Bloggers Box in Boxer
California Democrat Senator Barabara Boxer seems to be one of the Muslim-loving California Leftists and she recently gave an “award” (a pretty bit of paper as far as I can make out) to Basim Elkarra, the Sacramento head of CAIR, America’s chief Muslim mouthpiece.
This blog has of course been one of many blogs that have made adverse mentions of CAIR — most recently here on Dec. 9th., 2006.
Boxer has however now “withdrawn” the award in response to all the criticism it received. We read:
But Boxer — who said Wednesday that her staff made the award in her name without her knowledge — has rescinded it because of her “concerns” about CAIR, a national group based in Washington, D.C., that has been attacked by conservative Web sites for allegedly supporting terrorism…..
Boxer said she was checking news online when an account linking her to CAIR and its alleged pro-terrorist activities “popped up. … I said, ‘Wait a minute, is any of it accurate?’ ” ….
Elkarra said he was aware that bloggers for two days were attacking Boxer. “The right wing went all out to attack us on this and she succumbed to it. Two days later, she withdraws the award. You do the math,” he said.
The report of the matter above does not mention any blog in particular — only Americans Against Hate, an organization that focuses on Islamic hate and hate speech. Clearly, however, Boxer felt that it was politically risky having people link her to pro-terrorist organizations.
Above post crossposted from Tongue Tied
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Posted by JonJayRay on January 5, 2007 9:09 am
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