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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IIRC, didn’t it come out recently that there was no record of Westmoreland being in Detroit anywhere around the time he would had to have been to meet with Carson?
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???? Really???? Does he think that goes over well with ANYONE? You don’t have to be for Carson for POTUS, but Trumps gutter talk has turned me off for good.
TRUMP IS A FRIGGIN MORON!!!!!!
RE: He said: “Pray for him.â€
What? Is that what he’s going to say if ISIS attacks us?
Oh, so Donald Trump is like ISIS now?
Ben Carson is a pacifist. Certainly not what we need at these times. ISIS, Putin would eat him alive.
“But yes to Trump’s insults?”
Yup. The more the better.
If you cant handle Trump, then you have no business going up against the leftist political/media machine, whom will say worse and wont care if it hurts your feelings.
A pathetic response like “pray for him” may make some people on FR get all tingly, but it tells me that you need to go home.
We always want a candidate to be “on offense”. Well now you have it.
RE: IIRC, didn’t it come out recently that there was no record of Westmoreland being in Detroit anywhere around the time he would had to have been to meet with Carson?
OK, what record of Westmoreland’s whereabouts was there during that time?
Why can’t Trump stick to the issues? Carson is bad on trade, bad on immigration. Trump could clobber him on the issues. The guy who intro’d Trump in Iowa yesterday talked about trade, said that’s why he’s for Trump. People applauded. But then Trump gets up and goes off on other personal stuff about his opponents. Why won’t he clobber them on the ISSUES? If he loses, this will be the reason
“In Trump’s worldview, there seems to be no room for spiritual redemption of any kind.”
He’s not Carson’s priest. He is his political opponent.
The Apostle Paul never characterized his motive for persecuting Christians as pathological; he used the term “zeal”.
I agree with you. Carson is fundamentally likeable. Ad hominem attacks on Dr. Carson are going to have mixed results. Attack his positions and fitness for the job, which are relevant and which are not too sturdy.
RE: “But yes to Trump’s insults?â€
Yup. The more the better. “But yes to Trump’s insults?â€
Yup. The more the better.
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Well, this response of Carson shows that he’s getting the better of Trump in this exchange.
“I’ve been wondering for a while if the reason Carson always looks and acts like Sleepy Ben was because he’s on some kind of a tranquiliser to help him deal with his temper.”
I’ve wondered whether he takes psycho medications. But could he perform the surgeries he does if his mind were dulled?
Throw in a stability qualifier and that narrows it to Cruz.
He also said “shit” in the same speech which is far worse than “stupid”. Don’t be so dumb. Sticks and stone will break your bones...or in Carson’s case, Knives....but a word will never hurt you.
In Political speak, that's the same as saying "Well Bless His Heart"...... Continue the good work TRUMP, we love ya.
“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???? Really????”
No, emotional Emily.
Now go back to your space space, because if you cant deal with this, then you will be a 24 hour a day meltdown during the general election when the left will actually say those things, and wont care how hard you have a meltdown online.
#2 You guys said the same bullsh*t after the 9/11 comments, and the McCain comments, and the Megan Kelly comments.
And you know what? He still there.
What’s he going to say when Hillary attacks him relentlessly? pray for her? just more good guy crap sorry
We need a fighter
“TRUMP IS A FRIGGIN MORON!!!!!!:
You would think Trump has called for a 500 percent increase in H1-B visas. Now that would be moronic.
His promotion of magic cancer-curing vitamins.
Exactly! Trump is demonstrating that he fights and he fights hard and dirty and he wants to win,win,win.
That is what we need against Hillary and against ISIS and against the establishment dem/repubs. We know what we have in Trump and we know he will attack,attack, and attack and he will win.
Plus I think we are getting a collapse of the markets by as much as 50% or more by election time. Trump knows this and this plays right into his hand.
People will be demanding a president Trump.
Carl Icahn is seeing major global collapse. This is why Trump is in this game. This global collapse starts with 50% drop in American markets and an imploding economy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCWE5chTuOk
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