It is a matter of high interest and concern to the citizens of this country who may finally be waking up to the utter nonsense being preached.

As for Reid, he and other Demos facing election are trying to establish a firewall that will let them play both sides.

Ain't gonna work.

So, as the mosque/community center will replace yet another big-box blight on the cityscape of New York, I commend our Muslim friends -- and NYC's zoning board, which has the authority that Obama and Reid do not -- for improving the area around Ground Zero.

It would have made so much more sense for both Obama and Reid - and whatever other Dems have felt compelled to weigh in - to say some version of: "This is America; the Constitution guarantees all of us the right to worship as we choose, alone or as a group, in makeshift structures, architectural marvels, or even in the solitude of our own heads.  The building of houses of worship is a local, community, issue, and is for the people in the community to resolve in accordance with the local building and zoning ordinances, and on terms that all members of the community can respect and accept.  It is not for those of us who don't live or work or shop there to judge what is or is not best for the people who do, rather it is up to us to ensure that the communities in which we do live and work and shop represent and honor the best spirit of the Constitution that guarantees these freedoms, and the open hearts and minds that made that document possible."

Obama needed to shut people up, not get them riled up, and all Harry Reid has done is pour gasoline on the fire.  

Say what?
My dear, departed momma (may she rest in peace) always said, "Say what you mean and mean what you say." Sen. Reid is doing neither, IMO.

Respect? What about stand up for? Protect? Give me an effing break, we are talking about The Constitution.

"By supporting the construction of a mosque at Ground Zero, President Obama has once again ignored the wishes of the American people, this time at the expense of victims of 9/11 and their families," Angle's spokesperson Jarrod Agen said in a statement. "As the Majority Leader, Harry Reid is usually President Obama's mouthpiece in the U.S. Senate, and yet he remains silent on this issue. Reid has a responsibility to stand up and say no to the mosque at Ground Zero or once again side with President Obama -- this time against the families of 9/11 victims."

Those eight years proved how completely bankrupt any of their actual policy ideas are..

Who cares what Harry Reid (or Barack Obama for that matter) think about where the Cordoba Center should be built?

He says it is all about preserving the sanctity of the site.  Just like the opposition to building on or near Civil War battlefields....

His column said that it was not about choosing between religions but keeping the site's sacred nature intact, unsullied by any religious use.  He said that one must be consistent--the First Amendment requires neutrality, even though some early intrepreters of the Constitution did not so believe (huh?)--so if one opposes a mosque, one must also oppose a church there too....trying to head off the bigotted anti-Muslim rant of those opposing the mosque.

So, Krauthammer's argument is now about Civil War battlefields.....

Total nonsense.  Last time I looked, they are going to build two office towers on the site (and the mosques is not being built at the site in any event)....So, it will not be a sacred shrine.  No, it will not be like a Civil War battlefield and remain undeveloped.  Are they going to review every lease to make sure no religious uses will occur in the new buildings?

This is such a dishonest argument.

I almost fell over when I read Obama had weighed in.

Anyone who talks about his 'brilliance' is clueless.  How many examples of ineptitude are necessary to dispell the myth.

I can understand why Reid got into the act. I'd wager Reid got into it to distance himself from Obama.