Defenders of the mosque at Ground Zero are quick to call critics Islamaphobes and religious bigots... or worse.
What I wonder will they call Harry Reid?
Add another election-year hurdle for Democrats: President Barack Obama's forceful defense of the right of Muslims to build a mosque near the World Trade Center site.His comments are giving Republicans a campaign-year cudgel and forcing Democrats to address a divisive issue within weeks of midterm contests that will decide the balance of power in Washington. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, in a competitive re-election fight, was the highest profile Democrat to move away from Obama on the matter.
"The First Amendment protects freedom of religion," Reid's spokesman Jim Manley said in a statement Monday. "Senator Reid respects that but thinks that the mosque should be built some place else."
I suspect, as the polls on this issue begin to hit the airwaves, that more Democrats will be joining the so called Islamophobic and bigoted ranks
Wait and see.
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I don't know what 'they' ca... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Jeff Blogworthy | August 17, 2010 7:33 AM | Score: 10 (10 votes cast)
I don't know what 'they' call Harry Reid, but I call him an election-year opportunist and an abject liar. Those on the left will hardly be offended, since they know he doesn't really mean a thing he says. Wink wink.
1. Posted by Jeff Blogworthy | August 17, 2010 7:33 AM |
Score: 10 (10 votes cast)
Posted on August 17, 2010 07:33
2. Posted by Upset Old Guy | August 17, 2010 7:53 AM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
JimX certainly told us how he feels about Harry and other Democrats voicing opposition, "I utterly disagree and think they're wrong."
Can't get any stronger than that, can you? /sarc off
2. Posted by Upset Old Guy | August 17, 2010 7:53 AM |
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Posted on August 17, 2010 07:53
3. Posted by Gmac | August 17, 2010 8:05 AM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
It really will not matter, after all they'll STILL have a 'D' after their name on the ballot.
3. Posted by Gmac | August 17, 2010 8:05 AM |
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Posted on August 17, 2010 08:05
4. Posted by JAT0 | August 17, 2010 8:20 AM | Score: 8 (8 votes cast)
You can only be Islamophobic and bigoted if your are a conservative.
Reid read the polls so he went against Obama. Wake up in Nevada and get rid of Reid.
4. Posted by JAT0 | August 17, 2010 8:20 AM |
Score: 8 (8 votes cast)
Posted on August 17, 2010 08:20
5. Posted by proof | August 17, 2010 9:37 AM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
How dare you say that about Harry Reid! Reid is a very principled individual.
Unfortunately, the principle he adheres to is "getting re-elected".
5. Posted by proof | August 17, 2010 9:37 AM |
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Posted on August 17, 2010 09:37
6. Posted by epador | August 17, 2010 9:43 AM | Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Hally Leid.
6. Posted by epador | August 17, 2010 9:43 AM |
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Posted on August 17, 2010 09:43
7. Posted by recovered liberal democrat | August 17, 2010 9:49 AM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
What you won't hear from the statist, liberal, media is that, he only said it after his opponent came out against it. He's pathetic. I hope Nevadans spare us another six years of his sourpuss on the news.
7. Posted by recovered liberal democrat | August 17, 2010 9:49 AM |
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Posted on August 17, 2010 09:49
8. Posted by JLawson | August 17, 2010 10:06 AM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
I'm at the point where I expect Democrats to lie, cheat, and say any damn thing they think they can get away with in order to win their next elections.
They know that a lot of the people are gullible saps who'll believe whatever they're told, and forget quickly what was promised.
But lately, for sheer self-preservation, we've had to start paying attention to their promises and hold them to it when the expected unicorns don't show. And they're not used to that - they're not used to being held accountable, they're not used to people remembering what they promised, and worst of all they're not used to actually having to show RESULTS.
(Positive results, that is. Actual improvements, not endless media spin as they try to persuade you that increasing the chocolate ration to 25 grams a week from 30 is an improvement in your quality of life...)
Frankly, the old guard (Pelosi, Reid, the old-timers who've been there decades...) need to go. They're not kings, they're not aristocrats, they sure as hell haven't the brainpower to be 'elite' and SOLVE problems - all they seem to do is mess things up more and more with each attempted 'fix' they come up with.
8. Posted by JLawson | August 17, 2010 10:06 AM |
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Posted on August 17, 2010 10:06
9. Posted by John S | August 17, 2010 10:21 AM | Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
The silver lining of Obama's strong endorsement of the celebratory mosque at Ground Zero is that we can finally accept the truth that Barry Soetoro is Muslim. He may not bow and pray towards Mecca, at least not in public, but Muslims are allowed to forgo these requirements when they are on an active jihad to destroy an enemy of Islam. And remember, Islam forbids the separation of Church and State. Kind of makes the thought of a Mormon in the White House a lot less frightening, doesn't it?
9. Posted by John S | August 17, 2010 10:21 AM |
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Posted on August 17, 2010 10:21
10. Posted by Don L | August 17, 2010 10:46 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Harry Reid?Isn't that the religion of those bald guys that hang around the airports in their nightgowns?
10. Posted by Don L | August 17, 2010 10:46 AM |
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Posted on August 17, 2010 10:46
11. Posted by 914 | August 17, 2010 10:50 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Harry can see the folly of Barry's way. Now if only Nevada can see the folly of Harry's way.
11. Posted by 914 | August 17, 2010 10:50 AM |
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Posted on August 17, 2010 10:50
12. Posted by galoob | August 17, 2010 10:55 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
He's mostly a coward.
12. Posted by galoob | August 17, 2010 10:55 AM |
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Posted on August 17, 2010 10:55
13. Posted by Gayle Miller | August 17, 2010 11:20 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Of course the Iman from Hell CAN build the mosque anywhere he wants to do so. Whether or not he SHOULD is the discussion at hand. And I vote in the should not category absolutely!
We are constantly asked to be "sensitive" to the feelings and beliefs of other faiths, other political persuasions. What I want to know now, clearly and without equivocation, is when are these pissants going to show some sensitivity to MY FEELINGS and MY beliefs? Seriously, folks, this has gone on way longer than is sensible.
13. Posted by Gayle Miller | August 17, 2010 11:20 AM |
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Posted on August 17, 2010 11:20
14. Posted by 914 | August 17, 2010 11:28 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Maybe Barry can invite Harry along with a few Shieks to a beer summitt, where they can discuss losing elections, plumetting poll numbers and the wisdom of a jihadist fundraising center 2 blocks from ground 0.
14. Posted by 914 | August 17, 2010 11:28 AM |
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Posted on August 17, 2010 11:28