Ain't this some shit...Georgie to the rescue?

[one_voice]

Mosque supporters beg George W. Bush to come to Obama's rescue


There's a new argument emerging among supporters of the Ground Zero mosque. Distressed by President Obama's waffling on the issue, they're calling on former President George W. Bush to announce his support for the project, because in this case Bush understands better than Obama the connection between the war on terror and the larger question of America's relationship with Islam. It's an extraordinary change of position for commentators who long argued that Bush had done grievous harm to America's image in the Muslim world and that Obama represented a fresh start for the United States. Nevertheless, they are now seeing a different side of the former president.

"It's time for W. to weigh in," writes the New York Times' Maureen Dowd. Bush, Dowd explains, understands that "you can't have an effective war against the terrorists if it is a war on Islam." Dowd finds it "odd" that Obama seems less sure on that matter. But to set things back on the right course, she says, "W. needs to get his bullhorn back out" -- a reference to Bush's famous "the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon!" speech at Ground Zero on September 14, 2001.

Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson is also looking for an assist from Bush. "I…would love to hear from former President Bush on this issue," Robinson wrote Tuesday in a Post chat session. "He held Ramadan iftar dinners in the White House as part of a much broader effort to show that our fight against the al-Qaeda murderers who attacked us on 9/11 was not a crusade against Islam. He was absolutely right on this point, and it would be helpful to hear his views."

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Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Mosque-supporters-beg-George-W-Bush-to-come-to-Obamas-rescue-100977179.html#ixzz0wymkJLfC

[Enrique]

1. wouldn't that be great?

all this shit they're saying, are they going to be saying it about Bush? Is Bush a secret Muslin, when he was there with the bullhorn was he claiming the site for Allah?

[tularetom]

2. Everything bush did was done with a wink and a nudge

Sure he made all these conciliatory gestures to American Muslims but while he was doing so he was killing millions of Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan.

He had credibility with the lunatic fringe here in the US because they knew the little concessions were phony. And that Cheney would make sure the killing continued, no matter how many times bush gave a nice little speech about tolerance (which I don't think he did that often anyway).

Eff him. Obama doesn't need his help. In fact he'd find a way to fuck the situation up even more.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Bill Clinton's been a bit quiet on this issue . . . .

[one_voice]

4. Interesting point. n/t