Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid is breaking ranks with President Obama over the issue of the proposed construction of a controversial Islamic center and mosque just blocks away from Ground Zero.I agree with the Senator: the mosque should be built somewhere else. That's not a matter of the First Amendment; it's a matter of common sense, and of respect for the feelings of the country. Blue skies! -- Dan Ford
"The First Amendment protects freedom of religion," spokesman Jim Manley said in a statement. "Sen. Reid respects that but thinks that the mosque should be built some place else."
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Harry Reid's mind clears
"Depend upon it, sir," as Samuel Johnson said, "when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully." Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid faces the election of his life in November, and it has concentrated his mind wonderfully, as CNN reports:
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