Keith Ellison proves that he’s an idiot
Posted by mesablue on February 14, 2007
So,
You’re a first term congressman who attracted not a little controversey for hanging out with terrorist supporters and as the first muslim elected to congress. You cause a small fuss for wanting to be sworn in with a Koran.
How do you reach out to your new colleagues and neighbors?
You call the cops on them.
From The Hill:
Rep. Ellison calls the cops to snuff Tancredo’s cigar
By Betsy Rothstein
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) believes it is his right as a Muslim to be sworn into Congress with the Quran. But apparently, the freshman lawmaker doesn’t believe it’s Rep. Tom Tancredo’s (R-Colo.) right to smoke a cigar in his congressional office.
Ellison’s office called the Capitol Hill Police on Tancredo last Wednesday night as Tancredo was in his office smoking a cigar. The lawmakers have neighboring offices on the first floor of the Longworth House Office Building.
Tancredo was still stunned a day later. “It’s very bizarre,” said Tancredo, who has never met Ellison. “Seemed to me not a good way to say hello.”
And let’s face it. Calling the cops on a colleague takes the cake for the nerviest behavior so far among members of this year’s freshman class of Congress.
This is how it all went down. On Wednesday evening, around 6 p.m., Tancredo was preparing for his trip to Mississippi. And as he so often does, he was unwinding with a cigar.
Soon enough, however, a police officer walked in to check on the smoke. The officer told Tancredo that the officer came because he was required to do so and not because the officer wanted to. The officer had already told Ellison that Tancredo was permitted to smoke in his office. The visit was more a formality.
Tancredo said he would not stop smoking in his office. “Heck, no!” he said. “If he [Ellison] would have [had] the courtesy to say something I’m sure I would have been more accommodating to his wishes.”
Enjoy your two years in congress Mr. Ellison. That’s all you are going to get. Even the lefties in Minnesota can see when they’ve been duped and elected a moron.
Great start to what will be a very unremarkable stint.
Via Michelle Malkin & Hot Air
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jeremiasx said
Why not post the rest of the article while you’re at it?
Doesn’t sound like Ellison made the complaint himself…it was one of his staffers.
Scott said
He said “fine,” Jauert said. “He’s complained of the smoke before.”
That’s why.
They knew it was cigar smoke and called the police anyway.
They went out of their way to make a fuss. And, no staffer would call the police without clearing it with their boss if they were there. Ever.
If you believe they did, you are as big an idiot as Ellison.