ground zero

Can you pick out the true Libertarian?

Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, is out with a strong new statement going after conservative critics of the Islamic community center near ground zero that implicitly criticizes his own son, Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul.

The background here is that Rand Paul has been on the record several times saying that, while he doesn't support any federal intervention, he does not think the so-called "ground zero mosque" should be built. "I think reconciliation is best promoted by -- instead of having a multi-million dollar mosque -- maybe having a multi-million dollar donation to the memorial site, would be better for all," he told the Daily Caller. (His opponent, Democrat Jack Conway, has said much the same.)

If you picked Ron Paul then you are correct. This also proves that Rand Paul is nothing but a sellout, who will say or do anything to become a Senator. In other words, Rand Paul is the worst kind of candidate out there. Here’s hoping his time in the spot light is very short lived.

Again we show how the current right has changed over the past couple of years, embracing the crazy conspiracy theories that come out of their base and hope to turn that into political capital. This time it involves the Ground Zero mosque:

Tuesday, Reps. Peter King (R-NY) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) called Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf -- best known for his work with multicultural Cordoba Initiative to build a mosque and community center in Lower Manhattan -- a "radical" and criticized the Obama Administration for including him on a Middle East speaking tour. That tour, which includes stops in Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, is designed by the public diplomacy office to explain to Muslims abroad what it's like to be a Muslim in America.

But guess what? It turns out Rauf actually has a history of working with the U.S. government, and that relationship started under Bush:

If one were to hearken back to the halcyon days of the Bush Administration, one would remember that, when Bush adviser Karen Hughes was appointed Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy, the Bush Administration saw improving America's standing among Muslims abroad as a part of its national security strategy. And, as such, Hughes set up listening tours, attended meetings and worked with interfaith groups that -- shocking, by today's Republican standards -- included actual Muslims.

One of those people was Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf.

It is starting to look like the media of truth is fading
away again to the media of Bush.

Last week we heard reports of firefighters furious over
their lack of allowed involvement in the Gulf Coast. One report talked of over
1100 firefighters feeling used because they were sent down there to act strictly
as public relation tools for FEMA. Instead of going straight to ground zero,
they sat a couple hundred miles away taking public relations and sexual
harassment courses in Atlanta.

Another story told of about 600 firefighters from Illinois
who had been sitting there doing nothing since the day after the storm hit. They
were being blocked by FEMA from going in and providing the rescue and aide they
are so well trained at.

Now we here stories about Bush’s latest visit to the area
and everyone seems to echo this same
paragraph:

After arriving in New Orleans Sunday, Bush traveled through
the nearly deserted town to visit "Tent City," the campus of the Our Lady of
Holy Cross College that is now the massive staging area for hundreds of weary
and dirty but enthusiastic firefighters from around the country. They included
New York City firemen who brought back a truck that the state of Louisiana and
private donors gave after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Seems the old Rove spin cycle is getting back on track.
More important than getting a strong hold on terrorism or insurgents in Iraq is
having that controlling arm in what the Media is reporting.