Rahm Emanuel to Bush: Denounce Goode

[sabra]

http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2006/12/emanuel_calls_o.html#more

Emanuel to Bush: Denounce Goode

Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) called on President Bush today to denounce a Virginia congressman who criticized a newly elected Muslim Democrat for wanting to bring the Koran to his swearing-in.

Rep. Virgil Goode, a Republican, set off a firestorm when he sent a letter to constituents lamenting the fact that Rep.-elect Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), scheduled to be the first Muslim congressman, would bring the Muslim holy book, and not the Bible, to ta private swearing-in ceremony.

Goode also said that immigration laws should be tightened to prevent more Muslims from coming to America and being elected to Congress. He refused to apologize.

Emanuel, who gave strong support to Ellison as head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee during the mid-term elections, criticized Goode at a Chicago press conference on Thursday. He upped the ante today by calling for Bush to step in.

[elehhhhna]

1. Bush denounced Good when he became Satan. Duh.

[KingFlorez]

2. Good move

Republicans always ask Democrats denounce something another Democrat has said, now the tables are turned on them.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. Well done

either Bush shows he supports the Constitution or he proves that he and the GOP are on the side of racists and bigots who would destroy the document.

[rodeodance]

4. No Repug has denounced Goode that I know of either.

[baldguy]

5. Doesn't Congress have a rule that prohibits members from disparaging one another?

Shouldn't Goode be censured?

[poverlay]

6. This is a test. We'll see if the Dems are what they say they are. Emanuel is a good start and

example.

Now we wait on whoever else has a bit of courage, a conscience, and respect for the Constitution.