First Medina, now Shami unsure about U.S. government involvement in 9/11 attacks

[sonias]

AAS Postcards from the Lege blog 2/12/10
First Medina, now Shami unsure about U.S. government involvement in 9/11 attacks

Democrat Farouk Shami became the second gubernatorial candidate in two days to say it’s unclear whether the U.S. government was involved in the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center.

Shami’s comments today — which follow Republican Debra Medina’s yesterday — came during an interview on WFAA-TV in Dallas/Fort Worth. When reporter Brad Watson told Shami he wanted to ask him the same question Medina was asked — whether the U.S. government was involved in the attacks — this was Shami’s response:

“I’m not sure. I am not going to really judge or answer about something I’m not sure about. But the rumors are there that there was a conspiracy. True or not? You know, it’s hard to believe, you know, what happened. It’s really hard to comprehend what happened. Maybe. I’m not sure.”

Oh boy that sure doesn't help him.:eyes:

Sonia

[NoPasaran]

1. Mirror, mirror on the wall, Who's the wackiest candidate of all?

You can tell Shami isn't lying about not being a politician. What pro would play the Race Card on himself?

A short while ago, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Farouk Shami accused his opponent, Bill White, of being racist for mentioning in an ad that he (White) was born in San Antonio. Well, shoe, prepare to meet the other foot.

At a recent debate Shami scored a memorable line when he said, "A day without Mexicans would be like a day without sunshine." Today in an interview, WFAA's Brad Watson followed up, asking Shami if employers should be forced to use an E-verify system to check the immigration status of their employees. Shami answered that most of his employees were Hispanic because, as he said, "I don't find many white people really willing to work."

When The Dallas Morning News' Gromer Jeffers asked him to elaborate, Shami said, "A majority of the people are going to be Hispanic and African-American. You don't find white people who are willing to work in factories. And our history proves, you know, lots of time when they, you know, the white people come to work in a factory they either want to be supervisors or they want to be, you know, paid more than the average person. And unfortunately they exit.”
http://www.texastribune.org/blogs/post/2010/feb/12/2010-shami-white-people-and-911-truth/

:spray:

[sonias]

2. "I don't find many white people really willing to work."

It's over for Shami. He just needs to withdraw from the race and stop wasting his money.

If he were really smart, he would cut his losses now.


Sonia

[tbyg52]

5. It was all over for me when I heard that.

(Not that I was considering voting for him in the first place.) We'll see how that goes over with the general population - you never know in TX.

[merci_me]

3. Not going to quit now....he has a new invention he's selling

Remember Kinky dolls and books? Well Shami the sham has a new invention he's about to introduce. It grows hair on bald people and that's not all.....it will iron out those wrinkles.

This is not a joke. He announced it to the Houston Chronicle editorial board today.

http://blogs.chron.com/houstonpolitics/2010/02/farouks_hairraising_announceme.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+houstonchronicle%2Fhoustonpolitics+%28Houston+Politics%29

[onestepforward]

4. LOL!

Texas politics... where facts are so much more entertaining than fiction! :D

[sonias]

6. So he's like Kinky

This has all been a marketing tour/marketing exercise for him to sell more product!

Figures!

Sonia

[BenjaminFranklin]

7. All of my GOP relatives smiled in selfrighteousness

Why doesn't this guy just start wearing a Che hat? What a stupid thing to say.