that catholicism was embraced no, not necessarily embraced. but catholicism was not going to bar us from any opportunities and our rights would not be subject to people s prejudice and bigotry against catholics. this is the same issue, michael. it s no different. but the president on saturday morning, when he uses the word wisdom, when he says, and i m paraphrasing, note that i ve not weighed in on the wisdom of building the mosque in close proximity to ground zero, i think by implication he s questioning the wisdom. you wouldn t say that he s practicing demagoguery. he s not practicing demagoguery. there s a difference between demagoguery going out to divide and cowardice falling for it. i m not praising the president here. i praised him friday night. i don t know why he said what he said saturday. i know theoretically there s a difference. it s a local issue, blah, blog, blah. but the fact is, these people have a right. there s already a mosque a few blocks away. should we clos
irish immigrants. my earliest political memories are about john f. kennedy s win and the thrill that my parents and grandparents had that our people were finally fully accepted. that catholicism was embraced no, not necessarily embraced. but catholicism was not going to bar us from any opportunities and our rights would not be subject to privilege and bigotry. but the president on saturday morning, when he uses the word wisdom, when he says, and i m paraphrasing, note that i ve not weighed in on the wisdom of building the mosque, i think by implication he s questioning the wisdom. you wouldn t say that he s practicing demagoguery. he s not practicing demago e demagoguery. there s a difference between demagoguery and cowards falling for it. i m not praising the president here. i praised him friday night. i don t know why he said what he said saturday. i know flst a difference.