Posted on 08/24/2010 5:07:57 PM PDT by DBCJR
The White House says President Obama will have no further comment on the mosque near Ground Zero in New York and the administration will not get involved in talks about relocating the controversial facility.
Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton ..."No, and no" to the questions of whether Mr. Obama would weigh in further, or whether the White House would have a role in discussions about moving the mosque.
Mr. Obama has said that he supports the right of Muslims to build the community center and mosque two blocks from Ground Zero. He's also said he won't weigh in on the wisdom of building the facility.
... Despite criticism from Republicans and others, Mr. Obama said Wednesday he had "no regrets" over his comments. ...
The president inserted himself into the debate over the proposed Islamic center, which includes a mosque, ...
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., who is locked in a tight midterm election race, was the highest profile Democrat to move away from Mr. Obama, saying through a spokesman that he thinks the mosque should be built someplace else.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., hedged on the controversy Wednesday, saying in a statement that while the freedom of religion is a constitutional right, "where a place of worship is located is a local decision."
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
Obama is a joke at best.
er maybe because their messiah has now got his message out to the muslims world and let them know he is for it while he sends the imam out over there on our dime to tell muslims to move here
Aw come on HUSSEIN, say something, you know you want to, come on now, what will it take to get you to say something? LMAO @ the doofus!
how convenient that the democrats can avoid questions they don’t want to answer and the media will go along
...stopped digging...
...but can he stay stopped?
Will they bronze the landing gear that cascaded into the building by 2 floors and put in on display in the prayer room? This wasn’t NEAR ground zero, it was part of ground zero.
600 FEET. About half the height of either building.
Commenting is above his pay grade.
You’ll have to ask TOTUS.
s/off
Good! He’ll only say something stupid.
Where has dip-sh!t Robert Gibbs been lately???
Thanks for the clarification.
“I do not believe he is a Christian because his father and stepfather and his brothers and relatives are all muslims, he listed his faith as muslim while attending school in Indonesia, he attended mosque in Indonesia, he doesn’t go to church, he hosts “Iftar” dinners at the White House, he said he will stand with the muslims in his book, and he said his faith is muslim in an interview with George Stephanopolous prior to the 2008 election.”
No, but you can sure bet the MSM will drop the issue like a hot potato, and never speak of it again.
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