And Here Comes the Walk Back

Remember when I said that, "I expect to see him [Obama] walking this back in some manner or another over the next few days, because, after all, that's how he rolls?"

Well, he just walked it back (that was quick):

Speaking to reporters today, President Obama drew a sharp line under his comments last night, insisting that his defense of the right to build a mosque does not mean he supports the project.

"I was not commenting and I will not comment on the wisdom of making the decision to put a mosque there. I was commenting very specifically on the right people have that dates back to our founding," he said.

So, to quote Chris Hayes on Maddow this evening, this is "Supporting the 1^st amendment in principal, but not in practice."

So long as Democrats, and Obama is the head of the Democratic Party in all the ways that matter, are willing to flee in terror of this kind of crap, this poo will continue to be flung.

H/t Digby.