Russell Simmons, founder of the hip-hop label Def Jam, bizarrely and inaccurately claimed during an interview on Wednesday’s Larry King Live on CNN that perpetrators behind the first World Trade Center attack in 1993 were Christians: ” If you’re blaming Muslims for the attack on 9/11, then you need to change your mind. We didn’t- did we blame Christians at the first World Trade attack? We didn’t ” . Host Larry King brought on Simmons to discuss the controversy over the New York City mosque near Ground Zero. He appeared immediately after an interview of New York Governor David Paterson, who attempted to negotiate with the planners behind the mosque in order to get its site moved. King first asked the entrepreneur to respond to the governor’s efforts. He unequivocally supported the proposed worship space: ” We should make every effort not to move it . I think it’s critical that we recognize that we built this country on religious tolerance and on religious freedom. And so, if we want to penalize the two billion Muslims because of the actions of a few, then we have to examine the way we look at each other and all religions. So I think it would be a terrible idea to move the mosque .” Later, during the second segment of the interview, King played a clip of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich expressing his opposition to the proposed mosque, and prompted Simmons to respond. The “hip-hop pioneer,” as the CNN host earlier labeled him, lamented not only the Speaker’s opposition, but the wider opposition to the project in general, and proceeded to make his false claim: SIMMONS: Well, I’m sorry he feels that way. It’s sad in this day and time that Americans who built this country on interfaith respect and dialogue would think that- he could think that, and- I’m sorry, not only that he thinks that, that he has support . It’s very- it’s saddening that we have this kind of belief system….The fact is we were attacked by al Qaeda, and not by Islam, and the fact is, there are hundreds of millions of law-abiding, respectful Muslims, and American Muslims are respectful, and they build this country, and they’re an important part of this country, and if we can’t respect them, then we don’t deserve the respect that we can’t give them. We don’t- in other words what we give to others is what we get for ourselves, and there’s- it’s a terrible state that we’re in, that we can have this kind of discussion. That we’re even talking about this. Again, it was not politicized for years. They’ve been working on this for a long time, and the fact that they’re making- that there is such opposition, and there’s so many people who have lost people in the World Trade [Center], who are supportive of this, and they’re not being promoted. There’s a lot of dialogue about some people are sensitive and who- but, again, like I said, if you are- if you’re blaming Muslims, then you need to change your mind. If you’re blaming Muslims for the attack on 9/11, then you need to change your mind. We didn’t- did we blame Christians at the first World Trade attack? We didn’t, and I think it’s insane and it’s wrong-headed. It creates a negative- cycle of negativity . One wonders if he was thinking about the Oklahoma City bombing, which was perpetrated by a Catholic-turned-agnostic. In any case, the World Trade Center bombing in 1993 was committed by Ramzi Yousef , the nephew of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who was aided by several other Islamic radicals. Yousef later plotted to assassinate Pope John Paul II and blow up several airliners over the Pacific Ocean before he was arrested in Pakistan in 1995. Earlier, the CNN host asked Simmons, “Isn’t there a reasonable solution?” Simmons, who is also a contributor to the left-wing Huffington Post website (where he f irst expressed his support for the mosque ), spouted a series of liberal talking points, not only on the mosque, but on American domestic and foreign policy: SIMMONS: Muslim-Americans and other Americans are fighting to free Muslims. But we’re saying that we can’t have Muslims have a religious center or a community center in the community where two- there are two churches. There’s the holocaust museum- or the Museum of Tolerance, and we can’t have a mosque there. That says something very bad about the state of America today. Even if there’s a discussion- for me, is- it’s hurtful. But the two billion Muslims who are watching us now are being hurt …. The fact is al Qaeda attacked us, not the Muslim religion, and if Islam didn’t attack us, we can’t hold them all accountable, and if someone had- if someone believes that they hold ill will towards the whole Muslim faith because of it, then they’re wrong …. It’s a center that is open to everyone, and I think we should respect their plans. In fact, we should support their plans, and that’s been my opinion, as the chairman of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, and Rabbi Marc Schneier who’s also the chairman of the World Jewish Congress. The whole group of us who promote religious tolerance, who know how important it is, because if we don’t promote religious tolerance, then we could create- we already have created, after 9/11, a very negative reaction, when, in fact, we had our chance to promote world peace. After 9/11, with all the compassion that was given to us, we threw a lot of it away, and I think now is an opportunity for us to turn it around, and promote a relationship with the Islamic world that makes good sense, not one that’s based in fear and ignorance . [H/t: NewsBusters user dronetek ]
