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Carson's comeback to Trump's insults: 'Pray for him'
Reuters ^ | 11/13/2015

Posted on 11/13/2015 8:06:19 AM PST by SeekAndFind

U.S. presidential candidate Ben Carson recommended praying for rival Donald Trump after the real-estate mogul and television personality, in a 95-minute rant in Iowa, likened him to a child molester, Carson's business manager said on Friday.

"When I spoke with Dr. Carson about this yesterday how we should respond, you know he was so sad about it. He said: "Pray for him." He feels sorry for him because he really likes Mr. Trump," Armstrong Williams, who often acts as Carson's surrogate in the media, told CNN.

"To see him just imploding before our very eyes - it's just sad to watch," Williams said.

Speaking in Iowa on Thursday evening, Trump, a leading contender for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election, cast doubt on Carson's oft-reported story of lunging at someone with a hunting knife as a child, an episode Carson says led him to his Christian faith.

A retired neurosurgeon, Carson has emerged as the main challenger to Trump's top position in national polls and popularity in early deciding states. A Reuters/Ipsos poll this month found 31 percent of Republicans favored Trump. Carson followed at 18 percent.

"Give me a break," Trump said in his Thursday speech, where he also lashed out at other Republican candidates and Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. "How stupid are the people of Iowa? How stupid are the people of the country to believe that crap?"

He said the incident showed Carson had a "pathological" temper.

"If you're pathological, there's no cure for that," Trump said. "If you're a child molester, there's no cure. They can't stop you."

Carson has said his intended stabbing victim's belt buckle blocked his knife, a detail Trump singled out in his rant.

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KEYWORDS: 2016; artoftheinsult; carson; elections; insults; pathology; trump; trumpology
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To: demkicker
Stick a fork in Trump. He’s done and he has no one to blame but his big fat mouth. Comparing Ben Carson to a pedophile????

With his latest antics, Trump strikes me as a bit unhinged.

41 posted on 11/13/2015 8:24:33 AM PST by ScottinVA (If you're not enraged...why?)
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To: SeekAndFind
OK, what record of Westmoreland’s whereabouts was there during that time?

"Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson’s published account of having dinner with a top commander in the Vietnam War after marching in a Memorial Day parade in 1969 as a high school ROTC cadet in Detroit does not match historical records.

"In Carson’s 1990 best-selling autobiography, “Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story,” the neurosurgeon tells of being offered a scholarship to West Point as a high school senior sometime after having dinner with the U.S. Army’s chief of staff, Gen. William Westmoreland, on Memorial Day 1969.

"But Westmoreland’s personal schedule shows the general was not in Detroit on Memorial Day or during the days preceding and following the holiday. His schedule says he was in and around Washington, D.C., that weekend, according to Army archives The Detroit News reviewed Friday."

Source

42 posted on 11/13/2015 8:24:57 AM PST by Yashcheritsiy (It's time to repeal and replace the GOP)
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To: SeekAndFind

Pray for him? That is the best he can do? I’ve had CNN on this morning, since 4 a.m. and, seriously, all they’ve talked about is Trump and his speech. As much as they are having a collective meltdown, they do keep saying that Carson needs to answer questions. Then back to their meltdown. Almost fun to watch.


43 posted on 11/13/2015 8:25:05 AM PST by Reno89519 (American Lives Matter! US Citizen, Veteran, Conservative, Republican. I vote. Trump 2016.)
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To: demkicker

I agree. For all the Trumpettes here, I was willing to look past Trump’s very shaky political past for someone who would stand up for what is right.

He has made it clear that personal “winning” takes priority over any sense of right and wrong or America winning.

I was hoping for a Trump/Cruz ticket. Now I’d rather see Cruz/Carson, Cruz/Paul, Cruz/Fiorina, Cruz anybody but Trump. I’d even take Jeb over Trump now.


44 posted on 11/13/2015 8:25:44 AM PST by cizinec (Liberty is the only political "party" that deserves our loyalty.)
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To: GilGil
he fights hard and dirty and he wants to win,win,win.

What a guy.

Here in FR we once called Trump's antics "character assassination."

45 posted on 11/13/2015 8:25:57 AM PST by ScottinVA (If you're not enraged...why?)
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To: SeekAndFind

“Well, this response of Carson shows that he’s getting the better of Trump in this exchange.”

Only to naive people on FR that love that wussy type of response because it has some “Christian” turn the other cheek nonsense in it.


46 posted on 11/13/2015 8:26:03 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: WilliamIII

if your opponent is wack job you ought to be able to point that out.. Trump did


47 posted on 11/13/2015 8:26:23 AM PST by Lib-Lickers 2
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To: SeekAndFind

Thats probably what Obama said when
Ben Carson called him a psychopath.

