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Palin triggers NY mosque Twitter fray (Bloomberg aide pulled race card on Palin)
Politico ^ | Sunday July 18, 2010 | MAGGIE HABERMAN

Posted on 07/18/2010 8:25:08 PM PDT by Bigtigermike

Sarah Palin, who waded into a New York political fight by endorsing Ann Marie Buerkle in NY-25, is drifting into a decidedly higher-charged battle: The fray over a planned mosque near Ground Zero. "Peace-seeking Muslims, pls understand, Ground Zero mosque is UNNECESSARY provocation; it stabs hearts. Pls reject it in interest of healing," she tweeted Sunday.

The building’s planners, the American Society for Muslim Advancement and the Cordoba Initiative, have said it’s modeled on religious and community centers such as the YMCA, and that the 13-story, $100 million building would also include an arts center, gym and a swimming pool, as well as a mosque. It would be two blocks away from Ground Zero.

While a recent poll showed a majority of New Yorkers oppose the plan to build the mosque built near Ground Zero, an aide in Mayor Michael Bloomberg's City Hall hit back at Palin, first tweeting “@SarahPalinUSA mind your business."

The aide, policy hand Andrea Batista Schlesinger, followed that up with:

"@SarahPalinUSA whose hearts? Racist hearts?"

Schlesinger deleted both tweets shortly after a call was placed to city hall asking for comment on them

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: america; bloomberg; bloombergantipalin; democrats; dhimmitide; groundzero; hatespeech; islam; jihad; juanepsteinsmom; leftists; liberals; meffaantipalin; mentaldisorder; mosque; muslims; newyork; nyc; obama; palin; rino; rinos; rop; ropalert; sarahpalin; terror; usa; waronterror; wot
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Bloomberg people strikes again!
1 posted on 07/18/2010 8:25:16 PM PDT by Bigtigermike
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To: Bigtigermike

I’ve seen the ad “Muslims For Peace” on a few buses in Brooklyn. Every time I see them, I scoff because I know it’s not true.


2 posted on 07/18/2010 8:26:26 PM PDT by wastedyears (The Founders revolted for less.)
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To: Bigtigermike

Muslims is a race??


3 posted on 07/18/2010 8:27:31 PM PDT by alecqss
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To: Bigtigermike

Pithy


4 posted on 07/18/2010 8:28:52 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: Bigtigermike
Peace-seeking Muslims, pls understand

Yes, all TWO of you, please LISTEN UP!

5 posted on 07/18/2010 8:35:28 PM PDT by Thane_Banquo (Mitt Romney: He's from Harvard, and he's here to help.)
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To: wastedyears

Article of Faith for Muslims, JIHAD. Article of faith for Catholics, Eucharist. Article of Faith of Baptists...water baptism, Article of Faith of Pentecostals, speaking in tongues. Article of Faith for Amish, Hose and buggy. They couldn’t be MUSLIMS if they deny JIHAD.


6 posted on 07/18/2010 8:36:38 PM PDT by rovenstinez (,)
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To: Bigtigermike

So if Israel attacks some buildings in Iran and kills 3,000 civilians they should build a huge synagogue near the site of the bombing to show that they are a religion of peace?


7 posted on 07/18/2010 8:39:56 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: Bigtigermike

more from article,
Bloomberg has defended the plan for the mosque, arguing that blocking it would impinge on religious freedom, and he’s denounced calls to look into the group’s funding – led by Republican gubernatorial hopeful Rick Lazio in a bid to engage his rival, Democrat Andrew Cuomo – “un-American.”


8 posted on 07/18/2010 8:40:52 PM PDT by hyperconservative (this space for rent)
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To: Bigtigermike

Bloomberg people strikes again!
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And Bloomberg says he wants to cut down on salt in NY! He is just adding salt to a wound in this case.


9 posted on 07/18/2010 8:43:47 PM PDT by JouleZ (You are the company you keep.)
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To: Bigtigermike

Bloomberg and hus aide, this Andrea Batista Schlesinger broad, are both clueless aholes.

What the hell is wrong with NYC ?