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One may think that someone as well connected as long-time Washington correspondent and MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell might also connect the dots. After an unseasonably rough DC winter occurring right in the midst of the ClimateGate scandal, she would be aware of doubt being cast over the idea of manmade global warming. But if you want evidence her mind is made up regardless of any of this, you could detect from her reaction to a report from Politco’s Jim VandeHei that some Republican candidates are using the climate change debate to advance their campaigns. On MSNBC’s Aug. 18 broadcast of “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Mitchell expressed her surprise that candidates would invoke this issue. “Well, you might think that the link between manmade greenhouse gases and global warming is clearly established science, but some Republican candidates are challenging conventional wisdom this year,” Mitchell said. Mitchell went on to play a TV spot from California GOP Senate hopeful Carly Fiorina, blasting incumbent Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., for her stands on global warming as a national security issue, even though many would argue there are other more serious threats on that front. “Fiorina is not alone as Politico reports today,” Mitchell said. “Joining me now is Politico executive editor Jim VandeHei. Jim, I got to tell you – John Kerry, Lindsay Graham and a whole group of retired generals are part of this national security initiative on climate change, so I just don’t completely get it, especially in California. How does this work in a general election campaign in California?” Mitchell was referring to an Aug. 18 Politico story by Darrel Samuelsohn , which she obviously didn’t read because it explained the strategy behind the use of this issue in a campaign. But VandeHei explained to it her and her viewers anyway. “There’s a big block of Republican candidates in California but also elsewhere, in Wisconsin where Rob Johnson is conservative, challenging Russ Feingold,” VandeHei explained. “We see it in New Mexico. We see it in Nevada, these candidates who are really calling into the science behind global warming and also man’s role in causing global warming. This is obviously been a big debate. We had it during the energy debate on Capitol Hill. What is surprising to us is we found a large number of people on the campaign trail sounding like [Sen.] James Inhofe, who has been one of the most unspoken conservatives on this issue on Capitol Hill.” But the source of Mitchell’s confusion: She had thought that former Vice President Al Gore and “all of that” had settled this debate, as his word was final on the issue. “Well in fact, Sharon Angle said that – she said in June that greenhouse gas legislation was based on an unscientific hysteria over the man-caused global warming hoax,” Mitchell said. “It just seems that I thought that after Al Gore and all of that – that it was pretty much a settled issue . You could argue about the economics and the priorities over it, as Lindsay Graham and others have. I didn’t think that they would be arguing this year that it wasn’t settled science.” But as VandeHei said, there’s a group of people that think the issue as been used politically to get certain provisions written into legislation and that climate change created by carbon emissions isn’t the only way the globe’s temperature is impacted, as Wisconsin GOP Senate hopeful Rob Johnson said in an interview published on Aug. 16 in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . “But there’s definitely a group of people who do not think it’s settled science, or at least they think that the science is being exaggerated to make a political case in favor of these caps on carbon emissions as part of the larger energy bill,” VandeHei said. “What you’re seeing now is that the feeling manifested in a lot of the rhetoric during these campaigns. Rob Johnson was very, very clear in this interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, where he said, ‘I don’t buy the science. I don’t buy that argument.’ He said that global warming could just as well be caused by, he pointed up in the sky, by sun spots. It’s just a different view and there’s a lot of conservatives who hold that view.”
