I have said in the past I go back and forth in considering RP a contender in 2012, not any longer this is the disqualifier in my eyes! Down with RP!


Angry Ron Paul Defends Ground Zero Mosque
Monday, 23 Aug 2010 03:30 PM
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In an apparent break with his son, Kentucky GOP Senate candidate Rand Paul, Rep. Ron Paul unleashed a lengthy and at times angry statement on his website Friday that supports the rights of Muslims to build what’s become known as the “Ground Zero Mosque.”

The elder Paul, known as a staunch libertarian and small government conservative, argues strongly that New York City’s Muslim community has every right to build the mosque and Islamic cultural center two blocks from the site of the 9/11 attacks.

Rand Paul, by contrast, has sided with many conservatives asking that the site of the mosque be moved in deference to the wishes of those who lost loved ones during the attack.

"While this is a local matter that should be decided by the people of New York, Dr. Paul does not support a mosque being built two blocks from Ground Zero," Paul spokesperson Gary Howard told "In Dr. Paul's opinion, the Muslim community would better serve the healing process by making a donation to the memorial fund for the victims of September 11th."

But Ron Paul doesn't agree. Moreover, he criticizes those who blame Islam alone for the attacks, rather than a small fanatical group of terrorists. He goes on to argue that Christians, especially Catholics, could be held to the same standard for the religious wars in medieval Europe.

“This is all about hate and Islamaphobia,” he writes. “We now have an epidemic of “sunshine patriots” on both the right and the left who are all for freedom, as long as there’s no controversy and nobody is offended. Political demagoguery rules when truth and liberty are ignored.”

The statement, posted on RonPaul.com, in its entirety:


http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/ronpaulgroundzero/2010/08/23/id/368179?s=a...