Illinois Rep. Weds Ex-Dictator's Daughter

[The Sushi Bandit]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041120/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/guatemala_us_congressman_wedding

ANTIGUA, Guatemala - They met during a trade mission, and despite controversy over their engagement, U.S. Rep. Jerry Weller (news, bio, voting record) of Illinois and the outspoken daughter of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt tied the knot Saturday in a civil ceremony.

About 300 people — including Rios Montt — attended the wedding of the Republican congressman from central Illinois and Zury Rios Sosa, a 36-year-old Guatemalan senator. Security was tight as the two exchanged wedding vows at a mansion belonging to the former dictator.

[meow2u3]

1. Republicommies never met a right-wing dictator they didn't like

So much so that they'll even marry the kids of these tyrants!!

[yellowcanine]

2. Rios Montt wasn't just any dictator. Some of the worst human rights

abuses in Guatamala occured on his watch. Doesn't mean the daughter is involved in the abuses but she did actively support his recent try for the presidency. Rios Montt is under house arrest for allegedly inciting riots during that effort. The guy is a thug and the daughter is a thug supporter. So what does that make the congressman?

[pelagius]

3. Interesting RW Christian connection to...

...Rios Montt. He is closely identified with his country's Pentecostal Christian movement, which largely affiliated with the Assemblies of God -- www.ag.org -- the same denomination that John Ashcroft's family were/are "big wheels" in.

The Assemblies of God flies beneath most people's radar, but they're one of the largest denominations in the world and a huge right-wing constituency.