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Why does Ed Schultz think Wall Street and “big business” are sitting on $1 trillion in assets? Depends on what week you ask him. Here’s what Schultz said about that during a contentious discussion on July 26 with publisher Mort Zuckerman on MSNBC’s “The Ed Show,” as rebroadcast the following day on Schultz’s radio show ( click here for audio) — ZUCKERMAN: And if you don’t think that the business community doesn’t feel that they’re being, you know, attacked, I’m just telling you, that isn’t the case. They do believe it. SCHULTZ: OK, they may believe that, Mr. Zuckerman … ZUCKERMAN: ‘Cause they are! SCHULTZ: …but credit is tight, money is tight, small businesses getting money is a huge issue, and Wall Street, in my opinion, the bankers, tight with a dollar because they want to see this president fail. ZUCKERMAN: That’s absolute nonsense. SCHULTZ: Well, that’s not nonsense … ZUCKERMAN: That may be your view … Earlier in the interview, Zuckerman said this about hesitancy among business owners to hire more workers after Schultz cited “big time” higher profits for J.P. Morgan and insurance companies ( audio here ) — SCHULTZ: I’m curious, with all of the Wall Street numbers that are out there, J.P. Morgan, their profits up big time, insurance companies are reporting, you know, profits big time again this year. How is that bad for business? How do you see this? ZUCKERMAN: Nobody says that that’s bad for business. Of course it’s not bad for business. And what’s happened to all big companies of America is that they’ve been in a position to significantly reduce their costs. And that, amongst other things, means cutting a lot of jobs in order to do that because they really were very concerned about what was going to happen and what was happening in the economy. A week later, when he was interviewed during his radio show by MSNBC daytime anchor Tamron Hall on Aug. 3, Schultz sang a different tune about “big business” holding tight on $1 trillion in assets — a tune eerily similar to that coming from Zuckerman on July 26 ( audio ) — HALL: I know the president says jobs saved and he says things would have been worse, but still, you’ve got millions of folks out of work who thought that perhaps they would get a boost from the stimulus that they may not see. SCHULTZ: Well, you’ve got a trillion dollars on the sideline right now from big business because they’re afraid of what might happen in the economy , they won’t invest in workers … Alas, the lucidity couldn’t last. Earlier this week, Schultz was interviewed again by Hall during his radio show on Aug. 9 ( audio ) — SCHULTZ: No one can make the case better than President Obama when he talks about what he has been up against when it comes to Boehner and McConnell and this crowd that has just fought him at every way you possibly can. HALL: But the Republicans say all you need to do is ask, where are the jobs, and that shuts down Democrats on the spot. What do you say to that? SCHULTZ: Well, I don’t agree with that. We’re not peeling off 750,000 jobs a month any more, interest rates are great, the table is set for this economy to come roaring back. We’ve got Wall Street that’s sitting on $1.8 trillion worth of assets because they want to see this president fail. …. which Mort Zuckerman ridiculed as “absolute nonsense” — followed a week later by Schultz parroting Zuckerman.
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So much for those Olive Uniacke rumors. Despite being romantically linked to that British party girl, the Harry Potter star tells the latest issue of Out that he’s single. “I was in a relationship with somebody for just about three years, and we broke up just shortly before we hit that mark. But [the breakup] was very amicable. At the moment, I’m just being single and running around chasing girls,” Radcliffe said, laughing. Elsewhere in the interview, Radcliffe makes it clear why he’s the rare child star unaffected by his early fame. How many people his age in general would have the following, mature viewpoints on gay marriage, politics and Hollywood? On Nick Clegg, England’s the Deputy Prime Minister : I’m a very big fan. I’ve actually met him, and I have to say he’s a really, really good man. I don’t agree with everything he says, but of all the party leaders, he was the one I voted for. I thought he was a great speaker and very charismatic and very statesmanlike. And I’m glad that he is still in a prominent position in British politics because I think he could make a great contribution. He comes from absolutely the right place in terms of what his values are. On the growing acceptance of alternative lifestyles : I think that with every generation, people become more open to those ideas and more aware and more educated. But it’s a really, really slow process. If you take any family with parents who are bringing their kids up in a narrow-minded way that includes homophobia, it will take a very profound moment of realization to change those deep-seated views. On recently visiting Hollywood… for the first time : People seem to have a very bizarre perception of me – that I’m a Hollywood actor. I don’t think of myself that way. And when I was out there and telling people it was pretty much my first trip, jaws just hit the floor. They were looking at me like I had two heads. Expect to hear a lot more from Radcliffe as he continues publicity for the November 19 release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows .
