Quote of the Day

"I think that is the ultimate insensitivity. Anyone looking at that with any common sense would say, "what in the world would be doing fostering some type of system that would let this happen." Everybody knows America's built on the rights of free expression, the rights to practice your faith, but come on. The World Trade Centers were brought down by Islamic extremists, uh, radicals who were bent on killing Americans and accomplished that in unimaginable ways. I think it is the height of insensitivity, uh, and unreasonableness to allow for the construction of a mosque on the site of the World Trade Center bombings. I mean, come on."

Rep. Eric Cantor

Republicans are in full xenophobia mode over the Cordoba Initiative mosque being built near Ground Zero.

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf is the religious leader of the Cordoba Initiative. Abdul Rauf has long advocated better relations between the United States and the Muslim community. Abdul Rauf has been sent to the Middle East by the Bush and Obama administrations to spread the message that the United States supported freedom of Islamic expression. Cantor's ignorant comment shows many in American politics place fearmongering over religious freedom.

The hysterical thing is Cantor admits that Cordoba Initiative has a right to be open and then dismisses his own argument with "but come on." What an intellectual heavyweight.