Ted Olson, Former Bush Solicitor General & Husband Of 9/11 Victim, Backs Obama On Ground Zero Mosque

[laughingliberal]

Ted Olson, former George W. Bush solicitor general, attorney behind the case against California's gay marriage ban, and husband of a woman who died aboard the plane that crashed into the Pentagon on 9/11, said Wednesday that President Obama was right about his analysis of the "Ground Zero Mosque" as a constitutional right protected by the First Amendment.

Olson's wife, conservative commentator and lawyer Barbara Olson, perished on September 11 aboard American Airlines Flight 77, the plane that was hijacked and flown in the Pentagon.

Olson's full statement at link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/18/liz-cheneys-keep-america-_n_686697.html

[napi21]

1. I saw his response on tv when he made it. I have changed my mind

about Ted. I hated his client so much I transferred that hate to his ttornty & I was wrong He's a very good attorney & although still a conservative, he's fair in his judgements. I bet he really pi**ed off a lot of the RW with that statement and on the heels of arguing for gay rights, they've probably disowned him by now!

[laughingliberal]

2. He has surprised me with this and his work on the prop 8 case. His association with, not just Bush,

but also his wife, who was a real RW talker of the Ann Coulter/Laura Ingram ilk, led me to a much different picture of him than we are now seeing.

[napi21]

3. Yes, I remember his wife. Couldn't stnad her either. I guess she didn't

affect him much either.

[roguevalley]

4. if you love the constitution and have a change of heart- death can

do that to you, change all your paradigms- you might want to spend the rest of your life helping people to make up for the stupid you did. could be he is.