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The G-Unit MC will also answer fans’ Twitter questions during Friday’s live stream. By Shaheem Reid Lloyd Banks Photo: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images G-Unit member Lloyd Banks has a new contract. After months of speculation about where his upcoming LP, The Hunger For More 2, would be released, 50 Cent has secured a new distribution deal for the Punch Line King. Banks will announce his new home Friday at 1 p.m. ET on “RapFix Live.” Of course, Banks is still signed to G-Unit, but since the release of his 2006 LP, Rotten Apple, fulfilled his contractual obligation to Interscope, the Southside, Queens, native has been operating as an independent artist. Banks has kept up his profile and his musical releases, dropping the G-Unit album T.O.S. (Terminate On Sight), in 2008, and a myriad of mixtapes, including 2009’s V.5. Banks had a radio and club hit with the Juelz Santana-assisted “Beamer, Benz or Bentley” this spring and he recently completed production on a new single featuring singer Lloyd, titled “Any Girl.” Meanwhile, Banks has been steadily working on the sequel to his 2004 multiplatinum fan favorite, The Hunger For More. “It takes people back,” he said about putting out sequel LPs. “Especially with Twitter and stuff like that, you talk directly to your fans and they’ll tell you what they want to hear. They want that old thing back. Not as far as the music, but the drive. Fans want to see you excited about hip-hop.” Banks said that during a talk with 50 Cent, the Unit’s general told him that HFM2 has to be a timeless project. “He said, ‘You know what you gotta do. You got to make a part two to that record and make another classic,’ ” Banks recalled. The G-Unit’s new distribution deal will just be for Banks and Tony Yayo. 50 still has one more record he owes under the terms of his Shady/Aftermath contract at Interscope. In addition to tuning in to hear the MC’s HFM2 announcement, fans can tweet @MTVNews with the hashtag #rapfixlive and Sway will sift through questions to ask Banks during their chat. Viewers can also upload questions to Your.MTV.com . Catch Lloyd Banks on “RapFix Live” on Friday at 1 p.m. ET! Related Artists Lloyd Banks G-Unit
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‘Ye also reveals during Hot 97 chat that Jay-Z-featuring ‘Power’ remix is due Friday. By Shaheem Reid Kanye West Photo: Dominique Charriau/WireImage In an interview Wednesday (August 11) with New York hip-hop station Hot 97, Kanye West played new music, gave Nicki Minaj accolades and revealed a few nuggets of news to host Angie Martinez. The first revelation: West will put out a remix of “Power” featuring Jay-Z on Friday. He also hinted that his still-untitled upcoming LP will drop November 16, revealing a track from the album called “See Me Now,” which features Beyonce and Charlie Wilson and was produced by Lex Luger, No ID and West himself. Other producers confirmed for the album are Q-Tip, Pete Rock and the RZA. What were West’s requirements for potential producers? “People with that intangible sound. People that everybody copied. The originators. That’s what my thing is: quality. What is the best of the best?” Later in the interview, Kanye said Young Money star Nicki Minaj could be one of the greatest hip-hop stars ever. “This is gonna be such a big statement, and such a big thing to fill: The scariest artist right now is definitely Nicki Minaj. I think she has the most potential to be the number-two rapper of all time. Nobody’s gonna be bigger than Eminem.” When asked what being the “number-two rapper of all-time” meant, he said, “Everything! Having a whole network one day. Everything that comes with it.” He also confirmed that Nicki is on his album, as is G.O.O.D. Music artist Kid Cudi. The Louis Vuitton Don named Cudi, Drake, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne as the MCs making a major impact right now. Do you agree that Eminem and Nicki Minaj could be the two biggest rappers ever? If not, who do you think could fill those slots? Share your thoughts in the comments! Related Artists Kanye West Beyonce Jay-Z Nicki Minaj
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CNN’s Rick Sanchez bizarrely wondered on Tuesday’s Rick List whether investigating the funding behind the planned mosque near Ground Zero would lead to investigations into Catholic and/or Mormon funding: ” If you start going into who is giving money …you’ve got to go to Rome and s tart asking where the money is going into Rome ….and you have to go the Mormons and ask … what are they doing with their money? Sanchez posed that vaguely morally relativistic question as he interviewed former New York Governor George Pataki during the prime-time edition of his program 14 minutes into the 8 pm Eastern hour. Before bringing on his guest, the CNN anchor inquired whether the opponents of the proposed Islamic center/mosque had become extreme: ” Are those against this Islamic center/mosque in New York City going too far these days? I want to you decide as you look at this new ad that’s going to be running on city buses in New York. On one side, as you look at this, you will see that there’s a picture of a mosque- on the other side, a