Comments on: Ellison fires back over Strib story on Mecca trip http://minnesotaindependent.com/39971/ellison-fires-back-over-strib-story-on-mecca-trip News. Politics. Media. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:48:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: online rihla » Blog Archive » minnesota muslim updates http://minnesotaindependent.com/39971/ellison-fires-back-over-strib-story-on-mecca-trip/comment-page-1#comment-34895 online rihla » Blog Archive » minnesota muslim updates Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:10:33 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=39971#comment-34895 [...] Ellison fires back over Strib story on Mecca trip [...] [...] Ellison fires back over Strib story on Mecca trip [...]

]]> By: Dave http://minnesotaindependent.com/39971/ellison-fires-back-over-strib-story-on-mecca-trip/comment-page-1#comment-34420 Dave Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:00:01 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=39971#comment-34420 Please define "shady". Is he voting for something that would help the donor's profits, like the Commandant Kline? No, but there's not much any shadier than that. Please define “shady”.

Is he voting for something that would help the donor’s profits, like the Commandant Kline? No, but there’s not much any shadier than that.

]]> By: Nicholas http://minnesotaindependent.com/39971/ellison-fires-back-over-strib-story-on-mecca-trip/comment-page-1#comment-34380 Nicholas Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:53:11 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=39971#comment-34380 Why anyone is surprised by this is a mystery to me. The guy danced around his shady background during his campaign, why would you expect he would do anything different now? The 5th district got the man they deserve. Why anyone is surprised by this is a mystery to me. The guy danced around his shady background during his campaign, why would you expect he would do anything different now?

The 5th district got the man they deserve.

]]> By: News Day: Green leaving MPS / Ellison fires back / No new bushes – and get those eagles out of here / more « Mary Turck http://minnesotaindependent.com/39971/ellison-fires-back-over-strib-story-on-mecca-trip/comment-page-1#comment-34321 News Day: Green leaving MPS / Ellison fires back / No new bushes – and get those eagles out of here / more « Mary Turck Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:31:27 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=39971#comment-34321 [...] Ellison fires back The Star Tribune has front-paged the story that the Muslim American Society (MAS) paid for Congress member Keith Ellison’s [...] [...] Ellison fires back The Star Tribune has front-paged the story that the Muslim American Society (MAS) paid for Congress member Keith Ellison’s [...]

]]> By: Jordan http://minnesotaindependent.com/39971/ellison-fires-back-over-strib-story-on-mecca-trip/comment-page-1#comment-34288 Jordan Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:32:06 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=39971#comment-34288 It is ashame that Keith Ellison keeps obfuscating on the issue, and making it much worse instead of just disclosing the information and laying the issue to rest. It is obvious that a private interest group paid for his trip because he is a congressperson; no one else could expect to receive an all expense paid trip overseas. Whether he had a personal motivation for the trip or a political motivation, or both, the public has the right to know the details just like all the other trips that congresspersons get paid by private interest groups and have to disclose. This practice should be barred, but disclosure is all the public can get. Ellison's claim that his position was cleared by the ethics committee was in fact reported by the Star Tribune. It might be a slight point in Ellison's favor, but does not absolve him. He has a responsibility to exercise better independent judgment and recognize that the information should be disclosed. His stubborn adherence to his position continues to make it unnecessarily worse for him. He could have so easily put the controversy to rest by disclosing the information in response promptly. The public is instead left to wonder what Ellison has to hide? It is ashame that Keith Ellison keeps obfuscating on the issue, and making it much worse instead of just disclosing the information and laying the issue to rest. It is obvious that a private interest group paid for his trip because he is a congressperson; no one else could expect to receive an all expense paid trip overseas. Whether he had a personal motivation for the trip or a political motivation, or both, the public has the right to know the details just like all the other trips that congresspersons get paid by private interest groups and have to disclose. This practice should be barred, but disclosure is all the public can get. Ellison’s claim that his position was cleared by the ethics committee was in fact reported by the Star Tribune. It might be a slight point in Ellison’s favor, but does not absolve him. He has a responsibility to exercise better independent judgment and recognize that the information should be disclosed. His stubborn adherence to his position continues to make it unnecessarily worse for him. He could have so easily put the controversy to rest by disclosing the information in response promptly. The public is instead left to wonder what Ellison has to hide?

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