Rep. Virgil Goode, R-Va. says a Muslum should not use Qur'an during swearing in

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Is it possible that Goode really is as ignorant of the facts as it seems or is it that he simply thinks his constituents are really that ignorant and that it is really that easy to hide the pea while he switches the shells and cons them?

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What I find very telling is the fact that, AFAICT, not a single Republican in Washington, has denounced Goode's bigotry. When directly questioned, a couple of them have said that they "support multiculturalism" an whatnot, but have not actually said that the Republican party does not support Goode's attitude or anything even close.My personal belief is that the bigot vote is too important of a constituancy to the Republican party for them to risk alienating them.

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I personally think that is exactly what the Republican Party relies on these days, FUD, Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. That and the ignorance of the party base that doesn't see him palming the pea.

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The other thing they rely heavily upon is what passes for domestic investigative journalism ignoring such shenanigans.And I also think that the party base isn't all that ignorant. I think that many of them know exactly what's going on but will never criticize or stop supporting one of their own because their job is to "be part of the team".There was a poll that came out a week or two after the November elections that showed that among Republicans, the support for the Iraq war had plummeted compared to a few weeks before that.It think what happened among the general Republican population was exactly what Rush Limbaugh said happened to him, which was, in effect, that he was relieved to finally not have to "carry water" for the undeserving boneheads in Washington anymore, now that they shortly to be gone.Edited by schrafinator, : No reason given.

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and he may have a fear of anything different; perhaps he grew up with such a Good 'Ole Boy mentality.

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He might be looking across the pond and watching how Europe's Politically Correct mentality does not coincide with radical Islam who entrenches itself more every day.

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So, the sexist, racist, often violent southern "Good Ol' Boy" system is fundamentally different from radical Islam how, exactly?And what do you mean by Europe being politically correct? France probably has the most Muslims due to it's proximity to and history in Morocco and North Africa, and they do not allow the wearing of headscarves in it's schools.