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Remarks by the President at Iftar Dinner (full text)
White House ^ | Aug. 13, 2010 | Barack Hussein Obama

Posted on 08/14/2010 1:56:09 PM PDT by SmartInsight

Now, that's not to say that religion is without controversy. Recently, attention has been focused on the construction of mosques in certain communities -- particularly New York. Now, we must all recognize and respect the sensitivities surrounding the development of Lower Manhattan. The 9/11 attacks were a deeply traumatic event for our country. And the pain and the experience of suffering by those who lost loved ones is just unimaginable. So I understand the emotions that this issue engenders. And Ground Zero is, indeed, hallowed ground.

But let me be clear. As a citizen, and as President, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country. (Applause.) And that includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in Lower Manhattan, in accordance with local laws and ordinances. This is America. And our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakeable. The principle that people of all faiths are welcome in this country and that they will not be treated differently by their government is essential to who we are. The writ of the Founders must endure.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
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He is trying to backpedal, but his words are very clear -- he is standing with the Mosque-builders at Ground Zero, AGAINST the American people.
1 posted on 08/14/2010 1:56:14 PM PDT by SmartInsight
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2 posted on 08/14/2010 1:58:22 PM PDT by jimbo123
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3 posted on 08/14/2010 1:58:49 PM PDT by dselig
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CNN poll shows 70% of Americans OPPOSE building of mosque at Ground Zero.

“According to the new survey out Wednesday, nearly 70 percent of all Americans oppose the controversial plan to build the mosque just blocks away from the solemn site in lower Manhattan while just 29 percent favor the construction.”

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/11/cnn-poll-most-oppose-mosque-near-ground-zero/


4 posted on 08/14/2010 2:00:10 PM PDT by SmartInsight (Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote. ~ G. J. Nathan)
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“But let me be clear”negated everything else he said. And he was very condescending, as usual, when he said it.


5 posted on 08/14/2010 2:04:52 PM PDT by Lil Flower (The destruction of America: It's a "big f*ckin deal"~to me!)
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CNN poll shows 70% of Americans OPPOSE building of mosque at Ground Zero.

I wonder if the poll results would have been different if the question was, "Would you oppose the building of a mosque two blocks away from Ground Zero"?

6 posted on 08/14/2010 2:06:06 PM PDT by Doe Eyes
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Since part of one of the planes landing gear fell into and damaged the building there it certainly is part of Ground Zero
Are you suggesting it isn’t?


7 posted on 08/14/2010 2:13:03 PM PDT by RWGinger
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I found the actual poll at CNN:

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/images/08/11/rel11a.pdf

The question was:

“As you may know, a group of Muslims in the U.S. plan to build a mosque two blocks from the site in
New York City where the World Trade Center used to stand. Do you favor or oppose this plan?”

(NOTE they did NOT phrase it, “where the 9-11 attacks murdered 3000 people in the name of Islam”)

It is very interesting to see the internals of the poll on page 8 of the pdf.

The opposition is pretty consistent around 70% among the various groups, significantly, even 58% “non-whites” oppose it, as well as 54% of Democrats, 70% of Independents.

Obama is waging “WAR ON AMERICA”.


8 posted on 08/14/2010 2:14:51 PM PDT by SmartInsight (Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote. ~ G. J. Nathan)
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And it was SOOOOOO offensive to hear him state, “As a citizen and the President...” That fraud bum is neither of the two.


9 posted on 08/14/2010 2:17:31 PM PDT by kiltie65
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I wonder if the poll results would have been different if the question was, "Would you oppose the building of a mosque two blocks away from Ground Zero"?

If people's rights are subject to a majority vote, why have a Constitution?
10 posted on 08/14/2010 2:18:46 PM PDT by kenavi (What drove BP to drill 5,000 feet down?)
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Whenever Barry says “let me be clear”, as he does in the remarks above, watch out. It’s his “tell” that a whopper of one sort or another is coming.


11 posted on 08/14/2010 2:19:27 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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Since part of one of the planes landing gear fell into and damaged the building there it certainly is part of Ground Zero.

I wasn't aware of this. Please post some information, perhaps a link.

