Brad Benson is used to drumming up publicity. The former New York Giants offensive lineman owns the Mitsubishi and Hyundai dealership in South Brunswick, New Jersey, that bears his name, and has for the past several years upped his business' profile by airing a series of radio ads that sound more like talk shows.

Back in 2003, he publicly offered Saddam Hussein a new car if he left Iraq. The late dictator never took him up on the offer, so Benson probably never thought he'd get called on most recent radio appeal either. He was wrong.

When the controversy surrounding Terry Jones was at its highest, Benson went on the air and offered the Florida pastor a free Hyundai Accent provided not to burn the Quran as planned in protest of the Ground Zero Mosque project. Following a public outcry that included personal appeals made by President Obama, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and General David Patraeus, Jones ultimately decided against the controversial book burning.

A few weeks after the controversy subsided, Benson was surprised to get a phone call from one of Jones' representatives inquiring about when and how he could collect the car he was promised, a 2011 Hyundai Accent worth $14,200. Jones reportedly plans on donating the car to a center for battered Muslim women, and after initially contemplating reneging on the offer or leasing Jones the car for a year, he has decided to make good on his offer.

Ultimately, the publicity surrounding the issue may bring Benson more customers to offset the cost of the car.

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A battered moslem womens shelter? I thought they were all about the peace in that religion!

 

The only way to keep peace is to enforce it with harsh punishment, no? Some of those punishments are insane, like womens castration. Ick.

 

Because christians don't hit their wives.... right

 

...how about we get rid of the religion part

and just have a battered womens shelter

who cares what race/religion you are

im going to start up a shelter that helps ONLY republican deist males shorter than 6' tall and between 18 and 21 get off alcohol and go to college

 

Btw this pastor is trying to move into the tampa area. A couple weeks ago he held an event rented out a hall that holds more than 500.... only a handfull of people showed up lol

 

Mohammed said not to beat your wife in the face. You honor her when you beat her by not poking her eyes out, you see?

This is low-hanging fruit in the arguments against islam. Sure some so-called Christians beat their wives . . . some so-called muslims don't go out on Jihad, too. Not everyone adheres to their religion's official doctrines, mate. Here's a bit of a contrast for those who are unclear on the relative value of women under two religious systems:

Islam: beat/scourge your wife. Divorce any of your four wives on a whim.
Christianity: Love/cherish your wife. Never divorce your one wife.

The differences between the two are glaring for anyone willing to do any actual research into what each religion's holy book contains. faithofadragon, I'm for having battered womens' shelters. I was glad to learn we have one in Afghanistan with 1,500-ish women in it. Guess which religion their husbands are, that the shelter is a secret facility.