shot of a plane that’s slamming into the Twin Towers, and it poses this question: why there? The ad is being sponsored by a group that’s called The American Freedom Defense Initiative.” After noting former New York City Mayor Ed Koch and current mayor Michael Bloomberg’s support for the mosque, Sanchez introduced Pataki and first asked him, “Why are they [Koch and Bloomberg] wrong and why are you right?” After the Republican explained his opposition, the anchor gave his first hint to his later Catholic/Mormon question: ” Once you start telling someone you can’t worship here because it affects the sensibilities or sensitivities of someone else, you’re starting to go down a slippery slope, and then a lot of people would ask- well, which religion is next? Who else are we going to not let worship where they want, how they want?” Pataki disputed Sanchez’s point and added that “the imam in charge, Imam Rauf…has refused to condemn Hamas as a terrorist organization…We also know that he has said, after September 11th, that those attacks were in part a result of American policies.” The CNN anchor then pressed his point with his “asking where the money is going into Rome” question. The two spent the bulk of the rest of the segment arguing over the mosque funding question. Near the end of the interview, however, Sanchez seemed to endorse colleague Fareed Zakaria’s recent claim that Imam Rauf was actually an enemy of Islamism : “We see that Feisal Abdul Rauf has been called ‘al Qaeda’s worst nightmare’- in fact by Fareed Zakaria, just this weekend on his show, because, according to Fareed and according to documents that we have seen- this guy sounds to me like he truly believes in American democracy, and he’s on the record saying that he wants all Muslims to repudiate extremists.” Pataki replied, “He may be rejecting violence. I don’t know that’s the case, when he refuses to renounce Hamas as a terrorist organization. Why will he not do that?” The full transcript of Rick Sanchez’s interview of George Pataki on Tuesday’s Rick’s List: SANCHEZ Are those against this Islamic center/mosque in New York City going too far these days? I want to you decide as you look at this new ad that’s going to be running on city buses in New York. On one side, as you look at this, you will see that there’s a picture of a mosque- on the other side, a shot of a plane that’s slamming into the Twin Towers, and it poses this question: why there? The ad is being sponsored by a group that’s called The American Freedom Defense Initiative. It has set off controversy and lawsuits in New York, and has some pretty big names Tweeting in to ‘Rick’s List’ about this. As a matter of fact, let’s go to the Twitter board. These are tweets I got today. Look who watches ‘Rick’s List’ and decided to send us a Tweet. ‘It is wrong to use the government to stop construction of a mosque where a church or synagogue would be permissible.’ That’s Ed Koch, former mayor of New York. So, that’s what the ex-mayor says. Look, let’s ask the present mayor what he says as well. Take that, if you would. NEW YORK CITY MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG: Whatever you may think of the proposed mosque and community center, lost in the heat of the debate has been a basic question: should government attempt to deny private citizens the right to build a house of worship on private property, based on their particular religion? That may happen in other countries, but we should never allow it to happen here. SANCHEZ: So those are two mayors, and now a former governor. George Pataki is good enough to joins us live. Mr. Governor, thanks so much for being with us, sir. We appreciate your time. FORMER NEW YORK GOVERNOR GEORGE PATAKI : Thank you, Rick- nice being with you. SANCHEZ: Why are they wrong and why are you right? PATAKI: Well, I don’t think it’s a question of religious freedom. You just had your chart where you showed that New York has over 230 mosques, the most in America, and we are certainly a very tolerant society. In this city alone, New York City, there are over 100 mosques. So, it’s not the question of building a mosque. The question is, what is this facility going to be? Who is behind it? How are they funding it? And I think that until those questions are answered, it’s absolutely wrong. And it’s not just a local community neighborhood mosque. This is a facility that’s going to rise 13 to 15 stories high, that’s going to cost $100 million, and we don’t know where that’s coming from. And in the- and what they claim is that it’s in the name of showing respect. Well, out of sensitivity to those of us who care so strongly about the memory of September 11th, why that site? And, Rick, there’s another development today. SANCHEZ: Okay. PATAKI: Governor Paterson just said he would look- if they were willing to look for another site, he would look to use the state to find a more appropriate site further from Ground Zero. It’s, in fact, what they want to do- SANCHEZ: But, Governor, if this is a constitutional issue, which most people would agree it is- I mean, you come to this country- PATAKI: I don’t- SANCHEZ: And one of the reasons we’re different from them is that we have the right to worship wherever it is we want. Once you start telling someone