It is, apparently, true.
How else does one explain that former Rep. Virgil Goode, R-VA., is considering a run for the Presidency on the Constitution Party ticket?
Former Rep. Virgil Goode (R-VA) is contemplating a bid for the White House. During his six terms in office, Goode distinguished himself with openly bigoted rhetoric toward gays, immigrants, Muslims, and other minority groups.
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Who is Virgil Goode? And is he bigoted? Follow me below the Orange Squiggle of Power to learn more.
Here's an editorial written by Goode for USA Today regarding immigrants.
Save Judeo-Christian values.
My letter also stated, "If American citizens don't wake up and adopt the Virgil Goode position on immigration there will likely be many more Muslims elected to office and demanding the use of the Quran."
Immigration is arguably the most important issue facing the country today. At least 12 million immigrants are here illegally. And diversity visas, a program initiated in 1990 to grant visas to people from countries that had low U.S. immigration at that time, are bringing in 50,000 a year from various parts of the world, including the Middle East.
Let us remember that we were not attacked by a nation on 9/11; we were attacked by extremists who acted in the name of the Islamic religion. I believe that if we do not stop illegal immigration totally, reduce legal immigration and end diversity visas, we are leaving ourselves vulnerable to infiltration by those who want to mold the United States into the image of their religion, rather than working within the Judeo-Christian principles that have made us a beacon for freedom-loving persons around the world.
Well, now that's special. This guy doesn't much like Muslims or immigrants, and Muslim immigrants are of course the worst. Further evidence:
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We need to stop illegal immigration totally and reduce legal immigration and end the diversity visas policy pushed hard by President Clinton and allowing many persons from the Middle East to come to this country. I fear that in the next century we will have many more Muslims in the United States if we do not adopt the strict immigration policies that I believe are necessary to preserve the values and beliefs traditional to the United States of America and to prevent our resources from being swamped.
And then there's this gem:
"And they want me out of Congress, the liberal Democrats want me out. And they want me out because I'm a conservative voice, if we can silence that person that's exactly what we want, we want more mushers up here in Congress that won't speak out and stand out. They want a Obamajority in this country, Tom is on the Obamajority list for the US House of Representatives, they want to get him in there because they know he is going to be voting with them. They want to control the White House, 60 votes in the US Senate and a strong majority in the US House of Representatives."
Obamajority was an Actblue page started by a 14 year old. Quote from the kid:
That's right, back in March I started an ActBlue page, "The New Obamajority". After asking for suggestions I added Tom Perriello to the page. Apparently the 587 dollars we raised from 12 donors over the internet terrified Goode so much that he decided to attack a internet fundraising page in his closing remarks at a key debate in his race.
Here's Rep. Goode on the floor of the House.
We are in the middle of a four-day marathon here. While I cannot say that I agree with all of the actions of the president in dealing with Iraq, I will not be supporting H.Con.Res. 63. The eyes of the world are upon this House and there will be commentary from the Middle East to the streets of small town America about what we do here over this four-day period even though this resolution does not carry the weight of law.
When the commentary begins in the Middle East, in no way do I want to comfort and encourage the radical Muslims who want to destroy our country and who want to wipe the so-called infidels like myself and many of you from the face of the Earth. In no way do I want to aid and assist the Islamic jihadists who want the crescent and star to wave over the Capitol of the United States and over the White House of this country. I fear that radical Muslims who want to control the Middle East and ultimately the world would love to see “In God We Trust” stricken from our money and replaced with “In Muhammad We Trust.”
Rep. Goode also wants a "Fair Tax" - with the additional caveat that children don't qualify for a "pre-bate" that's an important part of the plan because, after all, they are probably in non-traditional familes:
I’ve got some caveats that I’ve talked to John Linder about. Like the prebate, which means a check in the mail every month for between $108 – $180 based on their calculations of what the person would need to file no sales tax to have food, heat, basic necessities. And, uh, they, they… I would want the prebate restricted to United States citizens.”
“I would also think that it would be better administratively to not have the prebate program for children. If you got 10 kids, you get, I think it’s $180, you get $1800. Ten times 180 you get $1,800 just for children. The administration of that… because a whole lot of families now… the child doesn’t…it’s not your traditional family staying with the mother and the father. I don’t know the statistics, but I suspect that probably half of the families or a third of the families are split families. The mother’s someplace, and the father’s some other place.
Here in Colorado, the Constitution Party recently nominated Tom Tancredo to run for governor. The two seem to be a good match.