Most consider Ground Zero to be the World Trade Center complex.


12 posted on 08/14/2010 2:23:18 PM PDT by Doe Eyes
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I don’t know why he felt it was necessary to make these remarks at a dinner intended for muslims only. Did he address any other sensitive issues at that dinner that were important to the rest of the nation? Why address any issues at all?

I guess I know the answer to that.....


13 posted on 08/14/2010 2:25:12 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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Why don’t the American people remember his words before his election to POTUS that, if the chips are down that he would side with Islam? Even today many still don’t want to accept that he is a Muslim.


14 posted on 08/14/2010 2:27:35 PM PDT by 353FMG (ISLAM - America's inevitable road to destruction.)
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If people's rights are subject to a majority vote, why have a Constitution?

That's a whole other issue, and more in line with Obama's statement.

15 posted on 08/14/2010 2:29:19 PM PDT by Doe Eyes
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He is just so brilliant, my beeber is absolutely stuned! ( Very heavy sarc.)


16 posted on 08/14/2010 2:30:11 PM PDT by Candor7 (Obama . fascist info..http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_thela_quintessentia_1.html)
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CNN should run a poll and see how many Americans oppose the building of any more mosques, nationwide.


17 posted on 08/14/2010 2:30:30 PM PDT by 353FMG (ISLAM - America's inevitable road to destruction.)
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CNN should run a poll and see how many Americans oppose the building of any more mosques, nationwide.


18 posted on 08/14/2010 2:31:18 PM PDT by 353FMG (ISLAM - America's inevitable road to destruction.)
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Obama can try and "Backpeddel" and "Walkback" all he wants, but what he said on Friday shows that Obama is nothing short of satanic. On Friday he told the Muslims he had gathered in the PEOPLES house, along with the entire world which side he is really on in the war on terror = America or Islam. He made his choice and sided with Islam and told us all that he approves of the MUSLIM Mosque, that He DOES NOT OBJECT TO IT and that he wants it built at the site of Islam's victory over America. HIS ADMINISTRATION, HIS STATE DEPARTMENT is spending OUR TAXPAYER MONEY TO SEND THE IMAM WHO IS HELL-BENT ON BUILDING THIS MONSTROSITY ALL OVER THE

I S L A M I C WORLD

TO RAISE MONEY TO BUILD THE MOSQUE AT GROUND ZERO IN ORDER TO HUMILIATE ALL OF AMERICA!

The words Obama said on Friday in support of this abomination he agreed to and proclaimed before all of those assembled and before the entire world OF HIS OWN FREE WILL. For him to now be saying that he did not mean what he said is ridiculous!. Obama is nothing but a liar following Satan, the Father of lies! He is not to be trusted, he is to be opposed and no matter what the "White House" says, we must all remember that according to taqqiya it is completely "kosher" in Islam for Muslims to LIE in order to deceive those who do not follow Islam = i.e., the "infidels", in order to gain your ultimate ends of conquest and total subjugation. That is exactly what Obama the closet Marxist Muslim is doing = lying in order to deceive America and Americans.

The problem is; With his statement on Friday he once and for all told America and the World exactly which side he is on: He supports Islam and the enemies of the United States both at home and abroad. We have him speaking these words, on video. He can lie all he wants to and try to "Walkback" all he wants, but it is too late, he cannot undo what he has done; he has once and for all, pulled down his pants in front of the entire country, squatted on the hallowed 9/11/01 Ground Zero site and taken a huge PUBLIC DUMP UPON GROUND ZERO AND ALL OF AMERICA! After he was done, he got up, pulled up his pants, smiled, his narcissistic smile at the camera and said: "This is where I stand regarding America, Islam and Ground Zero."

Obama, Satan's servant = totally anti-American, anti-Semitic, filled with the spirit of antichrist.

19 posted on 08/14/2010 2:32:13 PM PDT by Jmouse007 (Heavenly Father, deliver us from evil and from those perpetuating it, in Jesus name, amen.)
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The actual title at your original link is,

CNN poll: Most oppose mosque near Ground Zero

20 posted on 08/14/2010 2:39:02 PM PDT by Doe Eyes
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