you can’t worship here because it affects the sensibilities or sensitivities of someone else, you’re starting to go down a slippery slope, and then a lot of people would ask- well, which religion is next? Who else are we going to not let worship where they want, how they want? PATAKI: Rick, I don’t think that’s the case at all. It’s not a question of not allowing people to worship. It’s a question of why this site- where is the funding coming from for this site? We have a right to know that. It will be a registered charity, and they’re required to disclose their funding. They haven’t done that. And in this particular case, the imam in charge, Imam Rauf- we don’t know much about him, but we know some things. One is that he has refused to condemn Hamas as a terrorist organization, although our government has done that. We also know that he has said, after September 11th, that those attacks were in part a result of American policies, which I reject completely- SANCHEZ Yeah, but let me tell you- but let me tell you- let me tell you, Governor- PATAKI: One of the reason we were attacked is because we do believe in freedom of speech. And- wait: if this is a legitimate house of worship, why aren’t they willing to work with officials, like the governor, and find a more appropriate site, as opposed to doing something that is deliberately, in my view, provocative to those of us who hold the memory of September 11 so reverently- SANCHEZ: You’ve raised some interesting questions and made some excellent points. But the question goes back to who this imam is. And also, if you start going into who is giving money to whom- I mean, then you have to go to my church. I mean, you’ve got to go to Rome and start asking where the money is going into Rome. PATAKI: Yeah (unintelligble)- SANCHEZ: And you have to go the Mormons and ask them-well, what are they doing with their money? I mean, that too becomes a problematic area to go, when it comes to the people’s right to worship constitutionally in this country, does it not? PATAKI: Rick, I disagree with you on that completely, as well. We have a right to know, with a charity, registered in the State of New York, where the funds are coming from, and if they are coming from Iran- if they are coming from Hamas- if they are coming from supporters of terrorism- obviously, this is something that we should be able to factor into whether or not the mosque should be there. SANCHEZ: But this is not- PATAKI: We don’t know the answer to these questions. SANCHEZ: But this is not a charity, Governor. This is a religion, and a religion is different than a charity. Constitutionally speaking, it’s got to be different (unintelligible), does it not? PATAKI: They are subject to the same disclosure laws. It’s not a question of the Constitution. No one is saying that we are looking to deny any Islam- any Muslim- freedom of speech- freedom of the ability to carry out their religion. What we’re saying is that this mega-facility, 13 to 15 stories high- we have a right- particularly, when they are looking to build this so close to Ground Zero- to know who are people behind it, what is the motivation behind it. Is this going to be an Islamist institution- SANCHEZ: All right. Well, let’s talk- PATAKI: That teaches intolerance and teaches violence against America? We don’t have to tolerate that, and we should not tolerate that. SANCHEZ: No, sir. Those are excellent questions, and they should be asked, and you’re absolutely right- PATAKI: And they should be answered. SANCHEZ: And I think everything [sic] in America would probably agree with you. But if you look at some of the facts on the ground right now- we see that Feisal Abdul Rauf has been called ‘al Qaeda’s worst nightmare’- in fact by Fareed Zakaria, just this weekend on his show, because, according to Fareed and according to documents that we have seen- this guy sounds to me like he truly believes in American democracy, and he’s on the record saying that he wants all Muslims to repudiate extremists. It sounds, just from that- I know there could be other sides to the story- but it sounds just from that like this is the type of Muslims that we Americans should embrace, doesn’t it? PATAKI: We should be embracing Muslims, but do you know if he’s an Islamist or not? He may be rejecting violence. I don’t know that’s the case, when he refuses to renounce Hamas as a terrorist organization. Why will he not do that? But is he an Islamist who believes that the Islamic community should work to impose Sharia law, not just on their members, but on the country with whom- wherein they live? We don’t know the answer to these questions, and until we do, I think we have every right to say that this might not simply be a neighborhood house of worship. This might be something aimed at a more political agenda, in which case, not only do we have the right, I think we have an obligation to protect the memory of those who died on September 11th. SANCHEZ: This has been an excellent interview, and I’m so glad that you had a chance to come on and share this perspective with us tonight. Former Governor George Pataki of New York- thank you, sir, for giving us a chance to hear this perspective. We appreciate it. PATAKI: Thank you, Rick- nice being on with you.
