David Patterson Caves to Bigots

Count Gov. David Patterson as those caving in to the intolerant rants against the Ground Zero mosque. Patterson is willing to give state land to the Cordoba House if it is moved farther away from Ground zero.

"Frankly, if the sponsors were looking for property anywhere at a distance that would be such that it would accommodate a better feeling among the people who are frustrated, I would look into trying to provide them with the state property they would need," Paterson said at a Manhattan press conference.

The Atlantic blogger Jeffery Goldberg notes, "Feisal Abdul Rauf, is an enemy of al Qaeda, no less than Rudolph Giuliani and the Anti-Defamation League are enemies of al Qaeda." That won't stop the anti-religious rants of Joe Lieberman John McCain or Sarah Palin from anti-Islanic attacks. Republicans have spents the last decade being wrong about national security issues. Even the Bush administration never publicly disrespected American Muslims at this level.