but there are exceptions and we ve seen an extraordinary example just in the last week. the anti-defamation league, one of the important organizations battling prejudice and discrimination has repudiated one of the noxious decisions it s ever made in its long history. in a piece, jonathan greenblatt, the ceo and director of the adl, talked about its position in the mosque. for those who don t recall, this was a proposed institution modelled after the jewish community center in manhattan with the goal of promoting interfaith dialogue and interreligious harmony. it was to be led by the cordoba house in spain and it was led by democracy and human rights. but the project quickly became a
in an opinion piece on cnn.com, the ceo and national director of the adl apologized for the group s opposition to the park 51 islamic community center and mosque. for those who don t recall, this was a proposed institution modelled on the jewish community center in manhattan with the goal of interfaith dialogue and in interreligious community. it was originally named to recall the tolerance in spain. and it was long preached islam is compatible. they used the location a few blocks from the world trade centers to brand it the ground zero mosque and fan the flames of fear and bigotry. there were genuine statesmen like michael bloomberg who delivered a memorable address can on religious freedom in
president trump will have to answer for whatever comes with the change to the health care law. health care s a real opportunity for us to show that trump has really gone back on so many promises that he made during the campaign. this, i think this particular health care bill will go down as one of the great flip-flops in political history. right up there with read my lips, no new taxes. and read my lips, for those who don t recall, george herbert walker bush, a generation ago. many believe that promise broke and cost him a re-election in 1992, opening the door to bill clinton. so putting it in terms of could this sort of test for president trump really ultimately decide his electability in four years, presuming he s running again. it s raising the stakes about something that does matter and impact people s everyday lives. but politically, it s also very contentious right now. as republicans are having to also answer the question about one piece of this. and that s medicate expansio