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Dunn acts as Obama attack dog on mosque, says GOP ’solidifying its reputation for intolerance’
Daily Caller ^ | August 17, 2010 | Jon Ward

Posted on 08/17/2010 7:15:21 AM PDT by maggief

Former White House communications director director Anita Dunn on Tuesday launched a furious attack against Republicans who have criticized President Obama’s remarks on the Ground Zero mosque, labeling the GOP as the party of intolerance.

“The Republican party as solidifying its reputation for intolerance in this year, for almost any kind of difference in American society, is going down a very dangerous long term road,” Dunn said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”

“They might see some short term things although I think the American people are better than that,” she said.

Coming from Dunn — who is no longer works for the Obama administration but still goes to the White House for regular message meetings — the attacks on the GOP could be viewed as having been coordinated with top advisers to the president such as David Axelrod and Dan Pfeiffer, her former deputy who now runs Obama’s communications shop.

But when asked by e-mail, Dunn told the Daily Caller that Axelrod and Pfeiffer “did not know, approve, or suggest” her comments, which she said were her “own personal opinions.”

Numerous times, Dunn sought to characterize the debate over the mosque as one which pits those who want to preserve religious freedom against a Republican party which she said is “labeling all Muslims in this country as terrorists.”

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1 posted on 08/17/2010 7:15:23 AM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief
Anita Dunn:

I invented the "liberal Look"...deal with it!

2 posted on 08/17/2010 7:17:21 AM PDT by capt. norm (Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.)
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To: maggief

Guess what Dunn, we are also intollerant of kooks who lovingly reference Mao Tse Tung to college kids.

How “tolerant” were those Communists you love Dunn?


3 posted on 08/17/2010 7:17:37 AM PDT by allmendream (Income is EARNED not distributed. So how could it be re-distributed?)
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To: maggief

Coming from the intolerant side of the political spectrum, I think this is a complement. At times, imho, it is perfectly ok to be intolerant.


4 posted on 08/17/2010 7:17:58 AM PDT by DonaldC (A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
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To: maggief

This is intolerance:

Saudi Arabia - Conversion by a Muslim to another religion is punishable by death. Bibles are illegal. Churches are illegal. Easter celebrations are illegal. It is punishable by death for a non-mulsim to enter the “holy” muslim cities of Medina and Mecca.

Yemen - Bans proselytizing by non-Muslims and forbids conversions. The Government does not allow the building of new non-Muslim places of worship.

Kuwait - Registration and licensing of religious groups. Members of religions not sanctioned in the Koran may not build places of worship. Prohibits organized religious education for religions other than Islam.

Egypt - Islam is the official state religion and primary source of legislation. Accordingly, religious practices that conflict with Islamic law are prohibited. Muslims may face legal problems if they convert to another faith (up to and including death). Requires non-Muslims to obtain what is now a presidential decree to build a place of worship.

Northern Cyprus - About 133 churches, chapels and monasteries have been converted to military storage facilities, stables and night-clubs. Seventy-eight churches have been converted to mosques, and dozens more are used as military facilities, medical storage facilities, or stockyards or hay barns, according to statistics from The Republic of Cyprus. Agia Anastasia Church in Lapithos was converted into a hotel and casino, while the Sourp Magar Armenian monastery – founded in the medieval period – was converted into a cafeteria.

Algeria - The law prohibits public assembly for purposes of practicing a faith other than Islam. Non-Islamic proselytizing is illegal, and the Government restricts the importation of non-Islamic literature for distribution. The country has passed the “Regulation of Religious Practice” law, which stipulates a punishment of two to five years’ imprisonment and heavy fines for anyone convicted of urging a Muslim to change his religion.

Syria - The constitution requires the president to be a Muslim and specifies that Islamic jurisprudence is a principal source of legislation. Sharing your Christian faith is discouraged as “posing a threat to the relations among religious groups” and carries a penalty of up to life in prison. A Christian is not allowed to proselytize – ever. Churches who want to hold an extra service must get a government permit. Sermons are routinely monitored, as is church fundraising.

Jordan - Has the death penalty for any Muslim selling land to a Jew.

Sudan - Conversion by a Muslim to another religion is punishable by death.

Pakistan - Conversion by a Muslim to another religion is punishable by death. Bans proselytizing by non-Muslims. Christians regularly put in prison for charges of blasphemy. Islam is the state religion, and in a court of law the testimony of a Christian carries less weight than that of a Muslim. Section 295(c) of the Penal Code calls for a death sentence for anyone who defiles the name of the Prophet Muhammad and requires the testimony of four Muslims for a conviction. This fosters an environment in which Muslims can feel free to use intimidation and violence against religious minorities for personal gain. Also, if any criminal Muslim rape with any Christian female and then take plea that she has accepted Islam and marry with him. Such person is not culpable under Pakistani criminal law

Qatar - Islamic instruction is compulsory in public schools. The government regulates the publication, importation, and distribution of non-Islamic religious literature. The government continues to prohibit proselytizing of Muslims by non-Muslims.

Malaysia - Under Malaysian law, any convert to Christianity must apply to a shariah (Muslim law) court to legally renounce Islam. Many Christians prefer to remain silent converts rather than take their battle to the shariah courts, where apostasy or conversion out of Islam is punishable by whipping, fines, imprisonment and—in the most extreme application—death. In a country where Muslims account for more than half of the population, conversion from Islam is punished with a 5-year prison sentence and a $3,000 fine. A Malaysian Muslim who marries a non-Muslim and who converts the non-Muslim to Islam is rewarded with an apartment, a car, a one-time payment of $2,700, and a monthly stipend of $270.

