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No, he’s not saying that sin is permanent. He’s not trying to be Saint Peter or God. He’s talking about who’s fit for holding the highest office in the land, what used to be called the Leader of the Western World. It’s too important to be lenient about.

There’s a lot Trump knows that he is not telling us. A lot that he is that he is not revealing. And not because it is bad. Because he is on message like no one I have ever seen. He is fighting to win this race the same way he will fight to win for us, if we give him the chance.

There are posters here, who violently object to anyone saying anything they imagine is anti-Carson, even though it's what Carson HIMSELF has in his book! He's such a "nice man"...blah, blah, blah......! They don't know him, they are Cruz people, but it's wall to wall "OH SAVE POOR DR, BEN FROM THAT MEANY TRUMP." !

It's obviously FR's group of snowflakes, who see this as "microaggression" and who HATE Trump with a passion.

No, he's not saying that sin is permanent. He's not trying to be Saint Peter or God. He's talking about who's fit for holding the highest office in the land, what used to be called the Leader of the Western World. It's too important to be lenient about.

Ed Morrissey shared my thoughts earlier. A few commenters at Hot Air understand, too. I realize that not everyone understands the conservative Christian base, which also includes conservative Catholics, of course. I simply wrote this as a political reality - that Trump does not understand. Joking around about "Saint Peter" or "God" in the sense of cartoon jokes, etc. is what I'm trying to explain. It's just that perhaps he doesn't understand his base - he may very well capture 20% of Republican primary voters, but this thing is divided into factions for real, now. I'm not sure that he's wise for doing it.

Finally, Trump misses the entire point of Carson's memoir. He admits to his violent temper as a way of explaining his redemption through faith in Jesus Christ. It intends to inspire young people by showing that they are not "incurable," but can prevail over difficult circumstances and unhappy childhoods. Whether one supports Carson as a presidential candidate, most people can read his story and find inspiration and hope. Trump, for some reason, only sees child molesters, and that says much more about Trump than it does Carson. Of all the temperaments that need more scrutiny, Donald Trump just proved that his is the most questionable of all. -Ed Morrissey

This is the first really major mistake Trump has made. He is not religious, so he doesn't have a frame of reference for the "conversion," "repentance," "born again" aspect of Christianity. So, he is blowing it with Christians. In addition, all Americans love a redemption story, which Carson has. Carson was beginning to face on his own. Now, Trump has not only really hurt himself, he has breathed life back into Carson! I liked Trump, but now I am looking around. Probably going with Cruz. If Rubio gets it, I'm out. He will NOT secure the border and is just a newer, more verbally adroit version of Bush. Whitewolf7070 on November 13, 2015 at 10:48 AM