Romney & Radical Jerry Boykin

Mitt Romney is proving just how far he’ll go to kowtow to the most extreme reaches of his far right base: he’s meeting face to face with radical extremists like Jerry Boykin.Yes, that Jerry Boykin, the retired Lt. General who was rebuked by then-President Bush in 2003 for framing the War on Terrorism in religious terms, and who has made it his mission to drive Muslim Americans out of public life.

Last Thursday, Mitt Romney took time out of his trip to Denver to sit down with right-wing influentials Garry Bauer, James Dobson, and Boykin, who praised the Republican nominee for his plans to defund Planned Parenthood, among other initiatives the Religious Right holds dear.

Tell Mitt Romney that potential presidents of the United States have no business empowering extremists like Jerry Boykin!

For the record, here’s just how extreme Jerry Boykin is:

• He believes that President Obama is creating a personal Brownshirt Army to enforce Marxism in America
• He believes that the Muslim Brotherhood has infiltrated the top levels of U.S. government, intelligence services, media, and the military
• He believes that Muslims are not protected by the First Amendment and that there should be no mosques in America
• He believes that American Jews support Democrats because they misunderstand Hitler’s political philosophy
• He believes that there can be no interfaith dialogue between Muslims and Christians

A day after meeting with these ideologues, Mitt Romney refused to condemn Rep. Michele Bachmann for her baseless witch-hunt against the Muslim Brotherhood, which makes sense, since it was fanatics like Jerry Boykin who provided the "evidence" that inspired Bachmann to go on that witch-hunt.

Mitt Romney is pandering to right-wing extremists in his pursuit of power. Tell him that’s not right, and that’s not the American way!

Sincerely,

Michael Keegan, President