The Maldives - In the island paradise visited by tens of thousands of tourists each year, Christianity is simply not tolerated. While local Christians – said to number around 300 out of a total population of 300,000 – do get together to worship, they do so at the risk of imprisonment or worse if discovered by the Muslim authorities. Bibles are banned, and tourists can be arrested for trying to bring them into the country.

England - Bradford, Yorkshire, UK. Pop. 300,000 - 20% Islamic. Local police required to tell community elders the location of girls who run away to escape arranged marriages. Bars and liquor stores in the Lumb Lane / Manningham Lane area of the city ‘requested’ to close on Fridays. Schools, colleges, and health clinics have to have separate areas for women, with a copy of the Koran available. Public critcism of Islam or it’s adherents, such as letters to the local paper, emails to friends, speeches etc, can and has led to criminal charges ‘Using words intentionally and wilfully to cause fear, hate, or distress. Christmas decorations not to be put up, as this may make the Moslems feel ‘culturally overshadowed’. Shops ‘requested’ not to display easter eggs for the same reason. The term ‘requested’ means not legally enforceable but local police warn that they cannot intervene if your premises get ‘damaged’ somehow. Local councillors and MPs have encouraged all this for the past 15 years. Bradford Northwest MP Ann Cryer regularly appears with long sleeves and her head covered. She once stated that women in Islam are properly liberated and that Islam is an example to us all.


5 posted on 08/17/2010 7:18:33 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: capt. norm

Guilty - no chance of parole!


6 posted on 08/17/2010 7:18:38 AM PDT by nascarnation
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To: maggief

Maybe she should start with members of her own party.....like Harry Reid. Does she want to direct any comments toward him?


7 posted on 08/17/2010 7:18:50 AM PDT by St. Louis Conservative
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To: maggief

Please keep up these informative rantings, okay?
At least until after the elections!


8 posted on 08/17/2010 7:19:13 AM PDT by bill1952 (Choice is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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To: maggief

What Washington doesn’t realize is that the American people have made up their minds about muslims. Not the Republican Party. People are tired of losing our culture in favor of the Presidents culture......muslims.


9 posted on 08/17/2010 7:19:14 AM PDT by RC2 (Remember who we are. "I am America")
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To: maggief

“”Numerous times, Dunn sought to characterize the debate over the mosque as one which pits those who want to preserve religious freedom against a Republican party which she said is “labeling all Muslims in this country as terrorists.”””

Obama labeled our returning warriors and Tea Party patriots as terrorists. Pick a side. As for me and my house, we will join the ‘intolerant’ Republicans who fight against a muslim monument of conquest built on the grave site of my countrymen. And you?


10 posted on 08/17/2010 7:19:21 AM PDT by getitright (If you call this HOPE, can we give despair a shot?)
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To: maggief

At least now we are all just religous bigots instead of racists.


11 posted on 08/17/2010 7:19:25 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: maggief

Maybe GOP is listening to the voice of the people of the US. Like the way Nancy the Pig obeys the ghost of Alinsky Marx Stalin etc. Novel idea.


12 posted on 08/17/2010 7:19:40 AM PDT by Gasshog (going to get what all those libs asked for, but its not what they expected.)
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To: maggief
Why is any attention being paid to someone who used to work for this administration, no longer does??
13 posted on 08/17/2010 7:20:11 AM PDT by MozarkDawg
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To: maggief

The human lizard speaks.


14 posted on 08/17/2010 7:20:18 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I don't have a 'Cousin Pookie'.)
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To: maggief

Typical, transparent Commie tactic.

Accuse your opponent of fear and ignorance, with the new buzzwords of “intolerance”, “racism” and “hate-speech”.

The Communists have been deploying these juvenile word game/emotion-driven propaganda ploys since the days of Lenin.

The best response is a direct and frontal assault on their lies.


15 posted on 08/17/2010 7:20:34 AM PDT by EyeGuy
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To: maggief

I have news for Anita Dunce; the real intolerant are those that want to build the mosque to begin with. Good luck with all that coexistence stuff.

The majority of Americans are against you and your boy child President.

What a dumbass.


16 posted on 08/17/2010 7:20:49 AM PDT by Peter from Rutland
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To: maggief

The magnificent, Mao-loving, tolerant Dunn.


17 posted on 08/17/2010 7:20:51 AM PDT by Bluebird Singing
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To: maggief
Dunn said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” ______________________________________________________________ OMG! We're in trouble if all eleven of MSNBC's viewers tuned in at once and saw that show.
18 posted on 08/17/2010 7:21:21 AM PDT by no dems (To Every Democrat in the U.S. House and Senate: "Shame, shame. Shame on all your houses.")
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To: maggief

I know idiot-ridden socialist and Maoist radical Anita Dunn is not opening her mouth on this issue....=.=


19 posted on 08/17/2010 7:21:22 AM PDT by cranked
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To: capt. norm

keep digging bitch. if you don’t bury yourself, we’ll bury you. we got the numbers on this one....


20 posted on 08/17/2010 7:21:54 AM PDT by ConservativeDude
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