Roy Blunt: Building NYC Mosque Is Just As Offensive As Dr. Laura Dropping The N-Word (AUDIO)

Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), who is running for the state's U.S. Senate seat against Democrat Robin Carnahan, yesterday went on The McGraw Show on St. Louis' KTRS and condemned plans to build an Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero by saying it was "just as inappropriate" as the racial tirade that recently cost Dr. Laura her radio show.

Rep. Blunt: There are lots of things that the constitution allows you to do that you shouldn't do. You can say lots of things in our country, and a lot of them shouldn't be said. In fact, some big radio personality just had to cancel her, end her 20 year radio career because she said things that were constitutionally okay to say, but highly inappropriate, and the mosque is also just as inappropriate.

Listen to the interview:

Last week, Blunt's campaign also received national attention for putting up an ad criticizing Carnahan for not opposing the Islamic cultural center. Her words were played over an image of the smoldering World Trade Center. After a St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter inquired about the ad, the campaign immediately took it down and explained it "didn't reflect the right tone." Another ad eventually went up that had pictures of Carnahan with President Obama instead. We contacted Blunt's campaign for comment/clarification on his remarks, but we did not hear back.

Comments

[Keith Reavis]

07:27 PM on 10/18/2010

Attention my fellow Missouri residents. Do you really want a man like this representing you? Robin is closing the gap in the polls. Interesting note, it is mostly men who are against her.Sort of sad so many Missouri men are afraid to elect someone based on their genitals. Silly me, I thought my state of residence had matured to a point that this was no longer an issue. Prove me wrong, vote for Robin Carnahan.

[Martin Aparijo]

01:46 AM on 09/11/2010

It never ceases to amaze me how uneducated and idiotic many of our politicians end up being.

The proposed building is not a mosque! It is called The Park 51 Islamic Interfaith Center. It is about unity, reconciliation and peaceful coexistence ...the cornerstone of the spirit of New York.

I just found this link ...a group has printed up an "I Love The Mosque" shirt with a statement explaining themselves:

http://sparrowmedia.net/

Pretty bold move in my opinion!

[Muslimhumanist]

09:00 AM on 08/28/2010

I earlier had a comment removed from here and I cannot figure out why so I will try again. I merely stated that this Blunt's statement is so clearly offensive that is doesn't deserve comment....and it is made worse by the fact he in running for Senate.

How is that abusive? I still hold it to be true and actually civil....

Peace to All

[1BurningMan]

08:55 AM on 08/27/2010

Robin, you're down 8 pts in the polls and my favorite poll - Nate Silver's 538 - has a republican victory scored as a 93% chance. You need to start working harder to beat this loon.
Here's some freebie advice. Don't just keep going after Blunt. Go after all republicans and especially the Tea Party whackos. Scare people by what electing another republican into office will mean when TP candidates do a hostile take over of the GOP. Blunt will be forced by the newly installed TPGOP to vote in line with legislation to ban abortion, texts books in public schools teaching only creationism. That SSI will be abolished alongside the EPA, Dept. of Education, total deregulation of the financial markets and all industry. That all non-christians will have to wear an armband and relocate to special camps for re-education into the indoctrined faith, or face imprisonment, or execution. That books will be put on a blacklist and outlawed. Mandatory faith rallies. Monthly home inspections. Miranda rights revoked.
Really, Robin, use their own tactics against them because it seems to be working right now for them.

[Hardyman1966]

03:00 PM on 08/26/2010

Just when I'm convinced it is mathematically impossible for us to look any more stupid in this country, I am proven wrong. Again.

[Jonathan Ashley]

01:45 PM on 08/26/2010

I do not listen to Dr. Laura, but I find it offensive that Amanda Terkel has twisted the facts to promote her agenda. She wrote, "...the racial tirade that recently cost Dr. Laura her radio show."

The "tirade" did not cost Laura Schlessinger her radio show. It is still on the air and will be until her contract expires in December. She has chosen not to extend her contract because she is tired of not being able to exercise her right to free speech - the exact same free speech right that allows Terkel to distort the facts in the above blog.

I suggest those who comment on this drivel spend some time discussing an issue that actually affects all of our lives - the economy.

Watch "The Secret of Oz" and focus on something that really matters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D22TlYA8F2E

[StevenM]

02:41 PM on 08/26/2010

Re: She has chosen not to extend her contract because she is tired of not being able to exercise her right to free speech

You need a basic civil lesson. No one has infringed upon her right to free speech. Criticism when one says something stupid is not infringment. The "right to free speech" means that that the government is limited in its power to tell people what they can or cannot say. Unless the FCC fines Dr. Laura, and it hasn't, you are completely off the mark in this issue.

[hagagaga]

01:21 PM on 08/26/2010

I'm a fan of non sequiturs, but this is just stupid.

[Discomustachio]

01:07 PM on 08/26/2010

But what if she said the N Word NEAR the radio....would it be more equal then?

[IcedTee63]

12:32 PM on 08/26/2010

Seriously are all Republicans this clueless?

[ShellyintheWest]

12:12 PM on 08/26/2010

Touche!

[allm]

12:09 PM on 08/26/2010

Even with all the stupid hateful things Republicans are saying, and the truely off-the-wall candidates they are choosing, the conventional wisdom of the MSM is that Republicans will win overwhelmingly this November. They claim the right is far more energized than the Democrats, because the left is soooo mad at Obama and the Dems in Congress, that they will stay home this fall.

Let's give them all a BIG surprise! Let's vote in huge numbers and send these new ultra-righties back under the rocks they came from, and then turn our attention to making this country a far better place for everyone.

[angelrubes]

12:07 PM on 08/26/2010

Translation: Arab Muslims = "N" words.

DISGUSTING!!!!

Note: I used to hear when I was growing up, "to white folks no matter what you do, or who you are, you will always only be a "N" word to them." I hated to believe that, and for the most part I don't. However this certainly brought that "old saying" to mind. Sad, sad, sad. Sad, for America.

[NEWSWOMAN]

04:53 PM on 08/28/2010

Angelrubes, that is true for some whites, particularly Reps. They don't like to see a black family in the white house and are doing everything in their power to see Obama is defeated. They refuse to admit they are racists, but, remember these are the dixiecrats who went republican when the civil rights act was passed. They want life to be like it was in the 50s, when black people were more in the background and were hardly seen on TV. Remember, Sammy Davis, Jr. could entertain in the casinos of Las Vegas but he couldn't gamble there. It might offend white people! Conservatives are people who don't want change and they are fearful of it.

[angelrubes]

10:14 AM on 08/29/2010

You are so correct! And the analogy of Sammy Davis Jr., is spot on! Thanks, and thanks again!

[Glenda Sitnek]

11:47 AM on 08/26/2010

I guess my first comment on Blunt didn't past muster with the censors. Probably hit too close to home.

[haval2]

11:14 AM on 08/26/2010

The pandering piece of garbage called Blunt.

[TeraWatt60]

10:12 AM on 08/26/2010

Roy Blunt and the Conservatrash are ,from their perspective, correct! The building of Cordoba House is as offensive as Dr. Laura's N-word rant....of course, what they don't say is they find NOTHING offensive about the N-word since privately they use it all the time, just like they find nothing offensive about Cordoba House beyond it usefulness to distract from the total lack of ideas and decency that they represent as Conserva/Bagger/licans