Representative Goode should check himself, fore’ he wrecks himself. Tragically, this assface used to be a Democrat. Like Senator Coleman, we’re happy to be rid of him.
In 2005, Goode again faced controversy when a major corporate campaign donor, defense contractor MZM, Inc., was implicated in a bribery scandal that resulted in the criminal conviction and resignation of California congressman Randy “Duke” Cunningham. Although Goode insisted that his relations with MZM were motivated solely by his interest in bringing high-paying skilled jobs to his district, in December of that year he donated the $88,000 received in MZM contributions to regional charities.
On July 21, 2006 Richard Berglund a former supervisor of the Martinsville, Va. office of MZM Inc., pleaded guilty to making illegal donations to Goode’s campaign. Court papers indicated that he and MZM owner Mitchell Wade (who previously pleaded guilty) engaged in a scheme to reimburse MZM employees for campaign donations .
Bigoted:
“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.”
“We need to stop illegal immigration totally and reduce legal immigration and end the diversity visas policy pushed hard by President Clinton and allowing many persons from the Middle East to come to this country,”
“I fear that in the next century we will have many more Muslims in the United States if we do not adopt the strict immigration policies that I believe are necessary to preserve the values and beliefs traditional to the United States of America”
Want to vent about this pathetic hatemonger? Go here if you’re so inclined…
Uh, huh. what.
So Virgil (hmhmm) thinks the voters in Minneapolis are… Welcome to the convention, Mr. Congressman.
I’m so happy that Keith was elected if just for the self-outing of ignorant freaks like Mr. Goode. Ellison has handled it well. It’s good comedy and it makes him famous.
Uh, huh. what.
You ought to call Rep Elect Michele Bachmann and get her official comment on this.
And yes, this is where the theocrats in the gop came from - from the Democratic party.
And like the Dixiecrats, we dont want them back.
Water always finds it level.
During WWII we rounded up Japanese Americans and placed them in internment camps out of fear and ignorance.
In 2006, despite a campaign of Islamophobia fueled by conflating the attacks of 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq,
instead of rounding up Muslims and placing them in internment camps, Jews, Christians, Muslims, blacks, whites, Latinos, and Native Americans in a city with a funny name in the middle of America, elected one to Congress.
I’m sorry Goode can’t find reason in that to celebrate.
Isn’t Sen. Bob Byrd still in your party? What about Rep. William Jefferson? Oh yeah, and Rep. Bill Monahan?