Sinister Ball

Reid: Forget Ground Zero -- 'The Mosque Should Be Built Some Place Else' | TPMDC

What a profile in courage! What a worm.

I’ve tried really hard to keep a cool head for the past two years — to recognize that change is usually incremental, that the Senate rules make certain things impossible, that as much as I would like to see Republicans get poked in the eyes and elbowed in the ribs, it wouldn’t solve anyone’s real problems.

And I’ve tried extra-hard to remember that fake issues like the “ground zero” “mosque” (which is neither a mosque nor at ground zero) exist only to give the media something to talk about and whip up the party faithful, who are immune to reason anyway. (The so-called real Americans that we hear so much about don’t watch cable news and damn sure don’t read political blogs.)

However. However. There is a point when failing to stand up and say that the latest horrifying (and horrifyingly stupid) right-wing talking point goes beyond gross expediency and becomes a kind of complicity. Anyone who budges even a millimeter  in accommodating this “ground zero” “mosque” slimefest is beneath contempt.

(EDIT: I should clarify that I am not “disappointed” to hear this from Reid — this type of cowardice is totally in character for him.)