If a mosque opens at Ground Zero on 9/11 next year, Obama can kiss the White House goodbye/August 19th 2010.

Richie - My precocious 10 year old grandson, Bob Roberts III, is staying with us and, having declared his intention to become Britain's PM in 2050, I've been probing his opinions on the great issues of the day. As usual he read through your esteemed column with interest. After doing so he scratched his head and said: "Does Littlejohn actually get paid for writing this right-wing nonsense ?" I assured him that as one of the country's foremost intellectuals Lord Littlewon does indeed get paid for his witterings. "Well" said Bob jnr, "as I understand it, the perpetrators of 9/11 were a bunch of authoritarian fanatics. By supporting the building of a mosque at ground zero Obama is merely upholding the sacred principles of Western democratic freedom. And anyway, in the US, religion and the state are seperate. Doesn't Littlejohn know that ?" Before I could answer young Bob had heard the alluring jingle of the ice cream van and run off to spend his pocket money. Kids today, eh Rich ?