Is This Helpful? Paterson offers NYS $ to move 'mosque' further from Ground Zero.

[BurtWorm]

:eyes:

No, Gov, It's not helpful. It would have been helpful if, since you had nothing courageous to say, you'd just kept your mouth shut.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/10/paterson-if-ground-zero-m_n_677356.html



Paterson: If 'Ground Zero Mosque' Moves, State Will Help

MICHAEL GORMLEY | 08/10/10 02:41 PM | AP


ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. David Paterson offered state help Tuesday if the developers of a proposed mosque near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks agree to move the project farther from the site.

Paterson, a Democrat, said that he doesn't oppose the project as planned but indicated that he understands where opponents are coming from. He said he was willing to intervene to seek other suitable state property if the developers agreed.

"I think it's rather clear that building a center there meets all the requirements, but it does seem to ignite an immense amount of anxiety among the citizens of New York and people everywhere, and I think not without cause," Paterson said in a news conference in Manhattan.

"I am very sensitive to the desire of those who are adamant against it to see something else worked out," Paterson said.

The developers declined to comment. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who last week made an impassioned defense of the project planned for lower Manhattan, declined to comment through a spokesman....

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Not helpful Paterson is a moron.

Dripping a little gasoline on the fire...the idjit.

[LynneSin]

2. I think this photo sums up what most DUers think about what Patterson suggests...

[derby378]

3. This is what we call "cowardice"

If you bend over too far backwards, it only proves to the rest of the world that you have no spine.

A harsh lesson learned from my conservative friends who are bemused by my political leanings, but not by my motivations.

[Scurrilous]

4. How far do you have to go from ground zero...

...until your rights kick in?

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Very wrong move, Gov. Paterson.

[brooklynite]

6. This would be a huge mistake...

First, it legitimizes the "offense" that the alleged victims feel.

Send (and more important), it doesn't solve the problwm; the pundits will be just a critical of the new location.