Obama's comments take mosque story national (Now backtracking)

Politico ^ | August 14, 2010 | James Hohmann and Maggie Haberman and Mike Allen

[Hoodat]

President Barack Obama on Saturday sought to defuse the controversy over his remarks on plans to build a mosque near Ground Zero, insisting that he wasn’t endorsing the specific project but making a general plea for religious tolerance toward all.

"In this country we treat everybody equally and in accordance with the law, regardless of race, regardless of religion,” Obama told reporters Saturday when asked about his remarks at a White House dinner marking the start of Ramadan.

“I was not commenting and I will not comment on the wisdom of making the decision to put a mosque there,” Obama continued. “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."

But his comments Friday night were widely interpreted as an endorsement of plans to build a mosque a few blocks away from where nearly 3,000 Americans perished at the hands of Islamic terrorists on 9/11 – an interpretation the White House hadn't disputed, up until Obama’s comments in Florida. . . .

[Hoodat]

He supported the mosque before he didn't support the mosque.

[omega4179]

ITS TOO LATE 0. Your Hubris came out in front of your Muslim brothers now its too late to take it back.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

He said what he said and he can’t spin that. The cat is out of the bag...

[nhwingut]

The White House phone lines must have been burning up with pissed off Dem candidates. This was the last thing they needed.

Hence, the walk back.

[ILS21R]

Obama is so FOS his eyes are brown.

[RobinMasters]

[DeusExMachina05]

Ugh..you beat me too it. Sorry.

[Recovering_Democrat]

TOO LATE HUSSEIN!

Come on, Republican Party....go after this jerkoff...America is on your side.

[sayuncledave]

The thing that really galled me was his invoking of the Constitution. He wouldn’t know the Constitution if it bit him on the posterior. Not to mention that I find it very telling that the only time he’s invoked it involves Muslims, and a mosque that shouldn’t be built.

[Zakeet]

[Recovering_Democrat]

POLITICO TRIES TO SAVE HUSSEIN WITH THIS LINE:
"But his comments Friday night were widely interpreted as an endorsement of plans to build a mosque a few blocks away..."

Uh, no, they WERE AN ENDORSEMENT you Hussein-fellating HACKS.

[Siena Dreaming]

DU had multiple threads praising Obama for his dinner remarks.

Now they have to deal with him backtracking once again.

Poor Obama...which way to turn?

[Hoodat]

Only by 100 seconds. Not to worry.

[stephenjohnbanker]

” “In this country we treat everybody equally and in accordance with the law, regardless of race, regardless of religion,” Obama told reporters “

Oh yeah? Well 9/11 kinda shot THAT all to hell, now didn’t it?

[eyedigress]

FUBO!

[matt1234]

“I was not commenting and I will not comment on the wisdom of making the decision to put a mosque there,” Obama continued.

[Terry Mross]

He has a dinner to celebrate the start of ramadan. How can anyone think he’s not a muslim.

I won’t wait for him to have a dinner celebrating Passover or Easter or celebrating Christmas.

[kcvl]

“Ground Zero is, indeed, hallowed ground,” Obama said at a White House dinner celebrating the Muslim holiday of Ramadan. "But let me be clear: as a citizen and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country. That includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in lower Manhattan, in accordance with local laws and ordinances.”

[Rashputin]

Yeah, he tells a gang of Mooslims, on Rama Dama Ding Dang, that he thinks they have a right to worship just like everyone else and to build a mosque wherever they can buy the property, but he didn't really support this project, just any project a Mooslim wants to put on any property that Mooslim owns.

See? It's all so clear if you'll just drink the Kool Aid.

[Hoodat]

Here's a quote from Obama yesterday:

"[Muslims have] the same right to practice their religion as everyone else in the country. And that includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in Lower Manhattan, in accordance with local laws and ordinances”