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Ben Carson Does Not Believe a Muslim Should Be President
nbcnews.com/meet-the-press ^ | Ed Demaria

Posted on 09/20/2015 6:30:31 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson said he would not support a Muslim as President of the United States.

Responding to a question on "Meet the Press," the retired neurosurgeon said, "I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation. I absolutely would not agree with that."

He also said that Islam, as a religion, is incompatible with the Constitution.

Carson, who is near the top of several early presidential polls, said a president's faith should matter depending on what that faith is. "If it's inconsistent with the values and principles of America, then of course it should matter," he clarified.

Carson's comments come days after another Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, did not distance himself from a questioner at a town hall meeting in New Hampshire who accused President Obama of being a foreign-born Muslim and called Muslims a "problem" in the United States. Carson said he has "no reason to doubt" that President Obama was born in the United States and is a Christian.

Many times in the past, Trump has questioned Obama's birthplace and American citizenship.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


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1 posted on 09/20/2015 6:30:31 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

Totally agree.


2 posted on 09/20/2015 6:31:05 AM PDT by Da Coyote (Di)
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To: Da Coyote

yes, he is correct, but to late, we already done it.


3 posted on 09/20/2015 6:31:41 AM PDT by refermech
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To: RoosterRedux

I wonder just how much his polls will go up now, cannot go down telling the truth.


4 posted on 09/20/2015 6:31:48 AM PDT by Daniel Ramsey (Trump to win! He wins, we win, the nation wins!)
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To: RoosterRedux

Totally agree as well!!


5 posted on 09/20/2015 6:32:34 AM PDT by Lopeover (2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States)
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To: RoosterRedux

Only in PC BS world is he wrong.


6 posted on 09/20/2015 6:32:44 AM PDT by RC one (....and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,)
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To: hoosiermama; onyx; Jane Long; V K Lee; conservativejoy; RitaOK; Black Agnes

Check this out.


7 posted on 09/20/2015 6:33:09 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux
See Donald. It's okay not to pander once in awhile.

Carson is my new candidate until I hear Ted Cruz speak in a similar fashion.

Islam makes all other problems minuscule in comparison. Seems Carson is the only one so far to grasp what the ‘religion’ is all about.

8 posted on 09/20/2015 6:36:02 AM PDT by bramps (I'm voting for the guy in N.H. who asked Trump about Muslims.)
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To: RoosterRedux

I agree with Dr. Carson, but we’ve already sworn in a man who was born and raised a muslim and was not eleigible to be President.


9 posted on 09/20/2015 6:36:03 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: RoosterRedux

Oh boy, now they’re going to call Dr. Carson a racist. He offended the muslime “race”.


10 posted on 09/20/2015 6:36:06 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (Cruz or Lose 2016)
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To: RoosterRedux

I might agree, but I would not have said it out loud. It brings with it echoes of “Catholics should not be President.” Or even “Mormons should not be President.”

There is just something “un-First Amendment” about the statement.


11 posted on 09/20/2015 6:37:19 AM PDT by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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To: RoosterRedux
"I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation."

Too late. Muslim Brotherhood already has access. Just ask Valerie Jarrett and Huma.

12 posted on 09/20/2015 6:37:28 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Will Bernie Sanders run as an Independent if he does not get the nomination of the Democrat Party?)
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To: refermech

yes, he is correct, but to late, we already done it.


LOL.


13 posted on 09/20/2015 6:37:42 AM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: Sirius Lee

Muslims believe that they are a race apart from the rest. Everyone else is sub-human to them.


14 posted on 09/20/2015 6:38:36 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Will Bernie Sanders run as an Independent if he does not get the nomination of the Democrat Party?)
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To: RoosterRedux

Too late Ben, the horse is out of the barn.


15 posted on 09/20/2015 6:39:06 AM PDT by Gamecock (Many Atheists: "There is no God and I hate Him!")
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To: Little Ray

Trump handled it best: “Would I be comfortable [with a muslim being president]? I don’t know if we have to address it right now.”


16 posted on 09/20/2015 6:39:22 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

I believe muslims should be deported from the US.


17 posted on 09/20/2015 6:39:28 AM PDT by Original Lurker
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To: Lurkinanloomin
and was not eleigible to be President

Chester A Arthur (R)

Barry Soetoro (D)

It’s the (R’s) turn

Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz (R)
Piyush "Bobby" Jindal (R)
Marco Antonio Rubio (R)

18 posted on 09/20/2015 6:41:27 AM PDT by ASA Vet (My new Zombie Gun - Mossberg 930SPX)
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To: RoosterRedux

The biggest growth of Islam in America comes from first generation immigration, not conversion.

Those embracing it are not in tune with Americanism. That is not to say they are necessarily un-American but Mr. Obama was raised abroad in an anti-American household.

The black muslim movement in America was founded out of anti-Americanism as well. The Nation of Islam is a racist outfit that pushes black separatism and hate.


19 posted on 09/20/2015 6:42:14 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Will Bernie Sanders run as an Independent if he does not get the nomination of the Democrat Party?)
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To: Little Ray

Should a secular humanist atheist be president?

Hypothetically, of course, not necessarily referring to the current occupant of the White House...


20 posted on 09/20/2015 6:44:27 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Will Bernie Sanders run as an Independent if he does not get the nomination of the Democrat Party?)
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