A Romney Classic: Muslims not needed in Cabinet

[trailmonkee]

from a 2007 article: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1107/7059.html

Politico / By MIKE ALLEN | 11/27/07

As Ijaz recounted the exchange in an opinion piece in Tuesday’s Christian Science Monitor, “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,’” Ijaz wrote.

Ijaz apparently did not care for the answer. His piece is titled, “A Muslim belongs in the Cabinet.”

Romney told CNN's ''Situation Room'': "Suggesting that we have to fill spots based on checking off boxes of various ethnic groups is really a very inappropriate way to think about how we staff positions. I'm very pleased that, among my Cabinet members, for instance, I had several African-American individuals. I had people of different backgrounds."

[asjr]

1. The Romney/Ryan duo have said so many things

stupid as the above and seem not to care that others see it as stupid. They must feel sure about winning the presidency. That bothers me because they probably have already choreographed the winning dance via voting machines. I remember 2000 and 2004 too well.