“His comment came in an exchange between the neurosurgeon who’s likely to mount a bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination and his chief adviser, Armstrong Williams, captured by a GQ reporter on the night of this year’s State of the Union address.

Williams had said Obama looked “elegant” that night.

And Carson responded: “Like most psychopaths. That’s why they’re successful. That’s the way they look. They all look great.”

http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/25/politics/ben-carson-obama-psychopath-gq/


48 posted on 11/13/2015 8:26:40 AM PST by glenduh
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To: demkicker

Um...Trump didn’t compare Ben Carson to a paedophile.

He pointed out that pathological conditions (which Carson described himself as having) don’t just go away, they stick with you.


49 posted on 11/13/2015 8:26:57 AM PST by Yashcheritsiy (It's time to repeal and replace the GOP)
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To: odawg
By quoting Carson's own words?

Except that he didn't stop there, did he. He likened Carson to a child molester and also denied that God is miraculous and can change people.

50 posted on 11/13/2015 8:27:00 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: SeekAndFind

I’ve always admired Dr. Carson for his life of accomplishment.

But as the campaign has unfolded, there is something about him that tells me he’s “off” a bit — not crazy, of course — but not entirely genuine.

And his positions on the issues would doom any other GOP candidate without his background.


51 posted on 11/13/2015 8:27:11 AM PST by Dana1960
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To: SeekAndFind
In the Tao te Ching it says:

The sage does not fear an attack from the tiger because there is nowhere for the tiger to attack.

An honest man does not need to fear an attack from the unrighteous.

Also; "pray for him", too delicious.

52 posted on 11/13/2015 8:27:13 AM PST by Pietro
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To: Yashcheritsiy

Trump is an entirely different egg, whom we’ve never seen in this country. He knows people and has a visceral response to their personalities and behaviors, in short he’s made his living at sizing up his competition.

We’re not use to that kind of frankness or rudeness. Like Bill O’Reilly, he has a tremendous ego that when attacked he takes the attack personally. BOR is most thin skinned person on TV and Radio today. He will accept no insult from anyone without lashing back.

Trump is different, as he can size up a person in a couple words. Most politicians would shut up than respond to Carson, but Trump can’t. I think he senses that Carson is a phony and not fit to be president or better than him.

I wish he would not be so personal, but obviously Trump is an aggressive leader and will be as president.


53 posted on 11/13/2015 8:27:16 AM PST by nikos1121 ("There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root." Thoreau)
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To: ScottinVA

“With his latest antics, Trump strikes me as a bit unhinged.”

Unhinged?

What about Carson calling for amnesty for illegal aliens?

What about Carson supporting TPP, which ends American sovereignty?

What about Carson wanting to start shooting down Russian jets over Syria, forcing a world war? That used to be called madness.


54 posted on 11/13/2015 8:27:25 AM PST by odawg
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To: SeekAndFind

“In Trump’s worldview, there seems to be no room for spiritual redemption of any kind.”

Spiritual redemption is possible but not, I believe, for problems caused by defects in the physical body which includes the mind. Some serious mental diseases can be at least controlled by drugs, but cannot be controlled by the patient having his bad ideas un-learned and new ideas learned.


55 posted on 11/13/2015 8:28:05 AM PST by cymbeline
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To: SeekAndFind

Carson supports citizenship for illegals and backs the TPP.

I don’t Americans need such a man telling them who to pray for.


56 posted on 11/13/2015 8:28:14 AM PST by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: SeekAndFind

Had he actually met the general in person?


57 posted on 11/13/2015 8:28:36 AM PST by nikos1121 ("There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root." Thoreau)
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To: Lib-Lickers 2
if your opponent is wack job you ought to be able to point that out.. Trump did

Trump likened part of Carson's past to that of a child molester. You're really OK with that?

58 posted on 11/13/2015 8:28:49 AM PST by ScottinVA (If you're not enraged...why?)
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To: Reno89519

When he attacks. He attacks them at their weak spot. They then have to either defend their weakness (making them look worse) or retreat.

Happened with Jeb and the 9-11 comments. Oh how did the Trump-bashers think THAT was going to be the end of him......until Jeb ended up sulking away because being tied to W is the LAST thing he wanted.

Carson will either have to stayed tied to these bizarre stories of his or retreat.


59 posted on 11/13/2015 8:29:24 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: ScottinVA

In a president Trump we know what we are getting. The clobbering he is giving his enemies on the campaign trail, he will give just as hard and even harder when negotiating for the country.


60 posted on 11/13/2015 8:29:27 AM PST by GilGil
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