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Zac Efron covers the latest issue of Details . Inside the magazine, the actor dishes on how happy he is with Vanessa Hudgens , while also surprising us with the actor of whom he’s jealous. Check out excerpts below: On being a player in Hollywood : “I think a lot of guys would enjoy that. But I’m not really like that… it’s not in my heart. [My relationship] is exactly how it should be. It’s real.” On learning to drive a motorcyle… from Tom Cruise : “I don’t even want to know [why he offered to teach me]. It’s just so cool that he gave a shit, the fact that he cared at all. No one else did that.” On Shia LaBeouf’s attitude : “That’s awesome to not give a shit. And Shia pulls it off. I’m so jealous of that. That’s so cool. It’s just awesome. It just comes easy to some people.” SEE MORE OF ZAC IN THE VIDEO INTERVIEW BELOW. Details Interview
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Chris Matthews on Friday actually asked a GOP Congressman if Republicans oppose President Obama because of his race. On the 5PM installment of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” Matthews brought on Rep. Bob Inglis, the Congressman from South Carolina who easily lost his primary fight in June to Tea Party candidate Trey Gowdy and has been badmouthing his Party ever since. Early in the conversation, Matthews asked, “What is it that`s gotten into your Party`s water supply, the Republican Party`s water supply, that makes them strangely hostile to the president, not just against his policies, but personally? Is it race?” Fixated on racial conspiracy theories, the “Hardball” host later in the interview asked, “If we had about a million Heide Klums trying to cross the border, the Mexican border of the United States, you know, the gorgeous blond from Germany or whatever, do you think that would be a problem with immigration right now, or is it really just ethnic?” (video follows with partial transcript and commentary): CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Welcome back to HARDBALL. After voting for TARP and telling voters not to listen to Glenn Beck too much, South Carolina Republican Congressman Bob Inglis was outvoted in his primary this year. Now he`s offering up some very honest advice for his party and some very scary stories from his time on the trail. Here`s how Mr. Inglis described one campaign donor meeting to David Corn at “Mother Jones” — quote — “They say, `Bob, what don`t you get? Barack Obama is a socialist, communist, Marxist, who wants to destroy the American economy, so he can take over as dictator. Health care is part of that, and he wants to open up the Mexican border and turn the United States into a Muslim nation.`” Congressman Inglis joins us tonight from Greenville, South Carolina. Well, that was a funny conversation. Somebody actually thought that the Muslims would be pouring over the Mexican border. The Rio Grande protects us from Islam. These people have got a problem. (LAUGHTER) REP. BOB INGLIS (R), SOUTH CAROLINA: I guess so. It`s — I think it`s generally not seen as a Muslim nation, but — Mexico isn`t. MATTHEWS: Well, what is — what is — let`s talk about the conspiracy theories. What is it that`s gotten into your party`s water supply, the Republican Party`s water supply, that makes them strangely hostile to the president, not just against his policies, but personally? Is it race? Later in the conversation, Matthews actually said the following: MATTHEWS: I can`t resist asking this. I got to ask this question. If we had about a million Heide Klums trying to cross the border, the Mexican border of the United States, you know, the gorgeous blond from Germany or whatever, do you think that would be a problem with immigration right now, or is it really just ethnic? The people from a different ethnic background. If Heidi Klum, by the million, was trying to cross the border, I figure a lot of guys would be down there welcoming her personally. What`s your view? I want to make this a little ludicrous because I think it`s obvious it`s ethnic. And I want people just to admit it. So, in Matthews’ distorted view, Republicans oppose Obama’s policies because of his race, and Americans that are against illegal immigration only feel this way because those coming across the border are Mexican. And this guy has his own show on a cable news network. Tough to believe, isn’t it?
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