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talk. he ll bring the straight talk here in the bottom of the hour. and glenn beck and sarah palin are restoring dishonor in my opinion to psychoduo are taking their circus to alaska. palin said there s no better way to commemorate 9/11 anniversary than to be paid for it? it s disgusting. that s coming up. this is the story obviously that has me fired up tonight. it s all about this crazy pastor in florida. pastor terri jones just announced he will cancel his koran burning event. he says he made the decision because the imam associated with the controversial plan to build the islamic center here in new york near ground zero will move the mosque. the american people do not want the mosque there. and, of course, muslims do not want us to burn the koran. the imam has agreed to move the mosque. we have agreed to cancel our event on saturday. and on saturday, i will be flying up there to meet with him. all right, all right. time-out. folks, you can t believe a word t ....
The guy. the three people you mentioned have they done anything as outlandish as offer up to burn the koran? could you talk with some people about that. my point is he s a publicity hound. you re the one that said it. i m talking to you about it. i m not trying to associate them with the koran thing. they re publicity hounds and love a camera. why give him what he wants. that s all i m saying. he does have a congregation of only 50 people. it seems that the conservatives don t seem to be denouncing him too much after supporting the troops, saying they support the troops when general petraeus and others have said this puts our troops in danger. that s the hook, isn t it? ed. may i jump in? what i think you ve got going on is selective concern for the welfare of our soldiers. you remember a few years ago, it was cindy sheehan who held a protest against the iraq war and the reasons that we went in wa which as we all know now were unfounded and you had right wing ....
That there are domestic enemies in congress. and louisiana democrats are airing, trying to air a new tv ad that takes aim at republican senator david vitter s serious sins and prostitution scandal. with us tonight, todd webster, democratic strategist, scott henen, talk show host. good to have you with us tonight. let s talk about this koran burning that is planned for 9/11. scott, where do conservatives stand on this? what should be done here? first of all, i think the most dangerous place in america is usually between chuck schumer, jesse jackson, al sharpton and a camera. add this pastor to the list. clearly a publicity hound, a gadfly. this is a joke. i think actually silence is better here, ed. i think the idea of giving this guy more publicity, you re hearing whispers from the pentagon that general petraeus might have erred by raising this to a level they have. i think it s better to ignore ....
Facebook. book burning is antithetical to american dales. people have a constitutional right to burn a koran if they want to, but doing so is ince e insensitive and unnecessary provocation much like building a mosque at ground zero. number one, sarah, where s the support for the troops after two generals have spoken out about this? you didn t mention anything about the troops. and besides that, i don t think she knows what antithetical means nor do i think she wrote all of that. eric byrnes, your thoughts on this response and this whole situation about the silence of the conservative talkers of america and the pundits on the other side of the street just supporting the troops all the time but all of a sudden they re silent on this one. ed, you re right. is the silence has been deafening from the leadership on the right. boehner, glenn beck and sarah palin have made half hearted comments asking this pastor not to burn the koran but falsely equating the burning with an attempt to build ....
To say speaking out on the pastor jones situation. here it is. general petraeus has spoken out against it, secretary of state clinton has spoken out about it. what is your message to pastor jones. to pastor jones and to those who want to build the mosque just because you have a right to do something in america does not mean it is the right thing to do. we re a nation of tolerance. i think in the name of tolerance, people ought to really think about the kind of actions they re taking. so you re telling him not to do it? sir, you re telling him not to do it? well, listen, i just think that it s not wise to do this. what do you make of that, eric? there was an awfully long pause before minority leader boehner actually said i think maybe they shouldn t do it. but it gets back to your original point, ed, we have american troops in the field fighting and dieing as you and i are talking right now. and all of this fear mon ....