Pelosi was right. Neocon Frank Gaffney behind anti-mosque 'Coalition to Honor Ground Zero'

[flpoljunkie]

Anti-Mosque Coalition’s Website Owned By Neo-Conservative Islamophobe Frank Gaffney



Last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) called for “transparency” about who is funding the ugly attacks against the construction of a proposed Islamic community center near Ground Zero in New York City. “There is no question there is a concerted effort to make this a political issue by some. And I join those who have called for looking into how is this opposition to the mosque being funded,” she told KCBS radio.

Naturally, right-wing opponents of the mosque blasted Pelosi for the comments, claiming the opposition is an organic, spontaneous uprising of concerned Americans. However, the coalition leading the charge against the mosque, the Coalition to Honor Ground Zero, appears to be funded by a major neo-conservative advocacy group, with deep-pocketed donors, and extensive connections to the conservative establishment. As Glenn Greenwald noted, the coalition’s website StopThe911Mosque.com is registered to the Center for Security Policy, a neo-conservative think tank and advocacy group run by Reagan defense official and far-right hawk Frank Gaffney.

The coalition’s partners include a who’s who of far-right pundits, politicians, and neo-conservative advocacy groups, such as Keep America Safe, the attack group formed by Liz Cheney and hawkish Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol. Another coalition partner is 911FamiliesForAmerica.org, a group run by Tim Sumner and Debra Burlingame, who also happens to be a founding board member of Keep America Safe.

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http://thinkprogress.org/2010/08/24/gaffney-mosque-website/

[Botany]

1. A founder of PNAC

http://www.newamericancentury.org/statementofprinciples.htm

[zulchzulu]

6. That's all you need to know about Gaffnoid n/t

[jobycom]

2. With all that money backing them

couldn't they spend some on sign proofreaders?

[OHdem10]

3. Did you see Ron Paul's profound statement on the Mosque Situation.

He also said NeoCons are behind this Mosque Hullabaloo.
(Their need to keep wars flaring in ME and Asia.)

[flpoljunkie]

4. I did. Ron Paul has several positions with which I agree. This is one.

[tabatha]

5. This man has mental problems.

He is utterly despicable.

[Honeycombe8]

7. Pelosi's problem is...it's folks on the left, too, who are uneasy about the location.

Most people in the country (60% or more I heard a poll quoted) question the location.

The Repubs are using the controversy for fund raising and to divide the Dems, for sure. As well as trying to steal Jewish votes from the Democrats (you DO know that the GOP is in the process of turning the Democratic Jewish vote into the Republican Jewish vote?) Plus they may also be truly adamant about the location of the mosque.

But many on the left question the location, as well.

That's Pelosi's problem with "identifying" the funding in the opposition. The funding may have been identified for one group. The other opposition...they're not really a group. And they're not funded.

[catgirl]

8. Pelosi's problem is...??

No. Pelosi called out the funders and they were found. And Pelosi was right. There is NO problem
with calling out these RW bigots.

[depakid]

9. Pelosi's about the only decent leader in a position of power that the Democrats have at the moment

which may be one reason why her leadership is the most threatened.

[tsuki]

11. A poll? You still believe polls? Most people I know don't give a flip.

Polls are no longer valid.

[BeyondGeography]

10. A depressing and demoralizing person...Just look at that photo