Posted on 10/15/2010 8:15:50 AM PDT by subterfuge
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey car dealer plans to keep his word after offering Florida pastor Terry Jones a new car if he promised to not burn a Quran.
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He said he plans to donate the car to an organization that helps abused Muslim women.
"We are not trying to profit from this. We are not keeping the car for ourselves," Jones said. Jones had threatened to burn the Muslim holy book on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks over plans to build an Islamic center ...
His plans drew opposition [AND SUPPORT!] across the world. President Barack Obama appealed to him on television, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates called him personally. Gen. David Petraeus...said carrying out the plan would have endangered American troops.
Benson, a former New York Giants center, said..."I just didn't think that was a good thing for our country right now," Benson said.
He's now giving Jones the car outright because he doesn't want to be connected to whatever the Florida pastor does with it.
"I don't want to be involved in the politics of that," Benson said.
Before he made his decision, Benson asked listeners to weigh in on whether he should honor his promise.
More than 2,600 people responded... and urged him to keep his word.
One caller suggested painting sayings from various religious books — the Quran, the Talmud, the King James Bible — on the car.
In 2003, Benson offered another newsmaker — Saddam Hussein — a new car if he fled Iraq. That commercial wasn't as successful, and Benson pulled the ad after two days, replacing it with one apologizing for any offense that was taken.
(Excerpt) Read more at orlandosentinel.com ...
Benson was a great player for the Giants back in the day. But he is the very definition of a scumbag,sleazy car dealer today.
(no I have never purchased a car from him)
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