Republican Pol Warns of Playing 'Political Football' With 'Ground Zero Mosque'

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The Republican governor of New Jersey chastised Democrats and Republicans for using the proposed Islamic center near the site of the 9/11 terror attack as a "political football," in a sharp departure from members of his own party who are intent on making the so-called "Ground Zero Mosque" an issue in fall election campaigns.

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"Given my last position, that I was the first U.S attorney post 9/11 in New Jersey, I understand acutely the pain and sorrow and upset of the family members who lost loved ones that day at the hands of radical Muslim extremists," said Christie at a bill-signing ceremony. "And their sensitivities and concerns have to be taken into account. Just because it's nearly nine years later, those sensitivities cannot and should not be ignored."

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"We cannot paint all of Islam with that brush. ...We have to bring people together. And what offends me the most about all this is that it's being used as a political football by both parties. And what disturbs me about the president's remarks is that he is now using it as a political football as well. I think the president of the United States should rise above that."

The governor said he would not take a public stance on the Islamic center because "I don't believe that it would be responsible of me to get involved and comment on this any further because it just put me in the same political arena as all of them," he said.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/republican-pol-warns-playing-politcal-football-ground-mosque/story?id=11419357

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Christie is awesome!

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Christie is awesome!

He has been a pleasant surprise.

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He has been a pleasant surprise.

He is like everything Schwarzenegger tries to be, but fails at miserably.

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Haterz will hate.

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Great example of what we need in this country. Christie for President! This guy would destroy Obama in a debate.

Edited August 18, 2010 by Col. Lingus

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"We cannot paint all of Islam with that brush. ...We have to bring people together. And what offends me the most about all this is that it's being used as a political football by both parties. And what disturbs me about the president's remarks is that he is now using it as a political football as well. I think the president of the United States should rise above that."

I'm somewhat amazed anyone really cares outside of NYC would make much about the issue one way or the other. The economy is still screwed up and we have to wars to contend with and this whole mosque issue is blown way out of proportion.