Doing the Commonwealth proud

Rep. Virgil Goode has shamed himself and the people that he represents by sending a letter to hundreds of Virginians lamenting the election of the first Muslim to US Congress and warning of a coming wave of Islamic immigration that threatens American values, blah, blah, blah…

In his letter, which was dated Dec. 5, Goode said that Americans needed to "wake up" or else there would "likely be many more Muslims elected to office and demanding the use of the Koran."

"I fear that in the next century we will have many more Muslims in the United States if we do not adopt the strict immigration policies that I believe are necessary to preserve the values and beliefs traditional to the United States of America and to prevent our resources from being swamped," said Goode, who vowed to use the Bible when taking his own oath of office.

Yes, yes, I see it too; swarming hordes of dark skinned heathens ransacking our nation, deafening us with the call to prayer, and smashing all of the Baby Jesus figurines in everyone’s nativities. These are the bat shit crazy ravings of a paranoid lunatic. Maybe not as bas as Ann Coulter’s Greatest Hit “we should invade their countries, kill their leaders, and convert them to Christianity” bad, but still, one would think that a politician would recognize this as a monumental screw up and apologize. But not our Mr. Goode; he is sticking to his guns.

WASHINGTON — Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr. (R-Va.) on Thursday stood by his demand for strict immigration controls that he said would prevent Muslims from being elected to Congress and using the Koran during swearing-in ceremonies.

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"I do not apologize, and I do not retract my letter," Goode said emphatically during a session Thursday with reporters in the southern Virginia town of Rocky Mount. Questioned later on Fox News Channel's "Your World," he said, "I am for restricting immigration so that we don't have a majority of Muslims elected to the House of Representatives."

Ah, stoking bigotry and jingoism with the utterly ridiculous fear of a Congress dominated by blood-lusting heretics Muslims. Well played sir, well played. I know all Virginians will walk a little taller today, steps lifted with pride, that you, Mr. Goode, represent us.