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Dubya, come help us!
Topic Started: Aug 18 2010, 07:57 AM (260 Views)
George K
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http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Mosque-supporters-beg-George-W-Bush-to-come-to-Obamas-rescue-100977179.html


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Mosque supporters beg George W. Bush to come to Obama's rescue
By: Byron York
Chief Political Correspondent
08/18/10 10:02 AM EDT

There's a new argument emerging among supporters of the Ground Zero mosque. Distressed by President Obama's waffling on the issue, they're calling on former President George W. Bush to announce his support for the project, because in this case Bush understands better than Obama the connection between the war on terror and the larger question of America's relationship with Islam. It's an extraordinary change of position for commentators who long argued that Bush had done grievous harm to America's image in the Muslim world and that Obama represented a fresh start for the United States. Nevertheless, they are now seeing a different side of the former president.

"It's time for W. to weigh in," writes the New York Times' Maureen Dowd. Bush, Dowd explains, understands that "you can't have an effective war against the terrorists if it is a war on Islam." Dowd finds it "odd" that Obama seems less sure on that matter. But to set things back on the right course, she says, "W. needs to get his bullhorn back out" -- a reference to Bush's famous "the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon!" speech at Ground Zero on September 14, 2001.

Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson is also looking for an assist from Bush. "I…would love to hear from former President Bush on this issue," Robinson wrote Tuesday in a Post chat session. "He held Ramadan iftar dinners in the White House as part of a much broader effort to show that our fight against the al-Qaeda murderers who attacked us on 9/11 was not a crusade against Islam. He was absolutely right on this point, and it would be helpful to hear his views."

And Peter Beinart, a former editor of the New Republic, is also feeling some nostalgia for the former president. "Words I never thought I'd write: I pine for George W. Bush," Beinart wrote Tuesday in The Daily Beast. "Whatever his flaws, the man respected religion, all religion." Beinart longs for the days when Bush "used to say that the 'war on terror' was a struggle on behalf of Muslims, decent folks who wanted nothing more than to live free like you and me…"

For the moment, with Obama failing to live up to expectations, Bush-bashing is over. It's all a little amusing -- and perhaps a little maddening -- for some members of the Bush circle. When I asked Karl Rove to comment, he responded that it means "redemption is always available for liberals and time causes even the most stubborn of ideologues to revisit mistaken judgments." But won't these Bush critics shortly return to criticizing Bush? "This Bush swoon by selected members of the left commentariat is temporary," Rove answered. "Their swamp fevers will return momentarily."

Bush himself has declined to comment on the mosque affair.

Oh the humanity. :lol2:

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Now that Dowd needs him, he's no longer "Shrub" but "W"?

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They know no shame.
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Dowd Syndrome.
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George K
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Mikhailoh
Aug 18 2010, 08:17 AM
They know no shame.
Here's the funny thing (and just another example how the press is in the tank), google this: bush ramadan after dinner and set the date search during his two terms, 1/21/2001 and 1/19/2009.

Guess how many times the New York Times was mentioned that Bush held an Iftar dinner at the White House?

One - in 2008 - in the business section. And that's in the first 100 hits.

Guess how many times he did it?
Eight.

One would think that, in the wake of 9/11, the president's outreach to the Muslim community, particularly in 2002, would be news, wouldn't one?

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The best thing we could all do is totally ignore the whole mosque issue. Giving it publicity is the exact wrong approach. The mosque is a slap in the face to the western world and has nothing to do with moderation and everything to do with in-your-face mocking of western freedoms. The name of the group, the "Cordoba Initiative" echos the history of the St Vicente church in Cordoba, Spain which was torn down by Abd al-Rahman, one of the Islamic invaders, in 786 AD, who then placed a mosque on the site. The name of the group and it's actions are meant to be provocative. Source

Just as the terrorists thrive on publicity, so do the less violent but still malevolent Cordobites.
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George K
Aug 18 2010, 08:32 AM
One would think that, in the wake of 9/11, the president's outreach to the Muslim community, particularly in 2002, would be news, wouldn't one?
One would. I'm also a little surprised he wasn't criticised more heavily by our more conservative brethren for pandering to these awful people.

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George K
Aug 18 2010, 08:32 AM


Guess how many times the New York Times was mentioned that Bush held an Iftar dinner at the White House?

One - in 2008 - in the business section. And that's in the first 100 hits.

Guess how many times he did it?
Eight.

One would think that, in the wake of 9/11, the president's outreach to the Muslim community, particularly in 2002, would be news, wouldn't one?

"The Paper of Record" - and people complain about Fox...
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/17/national/17LETT.html
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George K
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Click for my search

Evidently they're not paying google enough. :hat:

I stand sit corrected.
Edited by George K, Aug 18 2010, 12:58 PM.
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I thought they might be calling it Cordoba because it was going to have rich Corinthian leather inside.
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Mikhailoh
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Me too. Fine, Corinthian leather.
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George K
Aug 18 2010, 12:56 PM
NYT has their own search function, btw.
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