Obama Stands Up For Ground Zero Mosque

politico ^ | 081410 | ABBY PHILLIP & MAGGIE HABERMAN

[VU4G10]

President Barack Obama on Friday endorsed a controversial plan to build a mosque and Islamic center just blocks from Ground Zero in Manhattan, despite the strong objections of conservatives, the ADL and those who lost loved ones in the September 11 attacks.“Ground Zero is, indeed, hallowed ground,” Obama said at a White House dinner celebrating the Muslim holiday of Ramadan. “But let me be clear: as a citizen, and as President, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country. 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.”Having steered clear of the controversy for weeks, Obama took on opposition to the mosque directly — a move that many other Democratic lawmakers had been hesitant to do in the face of highly emotional appeals against its construction.

But polls indicate the issue could be a high-voltage third rail for politicians who support the project: a recent CNN poll found that 68 percent of those surveyed did not approve of building a mosque so close to where the World Trade Center towers fell, killing more than 2,000 people.

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[Boardwalk]

The whole 0bama dog thing is strange too. The dog can’t fly on the same plane? What’s up with that? The way he kept putting off getting the dog after he promised his girls that he would. He lied to them, and then he got so caught in the lie he had to get the dog.

[Vote 4 Nixon]

I was talking to some fellows I work with the other day about this when one of them said”Cant you see them trying to build that mosque down here? They might get it built but I can promise you it wouldn't be there long.” I live in south Georgia and the thought of masked vigilantes with flaming torches at midnight came to mind. Those people up there in N.Y. are crazy as a june bug for even letting them talk about this crap.

[mel]

that whistling when he talks is funny and that head turning is awesome, one day he is going to twist it off.

[mel]

and we thought bill clinton was bad, my goodness he was a patriot compared to this guy. I would jump at the chance to get those days back gee whiz.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

From ‘let’s roll’ to ‘let’s fold’.

[the invisib1e hand]

he’s compiling an impressive record of being consistently against the founding principles of the country that elected him president.

[counterpunch]

“But let me be clear obfuscate: as a non-citizen, and as President usurper, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their our religion as anyone else in this country. That includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private conquered property in lower Manhattan, in accordance with local Sharia laws and ordinances.”