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Dr. Ben Carson Fires Back at Critics: ‘Somebody Has to Be Courageous Enough to Stand Up to the Bullies’

Feb. 11, 2013 11:00pm Jason Howerton

Dr. Ben Carson Fires Back at His Critics: Somebody Has to Be Courageous Enough to Stand Up to the Bullies

Dr. Ben Carson (ymaryland.org)

Dr. Benjamin Carson won over conservatives when he railed against many of the big government policies endorsed by President Barack Obama during the National Prayer Breakfast last week, at which the president was in attendance.

However, the newly discovered conservative hero is also getting his first taste of criticism from the left who say his speech was inappropriate and even offensive. On Monday, he appeared on Fox News’ “Your World” with Neil Cavuto to respond to his critics.

“What we need to do is we need to be able to discuss intelligent ways of solving the multitude of problems that threatens to destroy our nation. And there are a group of people who would like to silence everybody and have everybody go along to get along, but that’s not going to be very helpful for us in the long run,” Carson said.

“Somebody has to be courageous enough to stand up to the bullies,” he added.

When asked why he took it upon himself to go “beyond medical policy” and address issues like tax policy, Carson went back to the Declaration of Independence to make his point.

“One of the things I also said during the speech, there will be some people who will say, but you’re a doctor and you’re a surgeon. You should be sticking to that,” Carson explained. “And I mentioned the fact that five physicians signed the Declaration of Independence and were involved in the framing of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and several other things.”

He continued: “There’s absolutely no reason at all that physicians, scientists, shouldn’t be involved in things that affect all of us. We’re people who’ve learned how to make decisions based on facts, empirical data, rather than on ideology. And one of the geniuses — one of the real things that made us a great nation — is that we brought people from all backgrounds into the legislative process.”

Watch the segment via Fox News/Mediaite below:

The doctor also said the support for President Obama’s health care law is low within the medical community.

“I know a lot of doctors. I work with a lot of doctors, and I didn’t find a lot of support for it. I find a lot of people who were really quite disappointed,” he said. “It’s an expansion of the bureaucracy.”

And of course, Cavuto couldn’t help but ask him about a possible 2016 run for president. Fox News host Sean Hannity asked the doctor the same thing.

“I’ve had people telling me that for many years now. If I had a nickel for everybody who told me that, I could finance my campaign,” Carson joked. “I’ve always said if God grabs me by the collar and sticks me in that arena, that’s the only way that I’ll do it.”

Finally, the renown neurosurgeon announced that he plans to retire from surgery in June to teach, because “an uneducated populace will fall for anything” and knowledge is so important in understanding the problems facing America.

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SunTzuYou
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 12:29am
One man unafraid of bullies may gum up works! Bravo!

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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 12:54am
  Obama is systematically dumbing down our schools..Unions !
  
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- DarkJello
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 1:51am
  Stand for something, or fall for anything.
  
  If only the low-information voter was not the driving force in our elections.
  
  It will take decades, or a cleansing, to right this ship. Sad panda.
  
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- mauijonny
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 2:12am
  Thank you! Thank you! Thank you, Dr. Ben Carson! Love, Me.
  
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- Jediutahn
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 2:17am
  This gentleman is the breathe of fresh air we need when so much is stifled and suppressed. I haven’t thought of anyone as my hero other than my dad in a long time and this man is it. A true, common sensed, intelligent, family oriented HERO!! I have never heard of him until he spoke, but my jaw dropped as I watched and listened to the common sense ideas spill out of his mouth with Owebama right there!! CLASS ACT. His ideas are what the republican party needs at this very moment. And if he would consider running for President he already has my vote…I hope for him and his family the elitists don’t have a target made out of him. BRAVO and congratulations and more importantly THANK YOU SIR YOU ARE A TRUE AMERICAN!!!!!
  
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- TRUTHandFREEDOM
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 5:34am
  “All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.” – Thomas Jefferson
  
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- GroundZero is Nuclear Demolition x3
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 7:46am
  I completely understand what the guy is going through fighting the uneducated.
  
  Would consider voting for him.
  
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- PA PATRIOT
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 8:19am
  Again,
  God Bless Johns Hopkins
  They are the voice of reason in a confused world of medicine.
  As you enter the historic entrance of the old hospital (1876) There stands a marble statue of Christ that stands 11 feet tall and reflects the inner strenght of Christianity and the power of healing the sick.
  Jesus is alive and well at JHH. Placed in the entrrance in 1896, thousands of people walk by each day reflecting on the Powers of Christ the “Healer”.
  
  http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/dome/0312/feature.cfm
  
  Put it on the “Bucket List” It is well worth the trip.
  