10 posted on 07/18/2010 8:43:59 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (The rallying cry of American patriots.....REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER!)
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To: Bigtigermike
Andrea Batista Schlesinger

STFU you Dhimmi B****

Islam is a death cult not a race and you are a traitor to civilization

11 posted on 07/18/2010 8:45:35 PM PDT by Charlespg
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To: hyperconservative

Let them build a mosque in ANY other place than ground Zero. Come on. This is freakin unbelievable.


12 posted on 07/18/2010 8:46:14 PM PDT by garjog
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

Let them build their mosque.

Then seize it and turn it into a museum & church in remembrance for 9/11.


13 posted on 07/18/2010 8:46:51 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad (Impeach Sen Quinn)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

hus = his


14 posted on 07/18/2010 8:47:55 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (The rallying cry of American patriots.....REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER!)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

What the hell is wrong with NYC ?


Since most of the people in the city oppose the mosque, it doesn’t appear the problem is with the city, or it’s population — most of it anyway. It appears to be with the government, the bureaucracy, the elite of the city... Yeah — who’da thought that, right?!?


15 posted on 07/18/2010 8:48:25 PM PDT by patriot preacher (To be a good American Citizen and a Christian IS NOT a contradiction. (www.mygration.blogspot.com))
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To: JouleZ; All

And no matter whatever else Sarah does...she indeed brings light to simmering issues like this that kind of faded away after so long of being in the news.....I totally forgot about this until the media and politicians picks up on whatever Sarah speaks about.....Oh my, how a twitter brings idiots to light!!


16 posted on 07/18/2010 8:49:49 PM PDT by Bigtigermike
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To: Bigtigermike
Attempt #1:

Ground Zero Mosque supporters: doesn't it stab you in the heart, as it does ours throughout the heartland? Peaceful Muslims, pls refudiate

Attempt #2:

Peaceful New Yorkers, pls refute the Ground Zero mosque plan if you believe catastrophic pain caused @ Twin Towers site is too raw, too real.

Attempt #3:

Peace-seeking Muslims pls understand. Ground Zero mosque is UNNECESSARY provocation; it stabs hearts. Pls reject it in interest of healing

And then the explaination:

'Refudiate,' 'misunderestimate,' 'wee-wee'd up.' English is a living language. Shakespeare liked to coin new words too. Got to celebrate it!'

Palin had a bad Twitter day.

17 posted on 07/18/2010 8:51:39 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: patriot preacher

It is the wicked heart of liberalism that has NYC in its grip.


18 posted on 07/18/2010 8:52:22 PM PDT by comps4spice (Obama is a clear and present danger.)
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To: Bigtigermike

“Peace-seeking Muslims, pls understand, Ground Zero mosque is UNNECESSARY provocation...”

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Palin started by making the mistake assuming that there are peace-seeking Muslims. Peace seeking Muslims should have condemned the building of a mosque at Ground Zero and should also condemn the the weekly murder of Christians in Muslim countries.


19 posted on 07/18/2010 8:54:07 PM PDT by 353FMG (ISLAM - America's inevitable road to destruction.)
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To: Bigtigermike
The building’s planners, the American Society for Muslim Advancement and the Cordoba Initiative, have said it’s modeled on religious and community centers such as the YMCA, and that the 13-story, $100 million building would also include an arts center, gym and a swimming pool, as well as a mosque. It would be two blocks away from Ground Zero.

It's not what it is, but where it is.

It's funny that they demand tolerance in an endeavor where they're insulting us.
20 posted on 07/18/2010 8:55:16 PM PDT by Tzimisce (No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
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To: Bigtigermike
Bloomberg doesn't give a crap. He's a billionaire. He'll abandon the USA for foreign grounds faster than you can spit. He's a rich fat cat liberal in his heart. What the hell does he care about America. He's made his off the backs of the American people. Now it time to screw them and leave. Just like all the uber-rich liberals do. He doesn't care about this country.
21 posted on 07/18/2010 8:56:30 PM PDT by jumperbones (The memories of a man in his old age, are the deeds of a man in his prime.)
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To: Bigtigermike
Good news
about time the sleaze ball Bloomberg does some public explaining. Sarah won't be taking BS for an answer, I'm willing to bet.
22 posted on 07/18/2010 8:56:47 PM PDT by J Edgar
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To: ladyjane

I’d settle for the dome of the rock...Just sayin.


