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Trump questions Ben Carson’s ‘energy’ to be president
WaPo ^ | Sean Sullivan

Posted on 09/12/2015 11:53:37 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

BOONE, Iowa – Donald Trump zeroed in Saturday on Republican rival Ben Carson, questioning whether he has the energy to be president, a line he has frequently used to taunt Jeb Bush.

"I don't think Ben has the energy," said Trump, before calling him a "nice man" and arguing that he is not cut out for negotiating with some foreign officials.

The attack came as Carson, a retired surgeon running an outsider campaign like Trump, has surged into second place in many surveys, behind the brash real estate mogul.

Trump, who campaigned here before heading to a tailgate party where a trio of other GOP hopefuls were also appearing, also criticized Carson for recently questioning his Christian faith.

"You don't hit a person on faith," said Trump. "I don't know him. He knows nothing about me."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; carson; election2016; energy; newyork; trump
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To: 1010RD

I was talking on your level... I don’t approach God from the viewpoint of Christian Science but a mainline fundamentalism.

I don’t mind using space as a metaphor but we have to go back to the bible in the end. God certainly didn’t leave us alone in spaces. That is the wish of a person who is still allergic to God. He will embrace any willing person in love, which is utterly customized to that person.


101 posted on 09/12/2015 1:52:32 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: dfwgator
Trump is playing a character, and he knows playing that character works to a degree.

That is an accurate observation except I think the character Trump is playing is also exactly who Trump is at a deeper level.

As everyone says, Trump is Trump.

102 posted on 09/12/2015 1:54:42 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: faithhopecharity

“If I were Mr. Trump, I would be pointing out the weaknesses of Hillary and Bernie and Company

instead of attacking R’s”

In the primaries you attack your Pub opponents. In the general election you attack the Dem.


103 posted on 09/12/2015 1:55:09 PM PDT by flaglady47 (TRUMP ROCKS)
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To: RoosterRedux

There’s people, and then there is God. People are fallen. God raises the fallen, but only as they are willing to be raised.


104 posted on 09/12/2015 1:55:36 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: 1010RD

Good luck. It’s only about a 15 second clip. I copied the video at the exact point where Trump discusses Hillary so you won’t have to listen to the whole video (it’s at the very end).


105 posted on 09/12/2015 1:58:36 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

No, he thinks HE is the most qualified person. And I think he’s right.


106 posted on 09/12/2015 2:05:38 PM PDT by Tucker39 (Welcome to America! Now speak English; and keep to the right....In driving, in Faith, and politics.)
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To: onyx
One more quick point...by saying that Carson and Bush are "low energy," Trump is differentiating himself as high energy.

Unlike nearly everyone in NYC, Trump is a teetotaler. So he has nothing else to do but stay active. As you know, he is everywhere at once and always on the go. I am sure he would drive his wife crazy if he stayed at home all the time.

107 posted on 09/12/2015 2:06:18 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Right. But God has used a lot of sinners over the span of history. And he may use Trump.

We don't need a wimpy pastor as President...we need a tough but decent man or woman.

Bibi isn't a Christian--yet--but there is no doubt God is using him.

108 posted on 09/12/2015 2:11:58 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: flaglady47
In the primaries you attack your Pub opponents. In the general election you attack the Dem.

That's not fair. You're using logic and reason.;-)

109 posted on 09/12/2015 2:13:43 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

“You’re using logic and reason.;-)”

It’s my trademark, lol.


110 posted on 09/12/2015 4:01:24 PM PDT by flaglady47 (TRUMP ROCKS)
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To: 1010RD
If he did everything you think he should have done, you would just find something else. Just because you don't know what he's done doesn't mean he hasn't done it.

You're the fraud here, not Trump.

BTW, he's amassed billions by keeping a low political profile. What has your all conservative all the time (whoever that is) done?

111 posted on 09/12/2015 4:24:29 PM PDT by lewislynn (Meghan Kelley...#sand--Rosie, the Don was right-- Hillary, lipstick on a pig)
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To: NKP_Vet
Dr. Carson would be a brilliant Secretary of Health and Human Services”.
Yea that would be great. The first thing he should do is give us his detailed job description and then tell us why we need him and his bloated bureaucracy.
112 posted on 09/12/2015 4:35:19 PM PDT by lewislynn (Meghan Kelley...#sand--Rosie, the Don was right-- Hillary, lipstick on a pig)
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To: RoosterRedux

To Mr. Trump, the word you should be using is weak.


113 posted on 09/12/2015 6:42:50 PM PDT by Ms Mable
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To: Catsrus

His partial birth abortion activist sister.


114 posted on 09/12/2015 7:27:52 PM PDT by Reaper19
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To: RoosterRedux

Of course he did. yet he thinks his sister, a partial-birth abortion activist would make a wonderful supreme court justice.

I’m not buying his change of heart. No one changes their stance on nearly every issue all at once.


115 posted on 09/12/2015 7:37:04 PM PDT by Reaper19
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To: Reaper19

So, I don’t agree with my sisters on some things they believe, nor do my kids and I agree 100% on everything. This proves nothing. In fact, my mom and I were total opposites in our political beliefs.


116 posted on 09/12/2015 7:40:41 PM PDT by Catsrus (Trump/Cruz - the only 2 worth voting for. I callz 'em as I seez 'em.)
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To: Catsrus

Fair enough. Would you choose your mom or someone similar to you mom as a Supreme Court Justice?


117 posted on 09/13/2015 2:01:15 AM PDT by Reaper19
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To: HiTech RedNeck

What is my level?


118 posted on 09/14/2015 2:35:02 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: RoosterRedux

Excellent. He sounds just like NY-RINO Giuliani who said it a month earlier: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2015/07/29/cnn-giuliani-id-have-hillary-clinton-under-investigation-about

Giuliani: I believe she should be under an investigation by the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York for obstruction of justice, for destroying government property. I think it’s clear that she had a conflict of interest. Her husband getting hundreds of millions of dollars. She’s making decisions about companies and about corporations that he’s getting money from. And they — I think they file a joint tax return.

Giuliani: I’d have her under investigation for about five different crimes right now. And I think it’s outrageous that the Justice Department is not moving forward with this. General Petraeus, a lot of other people have gone to jail-

So that’s fine if you’re pushing a NY-RINO. Trump’s not a conservative and his focus on illegal immigration is doubly dangerous because it’s just a symptom and not the real problem America faces.


119 posted on 09/14/2015 2:43:02 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: jjotto

Hilarious.


120 posted on 09/14/2015 2:44:47 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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