Olbermann's One Lucid Moment on the "Mosque"

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Excellent post

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

Danny,
It's always a good idea NOT to admit that you ever have listened to anything that Keith Olbermann says. It's almost like admitting that you liked Pee Wee Herman. It's just wrong, man! LOL!

It would be better to listen to Charles Krauthammer - "What happened was the President made a strong statement, hailed as a courageous one at the Ramadan dinner. But it wasn't a matter of courage. Courage would have been, at that audience, a Muslim audience, he should have said, "Yes, I believe in the legal right. You have every legal right to do it. But I would appeal to you as Americans -- after all, I'm the President. I'm not a judge, I'm not the Supreme Court, I don't decide on legality, but as President I speak on behalf of the spirit of America -- that you ought to consider the decency and propriety of establishing a house of worship dedicated to Islam at a spot where people were murdered in the name of Islam." Obviously, there's a distinction between the murderers and the religion, there's no question about that. But this is a place where you might want a nondenominational place of worship as you have in hospitals, a place of meditation. But establishing a mosque in that area is a provocation. The President should have said that. He didn't. He missed an opportunity. And I think he alienated all sides here."