This is the Face of the First Muslim elected to Congress

[truthpusher]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15613050/



MINNEAPOLIS - Voters elected a black Democrat as the first Muslim in Congress on Tuesday after a race in which he advocated quick U.S. withdrawal from Iraq and made little mention of his faith.

Keith Ellison, a 43-year-old defense attorney and state representative, was projected to defeat two rivals to succeed retiring Democrat Martin Sabo in a seat that has been held by Democrats since 1963.

Ellison, who converted to Islam as a 19-year-old college student in his native Detroit, won with the help of Muslims among a coalition of liberal, anti-war voters. "We were able to bring in Muslims, Christians, Jews, Buddhists," he said. "We brought in everybody."

[truthpusher]

1. i'm gonna keep kickin' because I think this is cool....

[SouthernBelle82]

2. That is pretty awesome

I like what he said at the end. Very cool. History right there.

[truthpusher]

3. .

[aaronbees]

4. bringing in everybody...

That's what Dems are about. Super news!

[Coexist]

5. .

[Radio_Lady]

6. I had no idea. Thanks for posting this. It is really hard to keep up with

such a vast election!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Meet my new Congressman!

:woohoo:

[Minnesota_Lib]

10. Mine too. Woot!

:toast:

[AspenRose]

8. I heard him on Franken the other day.

Very cool guy. Congratulations!

[BurtWorm]

9. Fantastic!

I heard it wasn't clear he was going to win. Glad they were wrong.

:toast: <==ginger ale

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. Actually, he's winning by an enormous margin.

MN-5 is very, very blue. It was never in serious doubt.

[NMMNG]

12. The RW/RRR bigots will be doing "code brown" in their pants

:evilgrin:

[fortyfeetunder]

13. One small step, and hoping..

Maybe Ellison's election will bring civility and respect back to the House floor.