Barack Obama's Ground Zero mosque plea will cost him and the Democrats votes

Telegraph ^ | 8.14.10 | William Lowther

[libh8er]

By charging headlong into the ferocious controversy over the plan to build a mosque near Ground Zero, President Barack Obama may have further damaged Democratic Party prospects in the upcoming mid-term elections.

For while his return to the soaring rhetoric that won him the White House in the first place will be popular with hard-core liberal supporters, it is unlikely to capture the hearts of middle-America this year.

In 2008 Mr Obama was a largely unknown quantity running on the strength of untried ideas and a ringing call for moral superiority. But now all of that has changed.

According to the NBC News-Wall Street Journal poll, 52 per cent of Americans disapprove of Mr Obama's handling of the economy; 45 per cent disapprove of his handling of the Afghanistan war; 40 per cent say the country is worse off since he became president.

Mr Obama has lost the political high ground and on the mosque issue - where emotions are far more likely than logic to win the argument - his stand will not go down well at the voting booths in November.

The President may be right in declaring that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as everyone else in America, but that is not the question as middle America sees it.

For the majority of Americans this is not an issue of freedom of religion. It is a question of whether or not a mosque should be built within two blocks of Ground Zero, where 3,000 people perished when jetliners hijacked by Muslim extremists were flown into the World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001.

[Pining_4_TX]

http://thepeoplescube.com/current-truth/no-mosque-at-ground-zero-protest-6-6-10-t5426.html

[princess leah]

His own arrogance and self-weening ego will be his undoing!

[Bryanw92]

Obama knows that the fix is in. Fair elections in key states and precincts are going to be a thing of the past. Prepare for massive voter fraud and claims of racism for anyone that tries to expose them.

[airborne]

0bama - sowing the seeds of dissent and unrest.

Could he be designing a “crisis” that will suspend elections?

I wouldn't put anything past this evil, evil man.

[RC2]

I have felt the same thing for a long time now. Not only do the right people have to be voted in, we all need to watch our elections and verify every one of them.

[blueyon]

Hope so.......BUT... me think-est the democrats are to stupid

[jaz.357]

Zero brains!

[MizSterious]

From your keyboard to God’s own Eyes.

[Mouton]

This is a classic by the Three Card Monte dealer in charge...divert attention, a little flim flam and everyone cannot find the right card. The issues in the election are how totally Ozero aided by his syncophant party and media have driven the economy of the country over the cliff. So, the idea now is to divert attention to side line issues.

[Republic of Texas]

From your mouth to God’s ear.

[Steely Tom]

NO MOSQUE

[Republic of Texas]

Got me by 50 seconds!

[al baby]

Could he be designing a “crisis” that will suspend elections?

That is said about all presidents, This time I believe it

[Cheetahcat]

I am waiting for the leopard skin hat and the giraffe tail fly swatter while sitting is a chair made from elephant tusks to complete the new oval office scene.

[Republican Wildcat]

The news of this came out over a weekend to try to minimize coverage.

[greyfoxx39]

Could he be designing a “crisis” that will suspend elections?

I don't believe the democrats would have been so arrogant in passing all their unconstitutional crap if they had not been assured that they will not be deposed. In some way, the coming election, if allowed to happen, is guaranteed to keep them in power and the media is part of the plan.

The latest "in your face, America" message by Obama.

[Gaffer]

There is nothing this manboy can do that would cause most blacks, victims, progressives, liberals, and Democrats to not vote for him, period. Independents you say? There is no such thing as an 'independent'; it is just a 'dependent' human that thinks so highly of him/herself that they have to be 'courted' for their vote because the are 'undecided'. They are not 'open-minded'; they are attention whores.

The problem with this country is that decent, hard-working Christian people in this country that actually work and pay real taxes have forgotten, or are too wimpy, to ACT. They have forgotten how to act on their beliefs. They have forgotten how to fight. They have forgotten righteous indignation. In short, they fall prey to the fallacy of "what will others think?" instead of standing firm by their heritage and beliefs.

[MizSterious]

I don’t think most people are “missing” the card here. Most of us see this as just one more reason to hate DemocRATS. Those who are suffering from the economic disaster he’s created can’t help but be aware of it, and the mosque is insult to injury.

[ladyvet]

I would have thought that even the loons over at DU would have a problem with this...but no. They’re singing his praises of how “brave” he is to take a stand for freedom of Religion. Disgusting.