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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 761631" data-attributes="member: 12952">Mosque a long shot to be builtWhen President Barack Obama turned the battle over a planned New York&nbsp; Islamic center into a national debate over religious freedom, he&nbsp; unwittingly allied himself and his party with an ill-planned, long-shot&nbsp; development project described by one of its most prominent allies as&nbsp; “amateur hour.”&nbsp;The Cordoba Initiative hasn’t yet begun fundraising for its $100 million&nbsp; goal. The group’s latest fundraising report with the state attorney&nbsp; general’s office, from 2008, shows exactly $18,255 — not enough even for&nbsp; a down payment on the half of the site the group has yet to purchase. &nbsp;The group also lacks even the most basic real estate essentials: no&nbsp; blueprint, architect, lobbyist or engineer — and now operates amid&nbsp; crushing negative publicity. The developers didn&#039;t line up advance&nbsp; support for the project from other religious leaders in the city, who&nbsp; could have risen to their defense with the press. 
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[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 761631, member: 12952"] [B]Mosque a long shot to be built[/B] When President Barack Obama turned the battle over a planned New York Islamic center into a national debate over religious freedom, he unwittingly allied himself and his party with an ill-planned, long-shot development project described by one of its most prominent allies as “amateur hour.” The Cordoba Initiative hasn’t yet begun fundraising for its $100 million goal. The group’s latest fundraising report with the state attorney general’s office, from 2008, shows exactly $18,255 — not enough even for a down payment on the half of the site the group has yet to purchase. The group also lacks even the most basic real estate essentials: no blueprint, architect, lobbyist or engineer — and now operates amid crushing negative publicity. The developers didn't line up advance support for the project from other religious leaders in the city, who could have risen to their defense with the press. [LEFT][COLOR=#000000] Read more: [URL]http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0810/41238.html#ixzz0x5P1HAvC[/URL] [/COLOR][/LEFT] [/QUOTE]

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