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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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The Politico:
Mosque controversy swirls around Obama — The White House on Saturday struggled to tamp down the controversy over President Barack Obama's statements about a mosque near Ground Zero — insisting Obama wasn't backing off remarks Friday night where he offered support for a project that has infuriated …
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Nice Deb, Weasel Zippers, ABCNEWS, Pat Dollard, Gateway Pundit, Outside the Beltway, Talking Points Memo and Pajamas Media
CNN:
Crist backs Obama on controversial Islamic center — Florida Gov. Charlie Crist backed President Obama Saturday, saying the President's statement on a plan to build a controversial Islamic center and mosque near ground zero was correct. — Panama City, Florida (CNN) - In a boost …
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Political Memo: Obama Says Mosque Remarks Were Not Endorsement — PANAMA CITY, Fla. — Faced with withering Republican criticism of his defense of the right of Muslims to build a community center and mosque near ground zero, President Obama quickly recalibrated his remarks on Saturday …
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DownWithTyranny! and This ain't Hell …
Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
3 Republicans Criticize Obama's Endorsement of Mosque — WASHINGTON — Three leading Republicans reacted negatively to President Obama's statements in favor of a mosque and Muslim community center whose construction has been proposed for a building near the site formerly occupied by the World Trade Center.
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The Moderate Voice, Weasel Zippers, Atlas Shrugs and HotAirPundit
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.”
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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Newshoggers.com, Rumproast and Balloon Juice
John / Power Line:
Obama's Finest Moment? — Greg Sargent is a left-winger who worked for Editor & Publisher magazine. When that publication went broke, he caught on as a blogger at the Washington Post. Today he hailed President Obama's endorsement of Cordoba House as “One of the finest moments of Obama's presidency.”
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Atlas Shrugs, Doug Ross, Right Wing News, Pajamas Media and National Review
Matt Duss / Think Progress:
CNN Contributor Erickson Compares Building of Mosque To ‘Human Sacrifice’
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The Daily Whim and Guardian
The Politico:
Whiteboard Archives — PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. …
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Bad Rachel, Say Anything, Weekly Standard, Townhall.com and Creeping Sharia
Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
Fox Hosts Agree With Obama's Defense Of Mosque: 'He Has To Stand …
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CNN, Associated Press, Financial Times, Mediaite and The Last Tradition
Sean J. Miller / The Hill:
Obama expands on mosque comments, said he supports ‘the right’ to build
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Little Green Footballs, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Zandar Versus The Stupid and The Reaction
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Obama Strongly Supports Construction of Islamic Center Near Ground Zero
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NO QUARTER, Gothamist and Politics Daily
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Obama Says Mosque Upholds Principle of Equal Treatment
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CBS News, The Confluence, CNN, DISSENTING JUSTICE and Outside the Beltway
Andy McCarthy / National Review:
9/11 Families Stunned by President's Support of Mosque at Ground Zero
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The Mahablog, neo-neocon and Fox News
Frank Gaffney / Big Peace:
Obama's Ground Zero Mosque
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Gates of Vienna, Wintery Knight, Townhall.com and National Review
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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Red Dog Report, 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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Doug Ross and Say Anything
New York Times:
Secret Assault on Terrorism Widens on Two Continents — WASHINGTON — At first, the news from Yemen on May 25 sounded like a modest victory in the campaign against terrorists: an airstrike had hit a group suspected of being operatives for Al Qaeda in the remote desert of Marib Province, birthplace of the legendary queen of Sheba.
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Steven Shepard / Hotline On Call:
Greene Collapse, Meek Surge Hurt Crist — Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-FL) has turned around his primary campaign against developer Jeff Greene, and that's bad news for Gov. Charlie Crist's (I) chances in the general election, according to a new poll released late today.
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Weasel Zippers, The Buzz and Weekly Standard
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Collapse — The left is unpopular, undisciplined, and ill-tempered. — The left has collapsed. — Its political support has collapsed. Public opinion polls point to a historic repudiation of the president and the Democratic party this fall—something on the order of a 60-seat Republican gain in the House.
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Pajamas Media, Big Journalism and Gateway Pundit
John Myers / Capital Notes:
$13 Million More In Meg Money — There's a powerful scene in the Oscar winning Forrest Gump that came to mind when the report surfaced tonight showing Meg Whitman has written her campaign a new check for $13 million, bringing her personal investment in the governor's race to a mind numbing $104 million.
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Ballot Box and Capitol Alert
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Brian Joseph / Orange County Register:
The mystery of Jerry Brown's pension
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theblogprof, Don Surber, Pajamas Media and Capitol Alert
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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Hot Air, NewsReal Blog, Raw Story, Gawker, Matthew Yglesias, Riehl World View, Pirate's Cove, Mediaite, mean ol' meany and Dodgeblogium
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