Immigrant Remarks By MD Gov Ehrlich Still Burn | Washington Post

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Immigrant Remarks By Ehrlich Still Burn
Local Leaders Want an Apology

By Darragh Johnson and Matthew Mosk
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, May 12, 2004; Page B01

Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s remarks last week dismissing multiculturalism as "crap" and "bunk" echoed across the state yesterday, as Democratic and Latino leaders demanded an apology and Ehrlich defended his comments as "utter common sense."

In Montgomery County, the County Council unanimously passed a resolution expressing "deep concern" over the governor's "ill-chosen remarks" and suggested "the phrase 'I'm sorry' as appropriate to the occasion."

In Baltimore, Mayor Martin O'Malley (D) addressed the issue -- in Spanish -- during his weekly radio address, saying, "Few of us would be here if our non-English-speaking relatives hadn't struggled for a few years -- or decades -- to learn English."

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[David__77]

1. Hopefully he can be swept away in '06.

He can be defeated. O'Malley would make a good contender. Ehrlich, Romney and other GOPers should go down, in addition to VT and RI.

[JI7]

2. problems in iraq and elsewhere

this is the same shit attitude right wingers have about learning anything about things and people different from them. if they were educated about other cultures we wouldn't be having the problems with other nations such as iraq. like that asshole inhoof justifying abuses against iraqi prisoners just because they are arabs or muslims like some in al qaeda even though those iraqi prisoners having nothing to do with al qaeda. just them being arab and muslim also is enough to blame them.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

3. Right Wingers are BIGOTS!!!! They believe that those who are...

different from themselves are NOT worthy of existing. Elrich is the perfect example of the modern GOP!