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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
This is one of the many reasons I believe Obama shouldn't have stepped into it, but it gives more fodder to those that oppose him. Again, some people believe that he endorses it, so now he has to clarify it. In clarifying it he'll have to further engage in conversations about it.
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It didn't really need clarification. I'm sure he was pushed for it by the media. If anything, it was the media reaction that need clarifying. And I'm sure if he went long enough without saying anything that the right would have called him out for pussyfooting around the issue. Because, you know, the President shouldn't ignore such a national issue about Ground Zero.
You can't win.
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