Talk:Paul R. Nelson

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In advocating racial profiling, he asserted, "Well, you know, if he comes in wearing a turban and his name is Muhammed, that's a good start," when asked about how a Muslim male looks like.

Since when was Islam a race?

Islam was never a race, nor did Paul Nelson say it was...that assertion was made in libelous media coverage. The truth is, his words were not well-chosen, but the media coverage was nothing short of scandalmongering. Tomer^talk 01:24, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Which

one is correct?:

"...when asked about how a Muslim male looks like."

"...when asked about what a Muslim male looks like."

"...when asked about how a Muslim male appears."

"...when asked about a Muslim male's appearance."

hopiakuta ; [[ <nowiki> </nowiki> { [[%c2%a1]] [[%c2%bf]] [[ %7e%7e%7e%7e ]] } ;]] 21:08, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Could this page be any more biased?

No, it couldn't, which is why I changed it. You don't see any sort of criticism on Ron Kind's page, and disproportionately criticizing a candidate in an election year is one of the most blatant violations of Wikipedia bias policies I've seen. The bit about him being a mudslinger was completely unacceptable. But obviously if the Muslim stuff is true it should definitely be put back in a criticism section, with a similar criticism section put in for Ron Kind. Someone who actually knows and cares about this election should be able to take care of that. --GenkiDama 21:15, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

I live in the 3rd District. The Muslim stuff was a issue back in August[1], but it hasn't really come up again since then. I'm not sure it's really worth putting back in. BryanG^(talk) 06:05, 30 October 2006 (UTC)