Posted on 12/14/2011 11:32:42 AM PST by matt04
The firestorm against Lowe’s pulling ads from a Learning Channel Show about American Muslims moved to Capitol Hill on Tuesday.
U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy said he is leading a group of members of Congress who are calling on Lowe’s to reconsider their decision.
Lowe’s pulled its ads from The Learning Channel's reality show "All-American Muslim" after complaints from The Florida Family Association, an organization Murphy called a “right wing anti-Muslim group" that thinks the mission of Islam is to destroy America.
“This is a major American company rubber stamping basic foundational bigotry against a major American religious group,” Murphy said.
He defended bringing this issue up in Congress.
“This country was founded on the premise of religious freedom and this body should never remain silent when a group of people is marginalized just because they worship a different God,” Murphy said.
Murphy said his message to the people who made the decision at Lowe’s, and anyone else who is “considering getting behind the growing Anti-Muslim bias” is “You’re better than this.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcconnecticut.com ...
No way he could have known his father.
No business shalt make their own advertising decisions: Murphy’s Law?
Murphy could be magnanimous and buy political ads on the Moose show.
I’m going out of my way to spend over $1,000 at Lowe’s after the first of the year.
I’m going to email Lowe’s and tell them that I appreciate their decision too.
Glenn Beck lost many of his advertisers based on efforts of groups to get them to pull there ads from his show.
Didn’t hear a peep from this douche.
This is a CLASSIC example of a congressman overstepping his bounds. This is between Lowe’s and the network...IT’S NONE OF HIS F$%&*#G BUSINESS!
And where’s the Congressional support for Lowe’s?
WE let these people out-organize, protest, boycott us. No wonder we win less than our numbers suggest.
But considering Connecticut's voters are mostly idiots, he's just catering to his base!
Email Lowe’s and let them know that you support their decision to withdraw their ads from “All-American Muslim” here:
“All-American Muslim”? Is that an oxxymoron like jumbo shrimp or clean corruption?
The People's Republik of Connecticut is SO lost. I fully expect this POS Murphy to end up as our next US Senator, replacing Lieberman. Ugh...
More insanity in CT:
Sanctuary Insanity: New Haven, CT Asks State to Allow Illegal Aliens to VOTE
Hey Murph!
Are you, as a U.S. Congress-critter, attempting to ESTABLISH A RELIGION, via the Commerce Clause?
1st the Feds say we have to buy Health Insurance. Next is it going to be mandated Advertising for certain TV shows?
Clearly, Murphy has done extensive research into muslim history, philosophy, and practice.
Just something to consider.
Rampant ignorance.
Christopher Murphy said one thing that is true Congress ought not be talking about Lowes-or any other corporation pulling their advertising from a Television show. He is dead wrong about this act endangering our national security—and if he believes it does then he is delusional and ought not be in Congress>I will make extra effort to find a reason to shop at Lowes —unless they surrender to the Christopher Murphy crowd already captive to Islamic jihad in America.Murphy is a disgrace to every person I’ve known with that name.
The left is relentless in attacking their enemys. We need to do the same and make any company that advertises on that show suffer the consequences.
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