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. This is America, and our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakeable. The principle that people of all faiths are welcome in this country, and will not be treated differently by their government, is essential to who we are. The writ of our Founders must endure

pacino wrote:yay

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. This is America, and our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakeable. The principle that people of all faiths are welcome in this country, and will not be treated differently by their government, is essential to who we are. The writ of our Founders must endure

Speaking to reporters today, President Obama drew a sharp line under his comments last night, insisting that his defense of the right to build a mosque does not mean he supports the project.

"I was not commenting and I will not comment on the wisdom of making the decision to put a mosque there. I was commenting very specifically on the right people have that dates back to our founding," he said.

jerseyhoya wrote:

Speaking to reporters today, President Obama drew a sharp line under his comments last night, insisting that his defense of the right to build a mosque does not mean he supports the project.

"I was not commenting and I will not comment on the wisdom of making the decision to put a mosque there. I was commenting very specifically on the right people have that dates back to our founding," he said.

dajafi wrote:Right-wing bloggers name the 25 worst Americans in history

This is actually worthwhile for the first few comments... in which liberals point out that the people on the list were mostly ineffectual irritants with high media profiles, and suggest that other, non-named liberals did much greater damage to what today's (intellectually debased pseudo-) conservatives believe and care about.

If you don't feel like actually clicking on the link, the top two are Carter and Obama... the guy who started the military buildup that helped end the Cold War and was reviled by liberals of his own party; and the guy who supported the Wall Street bailout, escalated in Afghanistan, and pretty much totally confirmed and validated the Bush/Cheney national security state.

edit: here's the list of one of those polled. Other than Ted Kennedy--whom, other than Chappaquiddick, I think could be described the same way he does Harry Reid ("unpleasant and effective") I at least see what he's getting at here.

pacino wrote:

dajafi wrote:Right-wing bloggers name the 25 worst Americans in history

This is actually worthwhile for the first few comments... in which liberals point out that the people on the list were mostly ineffectual irritants with high media profiles, and suggest that other, non-named liberals did much greater damage to what today's (intellectually debased pseudo-) conservatives believe and care about.

If you don't feel like actually clicking on the link, the top two are Carter and Obama... the guy who started the military buildup that helped end the Cold War and was reviled by liberals of his own party; and the guy who supported the Wall Street bailout, escalated in Afghanistan, and pretty much totally confirmed and validated the Bush/Cheney national security state.

edit: here's the list of one of those polled. Other than Ted Kennedy--whom, other than Chappaquiddick, I think could be described the same way he does Harry Reid ("unpleasant and effective") I at least see what he's getting at here.

How is Saul Alinsky one of the worst figures of all-time? I really don't understand that one? I can see why right-wing bloggers would hate most of the others, though I of course would disagree with them.

jerseyhoya wrote:
For as much as we $#@! up in Nevada and the national press is harping on us nominating nut jobs, we're getting great candidates in a lot of tough House races, and the wave is still building. NRCC, NRSC and RNC need some dough though. The party of the people is really outdoing the party of the rich on the money front.

dajafi wrote:

pacino wrote:How is Saul Alinsky one of the worst figures of all-time? I really don't understand that one? I can see why right-wing bloggers would hate most of the others, though I of course would disagree with them.

Glenn Beck seems to think he's worse than Pol Pot

jerseyhoya wrote:So one of my buddies is running an open seat race that is thought to be a toss up. The Fix has it in his top 30 to flip, but it's thought of as a good barometer/50-50 kind of race. Got a poll back recently that has his candidate up by a teens margin w/ a tea party independent in the race pulling 5%. Basically a rout.

I'll say the median for turnover is 45 seats at this point, w/ Speaker Boehner near 70% and blowing past the 1994 mark of +54 at like 25%.
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TenuredVulture wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:For as much as we $#@! up in Nevada and the national press is harping on us nominating nut jobs, we're getting great candidates in a lot of tough House races, and the wave is still building. NRCC, NRSC and RNC need some dough though. The party of the people is really outdoing the party of the rich on the money front.

I suspect that much of that gap vanishes if you add in the 537 cash that's sure to be flowing.