A LITTLE LEXIS-NEXIS WORK

As I noted below, the wingers are trying to pin the fuss about Hannity's mosque on Pres. Obama, who didn't speak on the topic until Friday, August 13th. I searched Faux News transcripts for "Rauf" and "before Aug. 13" and found plenty of evidence that Faux was stirring up trouble well before the President spoke.

On the Thursday before, Hannity even had on known wackjob Pamela Geller:

Fox News Network
August 12, 2010 Thursday
SHOW: FOX HANNITY 9:00 PM EST
Controversial Imam Representing U.S.
BYLINE: Sean Hannity
GUESTS: Pamela Geller, David Lane
SECTION: NEWS; Domestic
LENGTH: 1959 words

GELLER: He should be investigated. Imam Rauf spoke at an event sponsored by a Hizbut Al-Tariya (ph). This is a pan-Islamic revolutionary Muslim -- revolutionary Muslim...

(CROSSTALK)

LANE: Whatever. You're entitled to your opinion. He's entitled to his opinion.

GELLER: ... movement that was banned in many Muslim countries...

LANE: That's called the First Amendment.

GELLER: ... that wants to install a caliphate (ph) court for the world.

LANE: Right. Exactly, Sean. Whatever.

GELLER: The fact that it's named Cordova. Cordova is symbolic of Islamic conquests in the past.

Hannity was also on the case back on May 20, 2010:

Fox News Network
May 20, 2010 Thursday
SHOW: FOX HANNITY 9:00 PM EST
Mosque to be Built Near Ground Zero
BYLINE: Sean Hannity
GUESTS: Deborah Burlingame, Robert Spencer
SECTION: NEWS; Domestic
LENGTH: 1358 words

Faux was pushing this "issue" even in 2009:

Fox News Network
December 21, 2009 Monday
SHOW: THE O'REILLY FACTOR 8:30 PM EST
Controversy Surrounds Ground Zero Mosque/Cultural Center
BYLINE: Laura Ingraham
GUESTS: Daisy Khan
SECTION: NEWS; Domestic
LENGTH: 1048 words