Rep. Roy Blunt, Missouri Senate Candidate, Pulls 'Ground Zero' Ad

Of all the places in NYC to construct a mosque, why NEAR THE WORLD TRADE CENTER (not meant as "yelling", but for emphasis)? That's what is incomprehensible, especially after the tragedy that happened nine years ago (in 2 weeks from tomorrow -- Saturday). No matter which way I look at it from the politicians to the citizens to the Muslim extremists that inflicted this horror (not the law-abiding Muslims), it's an outright slap in the face of the families whose loved ones were killed and re-opening the wounds that already will take a long time to heal.

I see no difference between Carnahan and Blunt- same old politics. We need new people in congress, not the self serving lot we have now!

The Right-Wing is finding this one document to be really annoying...the Bill of Rights

Remember the lives of 2,976 innocent victims. What of their right or that of their families?

A point that keeps being thrown in all opposed to the Islamic Center is that we are being told that the TERRORISTS from 9/11 were "not really" Muslims or that they are "not that". No they were extremists, but still Muslims, performing Jihad against America. This is not an issue of whether or not there is a LEGAL issue, but from a standpoint of a MORAL issue. If this is truly meant as a measure of "healing", then the Imam & his supporters would be open to compromise. If not open to compromise, then it is more of the issue of politics and enablement of division. In a statement earlier this week, Daisy Khan, head of the American Society for Muslim Advancement, told The Associated Press in a brief phone interview "Dropping the plan is definitely not an option at all," She said the organizers were not considering scaling back the project or changing locations, but are consulting more closely with American Muslim leaders because they realize the uproar surrounding the center is affecting Muslims nationwide. "We know that we have the right to do this, but what is right for the larger community, or the larger good of the larger Muslim community?" she said. Here in lies the rub, the reflection here is on the “the larger good of the larger Muslim community”. But does not address the larger good of “the American People”. If we want to be and show healing and tolerance, then we need to look at what is for the Greater Good of all concerned.

If you care show compassion ~ say No to the mosque !!!!!! don't care about your political views, don't care about your religious view's ~ it is about common sence ~ care about the fallen, care about the survivors, care about America! Stand up for what is Right !!!!

I believe the Muslims have the right to build a mosque for their warship, but I believe also it would be a slap in the face to families of the victims of 9/11 to build it so close to the World Trade Center site. I think it should be left to the people who live close to the site and went through the tragedy to decide what is built in the place of the center. Maybe something to memorialize the people who died there instead of a steady reminder of the radicals from the religion who killed all of their loved ones.

here are some things most people probably don't know. If Obama is ruining America then it started long ago. George Washington welcomed the Jews to America as the "stock of Abraham" while John Adams showed the utmost respect for Islam, naming the Prophet Mohammed as one of the greatest truth seekers in history. Benjamin Franklin called him a model of compassion. The Founding Fathers read and honored the same Quran that Jones is now seeking to burn. Thomas Jefferson kept the same Quran in his personal collection and it informed his decision to host the first presidential iftaar during Ramadan. The Founding Fathers were also inspired by Christian thinkers like John Locke, who declared that the true Christian's duty was to "practice charity, meekness, and good-will in general toward all mankind, even to those that are not Christians." Keep this in mind when bashing all other faiths.

WHY DO POLITICIANS REFUSE TO STAND UNDER PRESSURE !? THIS ADD SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN PULLED! THE ONLY APOLOGIES OFFERED SHOULD BE TO THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO LOOK AT A MOSQUE ERECTED IN CELEBRATION OF THE CONQUEST THEY WON THAT DAY 9/11. ROY BLUNT, IF YOU APPOSE THIS MOSQUE THEN STAND UP AND FIGHT IT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! DON'T BACK DOWN !!!!

I realize that all religions have their good people and, unfortunately, some bad ones too. I would think that the powers-that-be in ANY religion would not want to put ANY members in harms way. By the Muslims selecting this particular space, they may well open the door to some whacked out people of another religion that would like to get some retribution for those lost on 9/11. Yes, this is not what any religion would sanction, but the reality that people bent on destruction and terror, regardless of religion, ARE, indeed, bent on destruction and terror. By choosing this site, the Muslims are putting their members at a needless risk. Why not just choose another site further away from "ground zero"? Or is this just their way of extending the fear, terror and destruction? Even at the cost of their own people's faith.