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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Obama narrows mosque defense — 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.
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
No, Mr. President — Penetrating commentary on President Obama's remarks last night on Islam, 9/11, and Ground Zero is already available. — The lawyers at Powerline dissect Obama's high-flown rhetoric: “a classic of brain-dead multiculturalism,” “the ultimate destination of multiculturalism is platitudinous stupidity.”
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9/11 Families …, Sister Toldjah, Israel Matzav, Taylor Marsh, Right Wing News and Wake up America
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Hear Washington Speak — We now have official Washington's response and take on the President's speech last night stating that Muslim-Americans have every right to build an Islamic center on private property near Ground Zero. It comes in the form of Politico's ubiquitous and closely followed “Playbook” email.
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The Politico:
Obama's comments take mosque story national — President Barack Obama on Saturday sought to defuse the controversy over his remarks on plans to build a mosque near Ground Zero, insisting that he wasn't endorsing the specific project but making a general plea for religious tolerance toward all.
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Power Line, Talking Points Memo, Outside the Beltway and Gateway Pundit
Mike Allen / The Politico:
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? Obama strongly backs ‘Ground Zero’ mosque - Michael Gerson agrees - GOP aide: ‘will drive Middle America crazy’ - W.H. official: ‘inconvenient,’ but Obama wouldn't duck it — E-MAIL FROM AUTUMN: The beautiful and perfect Allie Ross Thomas was born at Sibley Hospital yesterday …
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The Daily Dish, The Plum Line and The Page
Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
Fox Hosts Agree With Obama's Defense Of Mosque: ‘He Has To Stand Up For Our Constitution’ — Reacting to President Obama's forceful defense of Muslims' rights to build a new Islamic community center near Ground Zero, Rep. Peter King (R-NY) — who believes there are “too many mosques in this country” …
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Financial Times, The Last Tradition, CNN and Mediaite
Sean J. Miller / The Hill:
Obama expands on mosque comments, said he supports ‘the right’ to build — Obama said that his statement on Friday didn't express support for the “wisdom” of building a mosque blocks from the 9/11 site. — President Obama expanded on his remarks about the mosque planned near ground zero during his trip to Florida Saturday.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Zandar Versus The Stupid
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Obama Says Mosque Upholds Principle of Equal Treatment — PANAMA CITY, Fla. — President Obama said on Saturday that in defending the right of Muslims to build a community center and mosque near Ground Zero he “was not commenting” on “the wisdom” of that particular project …
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CBS News, ABCNEWS and DISSENTING JUSTICE
Matt Duss / Think Progress:
CNN Contributor Erickson Compares Building of Mosque To ‘Human Sacrifice’
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Bloomberg, The Reaction and Opinionator
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
At Ramadan Iftar dinner, Obama supports new mosque on private …
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Fox News:
Obama's Support for Ground Zero Mosque Draws Fire
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New York Times and Jihad Watch
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Obama defends “ground zero mosque”
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Frank Gaffney / Big Peace:
Obama's Ground Zero Mosque
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Wintery Knight, Gates of Vienna, Townhall.com and National Review
Andy McCarthy / National Review:
9/11 Families Stunned by President's Support of Mosque at Ground Zero
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Obama on the Ground Zero Mosque
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Don Surber, Doug Ross, The Plum Line and Tim Blair
Abby Phillip / The Politico:
Obama defends Ground Zero mosque
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Associated Press, Don Surber, Christian Science Monitor, Washington Wire, Washington Post, New York Magazine and Power Line
Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
THE TOP 43 DUMBEST CONSERVATIVE BLOGGERS — Well, perhaps not all 43 of this list of conservative bloggers that John Hawkins polled to get “The Top 25 Worst Americans.” After all, we don't know who voted Barack Obama on to that list over, say, Jeffrey Dahmer.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, mean ol' meany, Dodgeblogium, Lawyers, Guns & Money, American Power and TigerHawk
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Some of My Fellow Righty Bloggers Need a Broader Definition of ‘Worst Figure’ — I can't believe conservative bloggers put a bunch of garden-variety Democratic politicians so high, when asked to compile a list of the Worst Figures in American History. — The list, compiled from the responses …
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JustOneMinute, Mediaite, Politics Daily, Gawker, Pirate's Cove, Rumproast, Hot Air, Outside the Beltway, Riehl World View, Russ. Just Russ., The Daily Dish, Freeman Hunt, The TrogloPundit, Zandar Versus The Stupid, Liberal Values, WTF Is It Now?!?, The Political Carnival, iOwnTheWorld.com, The Virtuous Republic, No Oil for Pacifists, Right Wing News, This ain't Hell … and Moe Lane
Steve Bainbridge / ProfessorBainbridge.com:
20 Worst Americans — John Hawkins asked a bunch of right …
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The Daily Dish, Left Coast Rebel, Right Klik, Marginal Revolution, The Volokh Conspiracy and Vox Popoli
Van Helsing / Moonbattery:
Attention Google Moonbats... ...you might want to fix your autocomplete: — On a tip from John Lohman. — If you scroll further, it will say, “Obama is anti-Christ”. — ROFLMAO! — I thought it was a photoshop. Nope. I went to Google and typed it in............... ROFLMAO!
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Macsmind, Weasel Zippers and Proof Positive
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Doug Powers / Michelle Malkin:
Helpful Tip for Obamaniacs: Turn Off Google's ‘Auto Complete’ …
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Say Anything
Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:
American Socialists Release Names of 70 Congressional Democrats in Their Ranks — The Socialist Party of America announced in their October 2009 newsletter that 70 Congressional democrats currently belong to their caucus. — This admission was recently posted on Scribd.com:
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Left Coast Rebel, Big Journalism, alicublog, The Political Carnival, Wizbang, Sweetness & Light, Freedom's Lighthouse and Nice Deb
Priya Ganapati / Gadget Lab:
Man Scrawls World's Biggest Message With GPS ‘Pen’ — One man drove 12,238 miles across 30 states to scrawl a message that can only be viewed using Google Earth. His big shoutout: “Read Ayn Rand.” — Nick Newcomen did a road trip over 30 days that covered stretches from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean.
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theblogprof, Lean Left, Hullabaloo, Hit & Run, Wonkette and The New Republic
Lymari Morales / Gallup:
In U.S., Confidence in Newspapers, TV News Remains a Rarity — No more than 25% say they have a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in either — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans continue to express near-record-low confidence in newspapers and television news — with no more than 25% …
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