he was told early on that this was a problem. it was a pattern that started developing in texas. do you think he was slow to the punch? i think he was slow to the punch. i think he was slow to the punch. the problem is this. you have a concerted effort that started with 30 republican governors elected and they re on the same sheet of music. that s the key. they re working in unison on this. mike pan mike mike papantonio. i appreciate it. next up, the fallout continues over lowe s pulling ads from the show all american muslim. the mayor of dearborn, michigan, jack o reilly will join me in a moment. the protester is named time magazine s person of the year. jesse lagreca will take a victory lap on this one.
this man collects donations as has terry jones who visited us in the past. these people who are making an issue about disenfranchising muslims from america all have ways that you can donate online, you can use credit cards. i don t know about him, but i know the others do. in other words, this is also a way of supporting themselves. yeah. mayor jack o reilly, i appreciate your time tonight. from dearborn, michigan. i appreciate it so much. you bet. mitt romney is more desperate than ever. he s bragging about getting the endorsement of three time loser and psycho talker superstar christine o donnell. the candidate who babbled, who dabbled, should i say, in witchcraft, is back in the zone.
that s why you re radio talkers. it s good to have you with us. remember to answer tonight s question there at the bottom of the screen. share your thoughts on twitter. @edshow. we want to know what you think. a quick programming note. tomorrow night democratic leader nancy pelosi will be our special guest on this program, the ed show. we ll be talking about the gop obstruction, the democrats plan for 2012 and a whole lot more. join us tomorrow night. we look forward to it. coming up, gingrich may be in big trouble with evangelical voters in iowa. which means he might lose the caucus despite this big surge in the national polls. we ll talk with reverend carey gordon out of iowa on that. the fallout continues after home improvement giant lowe s pulls its ads from a reality show about muslim americans. the mayor of dearborn, michigan, jack o reilly, will be here tonight to response. e are choosing advil. i m keith baraka and i m a firefighter. and it s very physically demanding.
not representative of the entire muslim faith. muslim is defined in all the dictionaries as those who follow islam. and i beg anybody to find an imam in any mosque in this country that believes that sharia should not apply to the people in america. let s turn to dearborn, michigan, mayor, jack o reilly. mr. o reilly, good to have you with us tonight. i appreciate your time. how emotional is this subject in your community and what s the community reaction? well, since it s a continuum of an onslaught that s been going on for some time, we re beginning to, you know, take it in stride in the sense that we understand there are these people out there who are just putting out, and it s been said already, propaganda. things that are to create fear, and then the fear is to get their emotions aroused. it concerns us greatly, but it s becoming something of a fixture
we are so good at calling out right wingers when they operate on fear. why the double standard here. there is no double standard. people died the last time this guy did his number. i m sorry. we must also you don t have extremists. mayor, your thoughts. mayor, first. i want to say, chris, she s not on the ground in our community. yes, the chief was talking but you have to look at the whole context of what he was talking about. what we know is they did a petition. now we had westboro church here at the same site. we didn t have to do anything because three people showed up and they didn t hold them accountable because it didn t present any kind of danger or problem for anyone. but this one was different. westboro church being the group that demonstrates against any funeral of a military person because they don t like gay rights basically. the soldier in that case was not a gay person but used it as an opportunity for a platform. they don t like islam either.