As I read your post, the word that jumps out at me is "enemy."
I used that particular word within a narrow context. I understand your feelings here, and many of them I share. However, there are more conflicts going on right now than just that with Islam, of any stripe. There is a political war waging in America, and we are losing it. The Left is using Islam, or so it thinks, to further its own cause, and right now they are tied together. Any ammunition of a political nature we give to the political enemy will in turn be used to serve the enemy abroad.
This mosque is an important issue, but we are actually working right now to serve the people who wanted it to be so important. We could have struck a fine line between recognising the intention of those seeking to build it, and taking no action which the political enemy here at home could use to distract the people from what is really going on. This is a very common approach for the Left. They stir the pot and then wait for somebody to say something indelicate and then that, not the real issue, becomes the focus of all discussion.
Consider Joe the Plumber. During the election Obama said something so stupid, so retarded, that it was screaming for attention. However, people like Sean Hannity decided to play right into the Left's hands and focussed on the personality of the man who asked the question, and thereby gave a free pass to the media to ignore the actual words of the candidate, i.e. Obama. Over and over we let the Left guide the conversation, or set the terms of the debates, and then we act surprised when they keep taking the focus away from the relevant points.
The Left is the enemy. They hate us and will stop at nothing to hurt our cause. We have to be careful. This mosque discussion is growing too big and could turn on us. If anyone does or says anything which the media can make the new issue then we will have no way to make headway in the discussion. We have to remember that when fighting a political war only political weapons matter, and we keep shooting ourselves in the feet.
“We have to be careful. This mosque discussion is growing too big and could turn on us. If anyone does or says anything which the media can make the new issue then we will have no way to make headway in the discussion. We have to remember that when fighting a political war only political weapons matter, and we keep shooting ourselves in the feet.”
That’s pathetic. Let’s all cower in the corner because the press might not like us and work against us? Let me guess, you think we should continue running “moderate Republicans” and “working across the aisle” am I right?
Americans don’t like where the country is headed. Keep playing the politically correct game and adding more limp wristed Republicans to the list and they will not come along. Conservatives will win. But to be a Conservative, you need to stop whimpering and give people real hope.
The Grand Old Potty needs to be flushed.
You just said; “However, people like Sean Hannity decided to play right into the Left’s hands and focussed on the personality of the man who asked the question, and thereby gave a free pass to the media to ignore the actual words of the candidate, i.e. Obama.”
Well, I don’t know what country you are living in, but the press got a hold of Joe the Plumber, tore him to shreds, Dem activists conducted illegal investigations and passed them to the press, who then made HIM the story and ignored the statement by that POS in the WH. Hannity did nothing to change the story (but throw a toy football like a girl). You seem to be in the “blame conservatives first” branch of the The Grand Old Potty.