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Many More Now Following Mosque Controversy – And Don’t Like It (62 percent oppose)
Rasmussen ^ | 8/23/2010 | Rasmussen

Posted on 08/23/2010 10:06:12 AM PDT by Signalman

A lot more voters are paying attention to the plans to build a mosque near the Ground Zero site of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York City, and they don’t like the idea.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 85% of U.S. voters say they are now following news stories about the mosque planned near Ground Zero. That’s a 34-point jump from a month ago when only 51% said they were following the story.

The new finding includes 58% who are following the story very closely, up from 22% in mid-July.

Now 62% oppose the building of a mosque near where the World Trade Center stood in Lower Manhattan, compared to 54% in the previous survey. Twenty-five percent (25%) favor allowing the mosque to go ahead, and 13% more are not sure.

Sixty-eight percent (68%) of the Political Class, however, favor building the mosque near Ground Zero. Seventy-seven percent (77%) of Mainstream voters are opposed.

Since the July survey, the local New York City zoning debate over the planned 13-story Cordoba mosque has escalated into a national controversy. It has even been addressed by President Obama, who supports the building of the mosque in the name of religious tolerance. Opponents of the project, including many who lost loved ones in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, see the mosque as a deliberate provocation that dishonors the memories of the 3,000 people who died that day.

The new finding includes 58% who are following the story very closely, up from 22% in mid-July.

Now 62% oppose the building of a mosque near where the World Trade Center stood in Lower Manhattan, compared to 54% in the previous survey. Twenty-five percent (25%) favor allowing the mosque to go ahead, and 13% more are not sure.

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KEYWORDS: mosque; obamagroundzero; rasmussen; zerogroundzero

1 posted on 08/23/2010 10:06:14 AM PDT by Signalman
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Sixty-eight percent (68%) of the Political Class, however, favor building the mosque near Ground Zero.

The political class? Is that the Prius driving, quiche eating, NY Times reading, tree-hugging maggot liberals?
2 posted on 08/23/2010 10:10:08 AM PDT by Signalman
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To: Signalman

According to the MSM, 62% of this country can now be classified as far-right.


3 posted on 08/23/2010 10:11:39 AM PDT by Julia H. (Freedom of speech and freedom from criticism are mutually exclusive.)
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To: Signalman

Way to go Obama!....You lit the fuse on this one and took a vacation?.....Smooth move, Ex-lax!


4 posted on 08/23/2010 10:12:09 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

He seems to gain his powers from division and anger. This is exactly what he wants.


5 posted on 08/23/2010 10:19:14 AM PDT by Blue Turtle
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To: Signalman

GOOD! The chief imam caused this with his stupid statements favoring the mosk! I love it when they step in the mess they made!


6 posted on 08/23/2010 10:34:48 AM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (Annoying liberals is my goal. I will not be silenced.)
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To: Signalman

I will post this on every mosque thread I encounter.

This is what they refer to as a victory mosque...it is what they build when they believe they have pummeled their enemy. It will be viewed as a western mecca...muslims from around the world will journey there on every 9/11 to celebrate. It must be stopped!


7 posted on 08/23/2010 11:38:34 AM PDT by PoloSec (Note to Princess B H Obama: May PISS be Upon Mohammads Head...You Pervert)
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To: Signalman

I think we should start circulating a petition after Friday services at all the mosques calling for the powers that be to allow a synagogue and a catholic church across the street from the Grand Mosque in Mecca.

I’d love to see THAT film.


8 posted on 08/23/2010 11:41:50 AM PDT by cookcounty ("I can see November from my house!" ---Sarah Palin)
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To: Signalman
"The new finding includes 58% who are following the story very closely, up from 22% in mid-July.

Good shot, Mr. President!!

9 posted on 08/23/2010 11:44:39 AM PDT by cookcounty ("I can see November from my house!" ---Sarah Palin)
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To: Signalman
Sixty-eight percent (68%) of the Political Class, however, favor building the mosque near Ground Zero. Seventy-seven percent (77%) of Mainstream voters are opposed.

This is an occupation government and not a representative democracy. The end product of a socialist coup and the enslavement of the American people.
10 posted on 08/23/2010 11:47:57 AM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the occupation media. There are Wars and Rumors of War.)
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To: Signalman

That muslim/communist dictator who slithered into our White House is doing everything he can do to start rioting in the streets. He NEEDS it to do what he plans to do and that is to shut our country down.

We can expect more and more of this before the election he wants to ‘delay’ because of unrest.

We can’t fall for this outrage by being violent or we play right into the hands of this Muslim/Communist plan.

We need to keep our powder dry, our time will come.


11 posted on 08/23/2010 1:11:01 PM PDT by RetSignman (Tea Parties ..."We have seen the Patriots and they are us")
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We can expect more and more of this before the election he wants to ‘delay’ because of unrest.

If Imam Obama and the political class want unrest and insurrection, delaying or suspending the November elections will surely do it.

12 posted on 08/23/2010 3:04:02 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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