spanone
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Mon Aug-16-10 09:57 PM
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here's the cnn take on President Obama upholding the Constitution |
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Edited on Mon Aug-16-10 09:58 PM by spanone
'By weighing in on a proposed Islamic center near ground zero, President Obama gave the GOP an attack vehicle and diverted attention from fellow Democrats' campaign themes. Sen. Harry Reid broke with the president. ' GOP seeks political gain from ground zero Islamic center issue http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/08/16/obama.islamic.center.politics/index.html?hpt=C1www.cnn.com
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Mon Aug-16-10 10:02 PM
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1. Professional journalism at it's finest. |
KILL THE WISE ONE
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Mon Aug-16-10 10:03 PM
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2. cnn has become irrelevant ... and they want too become more so |
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Ted Turner would roll over in his grave if only he was dead.
time to here from the mouth from the south is long overdue
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Mon Aug-16-10 10:41 PM
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3. It's just a game--I was livid when I saw Chuck Todd on some |
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morning show, and that was all they were talking about--not whether there was a Constitutional issue, not whether there was a question of what was right, but what the polls say and what the optics were. "What's Obama thinking bringing up this issue--it's not a winner?"
Gee, I don't know. He took something like an oath to protect and defend the Constitution and is the president of Muslim-American just as much as any other Hyphen-Americans--maybe he thought he had a responsibility to do it? He has a responsibility not just to the public reaction here, but how this country is represented abroad. It would be really neat if instead of discussing a meta-issue and opinion, the media went in for journalism: here's the issue from both sides, this is what got said, here's the facts. Maybe see if there is actually a context regarding this issue that is above campaign-politicking and gamesmanship. Maybe some points need to be made even if they are unpopular.
I really think the media needs a runaway bride or some sharks or something they can cover more effectively....
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Mon Aug-16-10 10:51 PM
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4. Someone should ask Republicans just how far away from |
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ground zero it would be appropriate to build a mosque? 1000 feet, 2000 feet, a mile, 10 miles, let's have a number or shut the fuck up.
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Tue Aug-17-10 05:33 AM
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Tue Aug-17-10 11:46 AM
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6. Can't you see ground zero from there? Unacceptable n/t |
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Edited on Tue Aug-17-10 11:46 AM by doc03
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Tue Aug-17-10 12:05 PM
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7. Apparently, that's a pretty big number. |
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According to some people, at least 900 miles. The "fine" people of Murfreesboro, Tennessee are fighting plans to build a similar community center there. I think the "Ground Zero" argument is just a front for the same old bigotry.:shrug:
www.cnn.com/2010/US/07/15/tennessee.mosque.controversy/index.html
Note: Sorry to link CNN, but I'm lazy this morning.
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