Rob. I disagree, unless you think that the Obama apology tour did any good.
Marsh. Your vitriol is noted. You don't like Sarah Palin. Got it. New Yorkers are decent hard working people who tend to be pretty passionate about their causes.
Everyone needs to understand that politicans talk. And talk. And talk. Many other politicans, who have nothing to do with NY or NYC have sounded off about this, yet the media CHOSE to report Palins comments because they generate both outrage and interest.
The city of NY approved this project. If the citizens of NYC have issue they can take it up with city hall. Comments from everyone else are worth their weight in gold.
Now for my worthless opinion.
While at first thought it seems like a slap in the face of ALL New Yorkers, both sky and ACoM make good points. Freedom is one of the greatest gifts that we Americans have. I will have to side with them. Let them build it.
One final note. It think it is disingenuous that the media is invoking Ground Zero. The build site is a full 2 blocks away and were the media to report the actual site with no reference to Ground Zero, no one would have taken ANY notice.
The fact I don't like Sarah Palin is not the point, and there is a BIG difference between her and those other politicians that being THEY aren't running for President. If John McCain said it, fine. As long as he is not trying to run for office on it, no problems. But Sarah Palin is exactly the political ***** I despise. I find it totally inappropriate and disgusting for any politician to build their big tent on the graves of 3000 people, and that goes double for Politicians like Palin and Bush who have the audacity to claim they speak for us when in reality they loath us. New Yorkers do not like being used, and especially not by Conservative Republican Politicians on one of the cities most sensitive subjects.
I, and almost all New Yorkers didn't appreciate one bit the GOP using 9-11 as their backdrop to Bush's 2004 reelection campaign, especially because Bush largely responsible for the security lapses that lead to 9-11. He also reneged on most of his promises to help us after it happened. Bush used us like a dirty handkerchief and then tossed us away when he was done. I know Palin doesn't give a damn about NYC, so let her grandstand somewhere else.
And the same goes for Giuliani in 2008. I voted for Giuliani TWICE. I am more forgiving on Giuliani than the others because he is a New Yorker and he was a good mayor before and during 9-11. But the way he tried to shamelessly cashier on 9-11 in order to court the fringes in 2008 was disgusting. Bye. Bye. Rudy, your political career is done.
Its a very simple deal. Don't use 9-11 as a backdrop to your political campaign and that goes double for conservatives because you simply are not one of us. You were not here during 9-11 before or afterwards and you did not suffer. So when a politician comes crying crocodile tears 10 years afterwards doesn't make New Yorkers want to sympathize with you.
Palin Wrote:
"Peaceful New Yorkers, pls refute the Ground Zero mosque plan if you believe catastrophic pain caused @ Twin Towers site is too raw, too real."
Painful? Too Raw? Too Real? Who the hell is this cow speaking for? I would wager she had never even been to NY until she became governor. Pretty ballsy to be telling us what we should do with our own graveyard?
I knew quite a few people who died on 9-11. Not personally, but well enough. Odd thing is while I don't remember their names I do remember their faces. I don't like to talk about 9-11, and it drives me crazy when self serving politicians do. What goes on at WTC, PA, or the Pentagon is no ones business except for those who bare wounds, not political carpetbaggers from Alaska.