23 posted on 07/18/2010 8:58:47 PM PDT by JDW11235 (I think I got it now!)
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To: JDW11235

To clarify, not to the killing of “3,000” civilians, as that may not even be possible in one gathering in Israel, but with the demolishing of the mosque, and building of the Temple...


24 posted on 07/18/2010 9:00:12 PM PDT by JDW11235 (I think I got it now!)
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To: garjog

Yes, totally concur.
But I’m not the mayor of NYC; that jacka$$ Bloomberg is.


25 posted on 07/18/2010 9:03:36 PM PDT by hyperconservative (this space for rent)
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To: Bigtigermike
have said it’s modeled on religious and community centers such as the YMCA, and that the 13-story, $100 million building would also include an arts center, gym and a swimming pool, as well as a mosque.

Stupid liberals think it somehow makes a difference that the mosque will include a gym and a swimming pool!

As for the "arts center," if the liberals are hoping for more Mapplethorpe, they may be in for a surprise...

26 posted on 07/18/2010 9:04:24 PM PDT by SirJohnBarleycorn
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To: Bigtigermike
Andrea:


27 posted on 07/18/2010 9:09:53 PM PDT by LibFreeOrDie (Obama promised a gold mine, but will give us the shaft.)
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To: Bigtigermike
Peace-seeking Muslims, pls understand

She is a genius!!

There is no such animal, and although the post initially makes her seem naive, it in fact makes the point that the muzzies only want oppression and the destruction of the West.

There wont be any "Peace-seeking Muslims",to reply, because peace is against their religion.

28 posted on 07/18/2010 9:10:54 PM PDT by Rome2000 (OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST CRYPTO-MUSLIM)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation
What the hell is wrong with NYC ?

Ghastly place, a bunch of socialist crooks, union thugs, mafia, and that's just for starters.

And the funny thing is they all buy into the "Big Apple" propaganda, and think they are tough and better than anybody anywhere else because they eek out a living.

It ought to be a penal colony.

29 posted on 07/18/2010 9:13:22 PM PDT by Rome2000 (OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST CRYPTO-MUSLIM)
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To: alecqss
Muslims is a race??

Yup. Like mexicans...canadians also is a race, I think.
30 posted on 07/18/2010 9:13:50 PM PDT by American Dream 246 (Open your eyes. Freedom is not a one day fight. Enemies of Freedom are legion.)
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To: Pan_Yan

“...And then the explaination:

‘Refudiate,’ ‘misunderestimate,’ ‘wee-wee’d up.’ English is a living language. Shakespeare liked to coin new words too. Got to celebrate it!’

Palin had a bad Twitter day...””

So did you, apparently: “Explaination”? LOL!!!


31 posted on 07/18/2010 9:16:14 PM PDT by moonhawk (Pre-order your "Don't blame me, I didn't vote!" bumper stickers here on Free Republic now.)
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To: patriot preacher
"It appears to be with the government, the bureaucracy, the elite of the city... Yeah — who’da thought that, right?"

The majority of NYC voters.. anti Americans such as they are.


32 posted on 07/18/2010 9:20:30 PM PDT by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: Charlespg

more from article,
Schlesinger posted threee new tweets Sunday evening, explaining why she wrote, and took down, her Palin response:

“Deleted post bc I regretted curt response. But fact is, I believe this city belongs to everyone - and no one more than another”

“Unlike @SarahPalinUSA, I was born here grew up here. Was showing off to a visitor today - look at how beautiful and diverse my city is.”

“I felt pain of 9/11, the trauma. I got through it by believing in my city. Not through fear and hate.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/39899.html#ixzz0u692bDdP

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It’s possible that Andrea the dumba$$ also follows a death cult of some sort; of the New Age variety, perhaps.


33 posted on 07/18/2010 9:22:15 PM PDT by hyperconservative (this space for rent)
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To: Bigtigermike

Bloomberg is a disgrace not only to New York City but to the nation. He has broken the law by attempting to set up a sporting goods store in Florida by sending in straw man purchasers in order to bolster his claim that guns from other states create a problem for New york.

The man is a liar with the tendencies of a tyrant. He feels justified in telling New Yorkers what they can eat, how many fast food businesses can be in a particular area of the city and prohibits trans-fats in food in HIS city.

