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>> look, i think this makes democrats uncomfortable to talk about it. but, they may be, the president and bloomberg, may be, i think may be standing in political concrete as pat suggests, with some independent voters who may be key in this election. but i think there's a question about whether what president obama said and president bloomberg side were at least the right thing to do. and when do we stop praising politicians for doing what is right just because it's not politically expedient? i thought the reason everybody's groaning all the time about our politicians is because they're such ha...

Minnesota governor tim pawlenty said that the mosque would degrade or disrespect the site. this is pandering and that goes for harry reid, too. a cnn poll showed that 68% of americans oppose, blah, blah, blah. on and on. this is, though, pat buchanan, this isn't just republicans now, who are pandering on this issue. it's democrats who are pandering on this issue. and i guess you look at the poll numbers, they may be rewarded politically for the pandering. >> well, i think that there's no doubt about it, the right side politically of this issue, in almost any congressional district i can think ...

If it's their private property, the retort, well they let us build a church in mecca? and i just wonder why anybody would hold the united states of america to such a low standard of another country that doesn't allow religious freedom? >> right. >> yeah -- >> i don't get it. >> i think that angers a lot of americans, you know, this will prove our tolerance. we are tolerant. joe, the president has something coming out of the bullpen to rescue him from this episode, and it is the economy. people voting this fall are going to be more interested in their jobs and keeping their homes than they are ...

Words that what harry reid said isn't any different than the sentiment that the president has, it's just that harry reid didn't say it the way the president said it, which is he just went directly, they shouldn't build the mosque there. the president's never used that exact phrase. he almost got there on saturday when he said i wasn't commenting on the wisdom of putting a mosque there. that seemed to be a wink and a nod saying look, i'm not crazy about the idea of putting it there, but i can't sit here and tell a religious group that they can't do it. but again, i'd go back to pat. what harry ...

More clarity on the issue? does that give them a little more, where if they're not in washington, they're not as hypersectionive to all the criticism? or are they getting all these frantic phone calls from camps around the country? look, i guess this does have the feel of something, are we really going to be just talking about it in september and october? and by the way, if we are, isn't that bad news for republicans, because we're not talking about the economy? >> yeah. >> if the republicans are talking about any other issue other than the economy they ought to be sued for malpractice. >> you...