re: #99 lawhawk

In the NYC metro area - it definitely is a bipartisan clusterfuck.

Absolutely — now it’s a bipartisan disgrace in New York. But the issue originated with and was driven by the right wing. It found resonance with the public because of the inflammatory term “Ground Zero Mosque,” a phrase coined by right wing bigots and inexplicably seized on by the media, despite the fact that it’s flat out dishonest.

Democratic politicians are now trying to capitalize on the populist mob, because it’s what politicians do. But they didn’t drive this issue to the forefront.