I never thought that I would ever have to defend a President for actually making sense. But then again, I never thought I would be blogging about politics either! Much less, writing on a blog defending Conservative and sometimes even Conservative Christian values. My friends, strange days are upon us.
Anyhow, yesterday, the President made a speech, basically speaking to the Muslim people and to the bigoted Americans who believe that Muslim should be outlawed from building their houses of worship or basically even chased out of the Country. In this speech he said the following:
But 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.
Which is a excellent statement regarding the Constitutional right of Muslims to building houses of Worship wherever they choose, as long as it is within the accordance of the law. It did not speak, however, to the wisdom or moral or any other sort of reasoning behind building a Mosque at or near ground zero. You would think that most people would know this. However, we do live in a “Dumbed Down” society. So, once again, The President is forced to clarify his remarks:
CNN reports:
Panama City, Florida (CNN) — President Barack Obama told CNN Saturday that in defending the right of Muslims to build a community center and mosque near ground zero in a speech on Friday night, he was “not commenting on the wisdom” of the project.
Instead, Obama said he was trying to uphold the broader principle that the government should treat “everyone equal, regardless” of religion.
His comments were seen as step back from the support he appeared to give the controversial project during a White House dinner on Friday, though a spokesman for the administration quickly moved to clarify the president’s remarks.
“Just to be clear, the President is not backing off in any way from the comments he made last night,” White House spokesman Bill Burton said in a statement Saturday afternoon.
“It is not his role as President to pass judgment on every local project. But it is his responsibility to stand up for the Constitutional principle of religious freedom and equal treatment for all Americans,” Burton added.
Which is, of course, stupid; because the President is simply saying that they have the right to build the Mosque and Center by Constitutional Law. He was not addressing the moral or other implications. You would think that educated people within the media, especially CNN would know this. I can understand Fox News making a huge deal out of this; but CNN and even MSNBC? Come on.
The stupidity that I refer to, is the stupidity like this here, written by Ben Smith:
Obama’s latest comments are logically consistent with his words last night, if a bit less “clarion,” as Mike Bloomberg called the first remarks. And there are certainly two possible stances here: Bloomberg’s, that the Cordoba project itself represents the best of America; and Obama’s, that the freedom of religion is an important American value.
Obama’s new remarks, literally speaking, re-open the question of which side he’s on. Most of the mosque’s foes recognize the legal right to build, and have asked the builders to reconsider.
But the clarification is, in political terms, puzzling. The signal Obama sent with his rhetoric last night wasn’t that he had chosen to make a trivial, legal point about the First Amendment. He chose to make headlines in support of the mosque project, and he won’t be able to walk them back now with this sprinkling of doubt. All he’ll do is frustrate some of the people who so eagerly welcomed his words yesterday as a return to form.
Clarion? Seriously? Puzzling? Really? Maybe to some uneducated idiot that does not have any grasp of the English language perhaps. Look, I am a “Right of Center” Blogger, someone who is totally opposed to the socialism of the far-left —– and I understood his remarks perfectly. Perhaps this is a the new narrative of the liberal media, against the President, that he is some sort of a boob. I believe this is because Obama did not pander to the far-left and to get their revenge, the liberal media is now going to be after the President, in this sort of a manner. It is a cheap way to get ratings, but it does work. I suppose. Partisan hack types love this sort of a thing. But we non-partisan types find this type of reporting to be sickening. Because, mainly, it is totally dishonest and it exploits people’s ignorance.
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