Unless you count support for a mosque at Ground Zero and then the knee-jerk reaction to it as excitement:
The White House on Saturday struggled to tamp down the controversy over President Barack Obama’s statements about a mosque near ground zero — insisting Obama wasn’t backing off remarks Friday night when he offered support for a project that has infuriated some families whose loved ones died in the Sept. 11 attacks....But on Saturday, Obama seemed to contradict himself, telling reporters at one point, “I was not commenting and I will not comment on the wisdom of making the decision to put a mosque there. I was commenting very specifically on the right people have that dates back to our founding. That's what our country is about. And I think it's very important, as difficult as some of these issues are, that we stay focused on who we are as a people and what our values are all about."
That impromptu answer to a TV reporter covering his trip to Florida prompted a second attempt to clarify his initial statement, this time from spokesman Bill Burton.
“Just to be clear, the president is not backing off in any way from the comments he made last night,” Burton said. “It is not his role as president to pass judgment on every local project. But it is his responsibility to stand up for the constitutional principle of religious freedom and equal treatment for all Americans. What he said last night, and reaffirmed today, is that if a church, a synagogue or a Hindu temple can be built on a site, you simply cannot deny that right to those who want to build a mosque.”
White House officials later said that Obama was simply saying that since there is no local ordinance that would prevent construction of the mosque, he believed local officials made the right decision to allow it to go forward.
I do not believe for one moment the mosque is about tolerance or contrition. It is about Islamic triumphalism, an effort by extremists to say to the bereaved: "We conquered you". A Greek orthodox church won't be rebuilt but someone will try their hardest to build this monstrosity.
And scorch:
At least one Republican, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, seized on the confusion. “Mr. President, should they or should they not build a mosque steps away from where radical Islamists killed 3,000 people? Please tell us your position. We all know that they have the right to do it, but should they? And, no, this is not above your pay grade,” Palin wrote on Facebook.Expiration dates, indeed.
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As I said to someone recently...
"Why is it so important for them to have the mosque there? Was it because the centre of downtown NYC was cheap? Was it because they already owned the property? Was it because the entire population of NYC begged them to do so? Or was it because they are tastelessly slapping the city in the face by setting up a place of worship where their religion waged an attack upon the US?Or do they need to set up a place of worship there because it is where Muslims attacked the US? If so, they are basically accepting the guilt and placing it on their whole religion."
Why, in 2002, did the Israeli troops refuse to lay seige to the place where Jesus was born, despite the fact that terroists were hiding there? Because they *actually* respect the beliefs of those, despite disagreing with others. Slapping someone in the face is not an act of freedom.
~Your Brother~
Bingo.
It has nothing to do with freedom of religion, reconciliation or even property ownership. It has everything to do with malice.
It ...seems like it ought to be so easy to handle, even for an overrated geek like Obama.
***hole #1: It would be OK if we put a Muslim place of worship within a few yards of where people of our faith murdered hundreds of Americans, yes?
President of U.S.: NO!! How ****ing dare you suggest such a thing!
HAROLD HECUBA
Obama is a vain man who cares nothing for the people he was elected to serve.
That is the nicest thing I can say about him.
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