I don't think he planned it. Obama made his first comments at a Ramadan meal attended by many hard core Islamists. As he has done many times in the past he wanted to show he was on their side - thus the comments supporting the victory mosque. He figured the media would protect him by not reporting it, like they usually do. He didn't anticipate the firestorm he would create and now he's dancing like crazy trying to deal with the fallout.
We'll call it the Victory Mosque
Perfect!
Agree 100%. He was probably stunned to see that part of his speech broadcast by the MSM the next day.
I differ. I think he and his crew are running a two-minute drill against the Tea Party, the object being to get the public to identify Tea Pary = Crazy Racists.
I think he is poking the Tea Party in the eye with a stick as hard as he can, hiding behind the Constitution each time, on as many different issues as he can think of, to get a Tea Party person to say something memorably bad, or to get someone already smeared, like Newt, to say something so the MSM drones can bracket the Tea Party with Newt/Whoever who is not named Sarah Palin or Michelle Bachmann. Bracket the Tea Party with an unattractive figure like Fred Phelps or Ozzie Meyers. Too bad Blago's a 'Rat!! ;)
He's done the race-card thing with the NAACP yelling "racist". Then there was a Birther thing. Then there was the Arizona/Shamnesty lawsuit and telling John Kyl that the Senate must come to Jesus on citizenship for the illegals. Then there was the Israel thing. Then the Kagan/Vicious Lesbians on the Court thing. And the DO ASK AND TELL thing. Now there's the Mosque thing.
Obama's playing Page One headline politics, and the object is the Tea Party's temper -- he wants a tantrum, an Oklahoma City bombing.
Discussion?