This is one dangerous guy. New York City will be a much better place after he is no longer the Mayor.


35 posted on 07/18/2010 9:36:53 PM PDT by SkipW
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To: Pikachu_Dad

Let them build their mosque....

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Then blow it up. (or am I not allowed to say things like that)


36 posted on 07/18/2010 9:41:42 PM PDT by DefeatCorruption
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To: Rome2000

Agreed.


37 posted on 07/18/2010 9:43:19 PM PDT by citizencon
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To: alecqss
Muslims is a race??

Muslims is a cult!

38 posted on 07/18/2010 9:43:51 PM PDT by airborne (Why is it we won't allow the Bible in school, but we will in prison? Think about it.)
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This is what the left does: disagree with them and they play the race card. Who is this Andrea anyway? Just some poor,ugly, little rich girl whose parents were hoooked up enough to get her a parasitic gig with their friend Bloomberg.She’s a ZERO. Who cares what she says?


39 posted on 07/18/2010 9:49:40 PM PDT by Godwin1
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To: DefeatCorruption

I’m not one for suggesting any kind of violence against Muslims.

But if they do build it, I will make it my personal mission to go there and take a leak on it, and see that the video of the entire affair gets posted on to You Tube...


40 posted on 07/18/2010 9:51:15 PM PDT by Beaten Valve
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To: ladyjane

Right on Lady! Thank You.


41 posted on 07/18/2010 9:56:15 PM PDT by hwkbeer (I will pursue my enemy and not stop till I consume him.)
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To: LibFreeOrDie
LOL! I knew I'd seen her before.


42 posted on 07/18/2010 9:56:47 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Unemployment has DOUBLED since the Democrats took control of congress)
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To: Bigtigermike

Bloomberg is Chamberlain and it’s the Munich Agreement all over again.

Appeasement because they are afraid to get into it.

I say Bloomy’s a coward!


43 posted on 07/18/2010 9:57:53 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Pan_Yan

Palin batted 1000 on those. But hey, if you wanna grammar police it, have at it! After all, who cares about content and little things like jihadis builing a victory mosque literally on the ashes of dead Americans killed in jihad if the grammar is off!

/do I have to?


44 posted on 07/18/2010 9:58:07 PM PDT by piytar (Re: AlGore's latest - Karl Rove, you magnificent #######!)
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To: garjog

Devil’s Island is a good start.


45 posted on 07/18/2010 9:59:51 PM PDT by NY Attitude (Make love not war but be prepared for either.)
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To: Beaten Valve

I’m not one for suggesting any kind of violence against Muslims.

But if they do build it, I will make it my personal mission to go there and take a leak on it, and see that the video of the entire affair gets posted on to You Tube
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They will freak out!


46 posted on 07/18/2010 10:00:40 PM PDT by DefeatCorruption
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To: Bigtigermike

Word has it the he is considering a run for the Presidency.


47 posted on 07/18/2010 10:02:26 PM PDT by NY Attitude (Make love not war but be prepared for either.)
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To: garjog
"Let them build a mosque in ANY other place than ground Zero."

NO!

DON'T let the muzzies build a bastion of their filthy primitive "faith" ANYwhere in this country!

They can build all they want in their stinking sandboxes, but let's leave civilization to the civilized.

48 posted on 07/18/2010 10:02:54 PM PDT by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
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To: Bigtigermike

Three things, this is all about oil money and payola first. Second it’s about lining up your fellow Jews, Country-men, whatever to die so you’ll be last in line and hopefully spared.

Third, if they let this abomination happen, I’ll feel like a fool for ever caring about 9/11 or NYC and won’t give a damn if/when they get hit again.


49 posted on 07/18/2010 10:09:20 PM PDT by Tolsti2
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To: 353FMG

There were some pamphlets made during the clinton gorelick wall times with a pic of the WTC with a big target on it, after the first time they tried to blow it up. That was fairly quickly hushed up.

Then they blew it up finally, and for a few years people couldn’t hush up about it.

Around 2006 or so, people stopped giving a damn. 5 years. That’s the absolute max attention span of most people obviously.


50 posted on 07/18/2010 10:14:44 PM PDT by Tolsti2
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