Crist camp drops controversial Pompano minister

[DoYouEverWonder]

September 23 2006

Republican gubernatorial nominee Charlie Crist on Friday removed from his "Strengthening Florida's Families" policy council the Rev. O'Neal Dozier, a controversial Pompano Beach minister who has called Islam a "cult."

Erin Isaacs, Crist's deputy campaign press secretary, said Dozier was taken off the campaign advisory panel. A statement from the Crist campaign said Crist respects Dozier's right to express his political and religious beliefs, but he does not agree with Dozier's statements on Islam.

"Charlie Crist believes that we must not confuse those who practice any religion with a prayer toward peace with extremists who pervert religion to further a radical cause," the statement said.

Dozier, the pastor of the Worldwide Christian Center in Pompano Beach, has led the charge against a mosque moving to a predominantly black section of Pompano Beach. He has called Islam a "cult" that teaches "evil and hatred."

Dozier, who for months has been one of Crist's key African-American supporters, said he was told he was being removed from the council "because of the pamphlets I've been passing out in the area where the Muslims want to move."

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-cdozier23sep23,0,7169057.story?track=rss


Where do they find these people?

[rurallib]

1. Sadly "these people" are not too hard to find these days

There seems to be one on every corner trying to out-nutzoid the guy on the next corner.

[davidinalameda]

2. asset became liability

wonder why

[dkofos]

3. My guess is they find them at the local christian church

[gratuitous]

4. Where do they find them?

Drag a $100 bill through a few churches or a trailer park, and someone's bound to jump on it. Strange how Crist wanted Dozier to be a black face in his campaign entourage, but when it began costing him more votes because black people are a smidgen smarter than Crist thought they were, Dozier is off the train. Or the bus.

[seasat]

5. This is same minister who said Christ wanted Crist for Governor

He's been the go to guy for Repugs in Florida who wanted to show that they had some support from the African-American community. He's nuttier than a fruitcake. Of course he fits the image of Chameleon Charlie's campaign. They should have kept him around.