7 Responses to “POLL: IS MINNEAPOLIS’ BID TO HOST ’08 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION HURT BY ELLISON’S SUPPORT OF LOUIS FARRAKHAN?”

1. MN Campaign Report Says:
   May 22nd, 2006 at 5:26 PM

   Two things –
   1) Please update your links to MNCR.
   2) You forgot the third option: “Am I really reaching for something to post today?”

2. louie f Says:
   May 22nd, 2006 at 7:08 PM

   How about a new poll?

   Does anyone believe this is an issue OTHER than Michael Brodkorb?

   I bet the results will surprise no one but Michael.

3. DJZ Says:
   May 22nd, 2006 at 8:17 PM

   Brodkorb is a liar.

   A local Jewish-community paper editorializes on Keith Ellison. In part,
   the
   editorial (which is not online) says:

   … There has been some premature grumbling in the Jewish community …
   over
   Ellison’s role as an organizer for the 1995 Million Man March, the
   gathering
   in Washington, D.C., organized by Louis Farrakhan, the Nation of Islam
   leader known for his vitriolic anti-Semitic and anti-gay statements.

   Ahead of the September primary, and as rumors fly around the Jewish
   community, we note that Ellison, in fact, is not a member of the nation
   of
   Islam and he has explicitly renounced the homophobic and anti-Semitic
   rants
   of Farrakhan.

   A convert to Islam, Ellison belongs to the Masjid AnNur mosque in north
   Minneapolis. The mosque’s spiritual leader, Imam Makram El-Amin, is
   known as
   a person who has built bridges to the Jewish community and to other
   religious communities.

   El-Amin “has been very collaborative in his relationships with other
   faiths,” said Rep. Frank Hornstein, DFL-Minneapolis, a Jewish
   legislator who
   has sat at a desk next to Ellison on the House floor for the past four
   years. “As a matter of fact, [El-Amin] came to Temple Israel a couple
   years
   ago as a guest at our annual Yom Kippur study session on intergroup
   relations and improving relationships between Muslim and Jews, etc.”

   Hornstein, a friend and backer of Ellison, told the AJW that the
   legislator
   “belongs to a strain of Islam that is moderate and tolerant and
   collaborative.” Further, according to Hornstein, Ellison is a supporter
   of
   the state of Israel” and understands the issues around anti-Semitism.”

   The American Jewish World is not making an early endorsement of Rep.
   Ellison
   for the 5th District seat in Congress. We do, however, want to make it
   clear
   to our readers that there is a word for those – Jews and non- Jews –
   who
   reject Keith Ellison as a political candidate because he is a Muslim.
   The
   word is “bigot.” …

   ———-From the minneapolis Issues List 5/22/2006

4. CR Says:
   May 22nd, 2006 at 10:17 PM

   The link to the MNCR website is correct…there is no website that is currently working for the Minnesota College Republicans.

5. MN Campaign Report Says:
   May 23rd, 2006 at 6:56 AM

   My apologies. Somehow I knew the congruence of my acronym with that of the Minnesota College Republicans would come back to bite me. However, I was referring to my recent switch from http://mncr.blogspot.com to http://www.mncampaignreport.com

   Thank you for your understanding.

6. Kevin from Minneapolis Says:
   May 23rd, 2006 at 8:39 AM

   Lame.

7. anonomous Says:
   June 3rd, 2006 at 9:32 AM

   I was present when Keith Ellison was given the last name ‘Muhammad’ by Farrakhan. Keith is a Registered member of the Nation of Islam.

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