First Gingrich, Now Faulkner
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 09:23 AM
Azi Paybara / WNYC
Add Rev. Michel Faulkner, the GOP candidate running for Rangel's seat in Harlem, to those trying to keep up with Newt Gingrich in devising headline-grabbing analogies to explain their opposition to the proposed mosque near Ground Zero.
"It would not be fair for the Klu Klux Klan to erect a statue or a monument near the bombs in the South that were burned during the civil rights movement," said Faulkner.
Scott Stringer showed remarkable restraint during this MSNBC segment last night.
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Comments [3]
Frigging liberal rag....
Uh... really? "Bombs?!?!?!" What "bombs" in the South were burned during the civil rights movement?
I live in this district and there is a mosque on Douglass Blvd between 115 and 116 Streets. I wonder how he's going to defend these comments to our Muslim neighbors. He's a crack-pot.
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