Posted on 09/12/2012 7:00:31 PM PDT by Unam Sanctam
There was nothing inappropriate about Mitt Romney’s statement on the Libyan attacks this morning. If anything, his remarks were strikingly limited in scope. (The inane, narrative-obsessed, and apparently coordinated questions from the press didn’t help generate a substantive discussion.)
The events of the past twenty-four hours spotlight at least three major policy decisions by the Obama administration that are deserving of scrutiny in this election season:
1) So the Obama administration disavowed the statement released by the U.S. embassy in Cairo declaring that the embassy “condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims.” That’s fine, but the boilerplate responses of the administration continue to suggest that the federal government believes that statements or expressions that offend certain religions are not acceptable, and that our policy is that they should somehow be not permitted or not aired in the public square.
From Obama’s initial statement: “The United States rejects efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others.”
From Obama’s Rose Garden statement: “We reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others.”
No we don’t! No one in the U.S. government rejects Bill Maher’s documentary “Religiosity,” or the Broadway musical mocking the Mormon faith, or Dana Carvey’s “Church Lady” character. Denigrating the religious beliefs of others, whether popular or unpopular, is protected speech under the First Amendment, and there is a long history of this in American life.
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From Obama’s initial statement: “The United States rejects efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others.”
From Obama’s Rose Garden statement: “We reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others.”
Christ in Piss
Mary de elephant dung
We must ALWAYS remember that the press is operating at Obama’s level in support of his anti-American, pro-radical-Islamic agenda which is clearly designed to hurt the West, especially America.
That is why he is supporting the Islamic radicals that want to do nothing but hurt Americans. Convenient, eh ??
Obama’s Foreign Policy has failed.
Romney has the OBLIGATION to accuse Obama of failure.
Welcome to Reality, Obama/Soetoro: We have CHECKS AND BALANCES.
BTW, when Obama says: “It was Bush’s fault.” does that mean that Obama was “trying to score political points?”
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