...Chris Christie be the American David Cameron that the GOP so desperately needs? (My emphasis.)The Republican governor of New Jersey chastised Democrats and Republicans for using the proposed Islamic center near the site of the 9/11 terror attack as a "political football," in a sharp departure from members of his own party who are intent on making the so-called "Ground Zero Mosque" an issue in fall election campaigns.
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He included Obama as among the politicians who he scolded for playing politics with the emotional issue and called for tolerance for Muslims.
"We cannot paint all of Islam with that brush. We have to bring people together. And what offends me the most about all this is that it's being used as a political football by both parties. And what disturbs me about the president's remarks is that he is now using it as a political football as well. I think the president of the United States should rise above that."
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