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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.

Posted by tipper 2010-08-18 15:59|| || Front Page|| [11149 views ] Top

#1 Yo, MoDo. How ya doin', baby!

Posted by tu3031 2010-08-18 16:57|| 2010-08-18 16:57|| Front Page Top

#2 A nice heaping helping of schadenfreude, well seared on the grill, medium-well-done - it's what's for dinner! (with maybe some grilled mushrooms, a baked potato, and a nice spring green salad with a vinaigrette dressing on the side.)

Posted by Sgt.Mom 2010-08-18 17:05|| http://www.celiahayes.com 2010-08-18 17:05|| Front Page Top

#3 Yeah, Bush should announce that Obama had "acted stupidly".

Posted by DMFD 2010-08-18 18:15|| 2010-08-18 18:15|| Front Page Top

#4 Served with a nice chianti, Sgt. Mom. :-D

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-08-18 19:19|| 2010-08-18 19:19|| Front Page Top

#5 And don't forget the fava beans ... or with the potato, would that be too much starch?
Anyway, it's delicious. I love the smell of schadenfreude in the morning ... it smells like victory! Or the humiliation of brainless celeb-journos, which is almost as much fun.

Posted by Sgt.Mom 2010-08-18 19:27|| http://www.celiahayes.com 2010-08-18 19:27|| Front Page Top

#6 "It's time for W. to weigh in," writes the New York Times' Maureen Dowd.

Gee, she didn't even spend the effort to construct a statement for Bush as in Dowdification

Dowdification

Used as noun or verb. The willful omission of one or more words so the meaning of the statement is no longer understood but that the statement suits the needs of the writer in launching an ad hominem attack whether or not the construction is truthful or grammatically complete.

Named after Maureen Dowd, based on her manufacture of a quote attributed to President Bush in her May 14, 2003 column (as first reported by Robert Cox on TheNationalDebate.com).

The term and the practice are often found in the Blogosphere.

MoDo must be slowing down in age.

MoDo

Maureen Dowd; standard New York Times lefty fare. Blinded by hatred for anyone who lives outside the Manhattan Membrane, particularly towards those who dare to live in flyover country; she has managed to have a verb/noun named after her, following a particularly dishonest hit piece of hers. See dowdify/dowding/dowdification.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-08-18 20:08|| 2010-08-18 20:08|| Front Page Top

#7 see also: "Maureen Dowd" - Noun - dumped by Michael Douglas for Catherine Zeta Jones. AKA: "reason why Michael smiles so much"

Posted by Frank G 2010-08-18 20:22|| 2010-08-18 20:22|| Front Page Top

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Posted by AsymeTarzan Ulereper4435 2010-08-18 21:31|| 2010-08-18 21:31|| Front Page Top

#9 Dowdification: Used as noun or verb

Also an adjective meaning: Lack of stylishness and shabby named of course after Maureen Dowd. A dowdy woman is one who is unfashionably and unattractively dressed; without style as in a "Dowdy woman."

Posted by JohnQC 2010-08-18 22:00|| 2010-08-18 22:00|| Front Page Top

#10 "Please, George W. Bush, come expouse the leftist position so we can use you against the naaaasty conservatives, after we've been calling you a Nazi for eight years!"

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-08-18 22:27|| 2010-08-18 22:27|| Front Page Top

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