy of humanity' Franks. Apparently placing Muslim Interns in Capitol Hill is OMGZ TEH OZAMAS R TAKING OVUR!
Laugh at it if you will, but this Islamophobia is dangerous, depressing and portends worse for America's Muslims. Sue Myrick has already admitted that she does not have a list of these 'spies'. You would expect that the responsible GOP leadership would condemn this 21st century witchhunt, but oh wait, there is no responsible GOP leadership. They're too busy apologizing to Rushbo. Oh by they way, expect this news to be treated like the breakout of WW3 by Rushbo, Fox News and Glenn Beck.