Says it all...

The Pledge of Allegiance at Ground Zero after the announcement that terror leader Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces...

"An affront..."

Howard Dean...

Earlier today, David Goodman - my colleague/producer-engineer on the John Batchelor Show, scored a major coup with his interview of former Vermont Gov./Democratic presidential candidate/Dem party chieftain, Dr. Howard Dean.

Mind you, it's not hard to get Dean to talk. Give him a soapbox and this guy can make the guys from the Lincoln-Douglas debates look like pikers. So an interview with Dean ain't that big of a deal.

But Goodman, the host of WABC-AM 77's "Goodman to Go," scored because he asked the right question at the right time. He asked Dean what he thought of the current controversy over the Cordoba House mosque/facility at Ground Zero.

Here's what Dean said:

Dean called the Cordoba plan "a real affront to people who lost their lives" and he rightfully called for a compromise.

Looking south from the Empire State Building, pre-9/11...

As Dean points out, this isn't about trying to quash Islam in any way. This is about asking the mosque proponents to compromise...to be sensitive...to think about what Ground Zero means.

Bravo Dr. Dean (and Mr. Goodman).

The World Trade Center today - a stark reminder...

The question about Ground Zero...

...is not, "Should they be allowed to build a mosque?"

It is, "Should it be built -there?"

Forget the politics, people trying to pour salt into a collective wound or even the right of the project's proponents to build the Cordoba House at Ground Zero. (And yes, because the structure that will house the Cordoba House was damaged by wreckage from the a plane that hit the World Trade Center it is at Ground Zero...)

Let's ask the victims, the survivors, the family members left behind and the eyewitnesses to the horrors of September 11, 2001, what they think of the idea...

Harry Reid: U.S. Senate Majority Leader and...

...the best friend the GOP ever had?

If he's not opposing his president on the Ground Zero mosque issue, he's making speeches against bestowing citizenship on "anchor babies" born to illegal aliens. (Sure, it was a while ago but that's not going to stop the GOP from making hay with it...)

Late add/bonus Harry Reid (D-NV) material: from Ed Driscoll over at PajamasMedia some examples at the Senate leader's more memorable gaffes (and there are a lot to choose from):

The Top Ten Harry Reid quotes!

Number 10: Get this man a Claritin!

Number 9: The Peasants are Revolting!

Number 8, Beware the Evil-mongers!

Number 7: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs.

Number 6: The Senator as psychiatrist.

Number 5: Newspaper jobs saved or created!

Number 4: Harry Supports the Troops.

Number 3: Beltway Babies Say Goodnight.

Number 2: When Harry met Barry.

And after that racial epithet, Harry doubles down! Which brings us to The Number one quote from the Harry Reid super gaffe-o-matic 76 machine: Harry stands up for diversity and freedom of choice: “I don’t know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could be a Republican. Do I need to say more?”

Add Reid (from Taegan Goddard's "Political Wire"): A new Rasmussen survey in Nevada shows Sen. Harry Reid (D) in a dead heat with challenger Sharron Angle (R) in the U.S. Senate race with both getting 47% support.