"The United States is like a nice apartment building where many people want to live"

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I got my absentee ballot in the mail today and was going over the list of people running. Robert McLeod (Republican) is running against incumbent Frank Pallone (Democrat) for a seat in the House of Representatives. I was researching his positions a little (since I've never heard of him before) and ran into a bunch of Word documents he's put up online detailing his positions.

Some of these are kind of funny:

On illegal immigration:

The United States is like a nice apartment building where many people want to live. Like a nice apartment building the United States needs a doorman ... The United States has no doorman and uninvited "guests" are invading the building.

On Health Care:

Arguments about universal health care are misplaced. We already have universal health care.

Source: http://www.monmouthcountyrepublicanparty.o...cuments/61.html

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On Health Care:

Arguments about universal health care are misplaced. We already have universal health care.

I'm Connor McLeod from the Clan McLeod, I am immortal and I approve this message.

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Be thankful you're not in Virginia to have to deal with this a$$hole..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_Goode

Here's some things he had to say about the honorable Keith Ellison, first Muslim to Congress about swearing under the Qur'an:

In 2006, Keith Ellison was elected as the first Muslim to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. Some criticized Ellison's intended use of the Qur'an for his unofficial swearing-in ceremony; among them, Goode was vocal in his opposition to Ellison's plan. One of Goode's constituents posted a letter online from the congressman regarding Ellison. The letter says in part:

When I raise my hand to take the oath on Swearing In Day, I will have the Bible in my other hand. I do not subscribe to using the Koran in any way. The Muslim Representative from Minnesota was elected by the voters of that district and if American citizens don’t wake up and adopt the Virgil Goode position on immigration there will likely be many more Muslims elected to office and demanding the use of the Koran.

And here's his great stance on immigration:

In recent interviews, Goode has also stated that he is in favor of decreasing legal immigration to the United States and that he wants to do away with Diversity Immigrant Visas. Goode argues that these visas may allow people "not from European countries" or from "some terrorist states" to enter America. Goode also repeated his views on a January 1, 2007 post to the USA Today blog.

Just for fun, here's also a Daily Show clip on this, which is more or less a game and only a little about the guy (Rappers or Republicans):

http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jh...-or-republicans

Also, here was some funny part about his blog:

Let us remember that we were not attacked by a nation on 9/11; we were attacked by extremists who acted in the name of the Islamic religion. I believe that if we do not stop illegal immigration totally, reduce legal immigration and end diversity visas, we are leaving ourselves vulnerable to infiltration by those who want to mold the United States into the image of their religion, rather than working within the Judeo-Christian principles that have made us a beacon for freedom-loving persons around the world.

Which makes me wonder if the extreme right-wing Republicans ever read the Constitution, or ever read what "hypocrite is", because trying to tell someone not to put their hand on their own religious book sure represents a beacon of freedom for the world to see.

Edited September 27, 2008 by SRVT

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done with USCIS