Angle Releases Reid Viagra Ad Amid Sharia Controversy

Last week, Angle told a crowd of supporters in Mesquite, NV that the country needs to address a "militant terrorist situation" that has allowed Islamic religious law to take hold in some American cities.

In response to a question asking whether or not Muslims are taking over America, Angle responded that "we're talking about a militant terrorist situation, which I believe ... isn't a widespread thing, but it is enough that we need to address, and we have been addressing it." She continued: "My thoughts are these, first of all, Dearborn, Michigan, and Frankford, Texas are on American soil, and under constitutional law. Not Sharia law. And I don't know how that happened in the United States."

"It seems to me there is something fundamentally wrong with allowing a foreign system of law to even take hold in any municipality or government situation in our United States," she said.

Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Washington-based advocacy group, called Angle's statements "bizarre," and said that it's "pretty clear that she has something against Islam and Muslims but she is so incoherent you don't know what she stands for."

Dearborn Mayor Jack O'Reilly called Angle's comments "shameful." He said tea party groups inaccurately spread the word that his Detroit suburb was ruled by Islamic law after members of an anti-Islam group were arrested at an Arab cultural festival in June because a Christian volunteer complained of harassment.

"I'm pretty sure that she did make it clear that there had been incidents in the news, but there is nothing widespread, and that we have freedom of religion in this country," said spokesman Jarrod Agen in an e-mail.

Angle's opponent, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, used her comments to paint Angle as an extremist and out of touch with mainstream America.

"The fact that Sharron Angle believes American cities have been taken over by militant terrorist organizations that are ruling our citizens under Sharia law shows a terrifying lack of connection with reality and a willingness to subscribe to conspiracy theories that demonstrates she's far too extreme and dangerous to represent Nevada in the U.S. Senate," spokeswoman Kelly Steele said.

But that sentiment isn't limited to Democrats. Yesterday, veteran state Sen. Bill Raggio, one of Nevada's most influential Republicans over the last four decades, said he's reluctantly endorsing Democratic U.S. Sen. Harry Reid's re-election campaign.