Removal of Rep. Howard Coble
We, the undersigned, condemn remarks made by Rep. Howard Coble during a call-in program on WKZL-FM on February 4, 2003, where he explicitly supported President Roosevelt's decision to incarcerate the... continue reading »
"Your insensitive remarks should cost you your job."
"Any discrimination against any group of people is contrary to everything the Constitution of the United States is about."
"A child with a closed mind cannot be allowed to lead."
"Rep. Howard Coble's remarks were inappropriate. Representatives within the U.S. government should support what our nation stands for: freedom and unity."
"I can't say more than what's been said."
"I do not want a person who supports the internment of AMERICAN citizens based on ETHNICAL PREJUDICE to be on a committee for "homeland security!!!""
"I thought the world had learned from our mistakes."
"If terrorism had a white face, would we "protect" whites by also putting them into concentration camps. Do not forget that the U.S. government formally apologized for the WRONG DOING OF INTERNING JAPANESE AMERICANS. Remember that not One, of the thousands"
"insensitive remarks..."
"The Representative is disturbing in his ignorance."
"Sad."
"Elected officials have an obligation to serve all constituents. Mr. Coble's vulgar, racist should not be tolerated."
"Down with bigots!!"
"Coble must be removed from his current position on the Homeland Security subcommitee. His presence there is a threat to numerous minorities in America."
"This mans are unexcusable, and he should be removed. The Bush Admin. should have already done so."
"please remove rep howard coble."
"He threatens my sense of security for my family."
"I do not want a man like this representing me."
"GET HIM OUT OF OFFICE!!!"
"Send the Chickenhawk to Iraq wrapped in a flag"
"sad to hear such ignorance"
"Rep. Coble obviously has learned nothing from history, and, like George W. Bush, feels no shame. Someone with such views and attitudes cannot be trusted to help oversee a "war on terror" which itself poses serious threats to basic American freedoms."
"Coble's mentality is unacceptable in a position of such widespread responsibility and recognition."
"We don't need people who support the infliction of pain on others just because the pain was inflicted by those they perceive as their ancestors on those they wish to see as others."
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