She's ignoring the fact that historically, America's been very welcoming of Muslims, and that this country's Islamic population has been left to flourish in peace. She also overlooks America's long and generous history of aiding Muslims in need around the world, and doing so without question or condition.

But since there's some controversy surrounding the location of a mosque, suddenly we're a nation of ignorant bigots. What she can't or won't see is that the very legitimate controversy isn't born of hatred, it's born of pain.

Her comments really amount to a pot-shot at the Tea Party. Look out 2012, here we come. I suppose she's entitled to express an opinion (a la Juan Williams), just as we're entitled to question her reputation as an objective journalist.