President Obama couldn't bring himself to observe the National Day of Prayer, or spend time with the Boy Scouts of America, but God forbid, he couldn't miss the Muslim Iftar Ramadan dinner, or pass up a chance to praise an Islamic center a stone's throw away from Ground Zero.
He later backed down –– a bit.
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