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The Water Cooler Title: Former President Bush Won't Comment On Ground Zero Mosque The man who was president during the 9/11 attacks won't be sharing his views on the Ground Zero mosque proposal. Several Republican leaders have denounced plans for an Islamic cultural center and mosque near Ground Zero in New York City. But a spokesman for former President George W. Bush told AOL News that Bush would not comment on the matter. Now that it has become a full-scale national controversy and campaign issue — with President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and dozens of Republican candidates across the country in 2010 weighing in — Bush's silence on the plans could become deafening the longer the debate wears on. An endorsement of the plans from the former president, who took pains to separate Islam and terror in the wake of 9/11, would no doubt complicate the current Republican offensive over the project. And more Democratic candidates are starting to come out against the plans. Along with Reid, New York Reps. Michael Arcuri (D) and Mike McMahon (D) denounced the proposal Monday. In a speech just days after the 9/11 attacks, Bush described Islam as "a faith that brings comfort to a billion people around the world" and declared, "Islam is peace." Some of the president's former aides have expressed concern over the GOP's rhetoric in opposition to the mosque, including former Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson, who endorsed Obama's position on the mosque in a Washington Post op-ed. "How precisely is our cause served by treating the construction of a non-radical mosque in Lower Manhattan as the functional equivalent of defiling a grave?" Gerson wrote. "It assumes a civilizational conflict instead of defusing it." Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest An endorsement of the plans from the former president . . . would no doubt complicate the current Republican offensive over the project. The October Surprise for the republicans. If it looks like they may retake the House and/or Senate . . . Bush will come out for the mosque. ______________________________________________________________________________ #2. To: Ignore Amos (#1) I doubt it will even be an issue by then. A new location for the center will be 'provided' very soon. Never swear "allegiance" to anything other than the 'right to change your mind'! #3. To: Ignore Amos (#1) The October Surprise for the republicans. October Surprises only work for presidential campaigns. "See in my line of work, you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda." --- George W. Bush (Rochester NY, 5-24-2005) #4. To: Brian S (#0) "But a spokesman for former President George W. Bush told AOL News that Bush would not comment on the matter." That's odd, the lying jackass had plenty to say the day he stood among the ruins of ground zero with his bull horn... #5. To: Brian S (#0) The man who was president during the 9/11 attacks won't be sharing his views on the Ground Zero mosque proposal. He'd have to clear them with the Saudis first anyway. "How many confirmed NV Mig kills do YOU have general? I only have three." - Mad Dog, the syphilitic psychopath #6. To: Brian S (#0) He won't comment for a simple reason. He refuses to attack a seated President from his position as a former President. Class act on this. Its how it should be. Pity the Democrats that are former POTUS can't understand it. Obama's first all-by-his-lonesome budget, btw, calls for a $1.17 trillion deficit. Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest |
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