This is bound to set off all sorts of insanity on the right, and play further into the President's decision to force the midterms into the mould of "Vote Democratic - the lesser of two evils" but further highlighting the crazy on the Right and scaring the Dem base inot voting Dem.

I suspect in a couple days, once the wingnut fires get stoked, we'll see propaganda arriving directed at Dems, pointing out just how scary-crazy the wingnuts are.

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. I was commenting very specifically on the right people have that dates back to our founding," he said.

Obama's new stance is logically consistent with his words last night, if a bit less "clarion," as Mike Bloomberg called the first remarks. And there are certainly two possible stances here: Bloomberg's, that the Cordoba project itself represents the best of America; and Obama's, that the freedom of religion is an important American value.

Obama's new remarks, literally speaking, re-open the question of which side he's on. Most of the mosque's foes recognize the legal right to build, and have asked the builders to reconsider.

He said that Muslims have a right to build a mosque.
Great.
That takes guts.

Then he said he wasn't commenting on whether or not it was wise for them to do so.

It boils down to saying that they have a right to do so, but it may not be so smart ...

I don't see him commenting on the "wisdom" of other religions building houses of worship.

As usual, he's on both sides signifying nothing.

While I don't agree with him I understand his original position but whats most frustrating about him is once there is any push back he tries to back off without backing off and always tries to pretend he's above it all.

Mr. President you made a special speech to tell us what you thought.  Just say you support the Mosque.  I'd have more respect for you if you took a position.

As for the Mosque I say it should be built if the funding isn't coming from a radical group.  The problem is no one will say where the money is coming from and what we often find out much later is so called "mainstream" Muslims are nothing of the sort.

The thing is, though, that the passion for religion has its good and bad consequences.  This, for example, shows the good side, as it relates to promoting the civil rights of an oppressed group.  However, we've also seen the downside of Obams's passion for religion:  the elevation of Rick Warren at his inaugural, Obama's homophobic support of second-class citizenship for gay and lesbian Americans, the executive order establishing a precedent for the leader of the Democratic party to advocate the second class citizenship of women, the words of encouragement for busting of teacher's unions and undermining public education in favor of (religious) charter schools.

I for one have wondered why it has taken so long for the Mosque to be included in our unshakable quest for religous freedom.

I guess it is all the yapping from the GOP and the MSM that has given any credibility to the notion that America is against freedom of religion.