Miss USA Causes Confusion, ctd.

Surprisingly, the right hasn't been irrationally hysterical at all about a Lebanese-born Muslim-American woman with ties to Hezbollah winning the Miss USA pageant.

Oh, wait.

Exposing Liberal Lies

In all fairness, the winner, Miss Michigan Rima Fakih, an Arab American and Muslim with roots in Lebanon, was drop-dead gorgeous. But, it is interesting to note that she has relatives who are members of the terrorist group Hezbollah. You may remember that it was Hezbollah which was responsible for the Beirut Marine barracks killings in 1983 which resulted in the death of 241 Americans.

Debbie Schlussel

It’s a sad day in America but a very predictable one, given the politically correct, Islamo-pandering climate in which we’re mired.  The Hezbollah-supporting Shi’ite Muslim, Miss Michigan Rima Fakih–whose bid for the pageant was financed by an Islamic terrorist and immigration fraud perpetrator–won the Miss USA contest. I was on top of this story before anyone, telling you about who Fakih is and her extremist and deadly ties.

Gateway Pundit

Miss Oklahoma Morgan Elizabeth Woolard was a top contestant for the Miss USA crown this year. But, after she came out in support of the Arizona immigration law she was forced to take a back seat to Miss Michigan. Miss Oklahoma was runner up in this year’s competition.
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Apparently, although a great majority of Americans (62-73%) agree with her, the judges didn’t like her answer. She placed second.
Instead, Miss Michigan Rima Fakih, an Arab American whose family reportedly has strong ties to the Hezbollah terror organization, won the crown.

Daniel Pipes

 News that Rima Fakih, 24, of Dearborn, Michigan, won the Miss USA beauty pageant today prompts me to recall some prior instances of Muslim women winning beauty contests in Western countries.
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They are all attractive, but this surprising frequency of Muslims winning beauty pageants makes me suspect an odd form of affirmative action.