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- 4truth2all
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 9:06am
  Yo Mibugnu2:
  
  This “dumbing down” has been happening long before obama …
  In fact Mr Carson mentioned an example in his speech …
  
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- kadster01
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 9:28am
  The process of character assassination is well underway and will not cease until he is silenced.
  
  Heck, it probably won’t even end if he’s silenced. Sarah Palin is about as irrelevant as she can be right now and they’re still stoning her.
  
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- richauthor
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 9:52am
  For goodness sakes…
  
  Isn’t there ONE Republican in Washington who can stand up and say what Dr. Carson has been saying?
  
  I’m tired of watching our legislators sit by while Obama sells our country down the road. And I’m wondering when one of our silent majority in the House is going to bring up IMPEACHMENT proceedings against Obama for ABANDONING our people in Benghazi?
  
  Come on, Republicans… GROW A SET!!!
  
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- Just_Us2
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:21am
  “Isn’t there ONE Republican in Washington who can stand up and say what Dr. Carson has been saying?”
  
  Answer – No – I live in AZ and voted for Jeff Flake…he lived up to his name. Ran as a conservative, immediately got in to office and showed his true colors. I changed my party affiliation to Independent after being registered as a Republican for 30 years. I am done with men who lie to me to get my vote and who have no conviction once in Washington. I would rather vote for a sure loser than a winner who goes along to get along. I may as well have voted Democrat because that’s exactly how my senator and rep vote.
  
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- TeaPartier66
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 4:26pm
  Prez Zero will send out his drone squad to intimidate them
  
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loki1830
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 12:25am
cavuto is such a loser. REason I dont watch fox him and hannity. DR was great

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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 1:09am
  You prefer to watch Pig Schlutz, CommieOdonnie or Rev. Sharpie..
  or maybe Chris Tingles.. all the latest news praising Lord O’Blamer.
  GOOD GAWD, wake up man !!!
  
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- DarkJello
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 1:51am
  Cavuto is a loser? Tell us who the winners are por favor.
  
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- Kara_ite
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 5:05am
  I have not watched Fox or any other cable news network since Obama was elected to office.
  I would rather get my news from different places on the www.
  I do enjoy listening to radio while I do my chores.
  I can be totally informed by turning off the cable and not paying the fees.
  
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- CABERNETQHS
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 9:18am
  You’re a loser. Cavuto rocks.
  
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- TeaPartier66
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 4:28pm
  More like Fox is way over your head
  
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Eitoobmiz
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 12:16am
Dr. Carson will never get the opportunity to run for political office coz Obama is the anti-Christ…..

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- Keatonc333
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 12:31am
  You see, this is why i find it so discouraging being on the left.. How do you argue with this? You cant have a analytical or even intellectual debate with someone who believes Obama is the devil and who will end the world. This though is why Rush Limbaugh rolling in dough and Glenn Beck made 80 million dollars last year. There is a lot of money to be made in keeping you guys in constant fear. I bet you have stock piles of gold and supplies advertised on Glenn Becks show. bet a lot of you do!
  
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- J@ck_KvK
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 12:42am
  Keaton, I think you’re a little too uptight. I got a good laugh out of his/her comment. For the record I do NOT believe Obama to be the Anti-Christ. I imagine that he/she is probably commenting tongue-in-cheek.
  
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- dwilco77
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 1:29am
  @ KEATON
  
  Beck has never come close to saying anything about Obama being the Anti-Christ. Every side has to put up with a few morons posting something like this statement.from EIT…. I am sure you visit sites like Move On and the Huff Post. The hate and vitriol on those sites is astounding, and overwhelming. It is impossible to say that there just a few left wing morons. I find that looking at events realistically is not being paranoid. I do find that having Americans worth 40% less than they were 5 years ago, and having Politicians get up and say the economy is in great shape, and getting re-elected by gullible lefties, a little hard to understand. Or how about blaming the big snow storm on Global warming, and in the same sentence saying that there has not been this bad of a storm since 1885. I wonder if they talked about getting rid of SUV’s and incandescent light bulbs in 1885. “How do you argue against that lack of logic”
  
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- Witness1974
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 1:51am
  Keaton: I think you will find plenty of reasonable people on here that will gladly answer you one issue at a time. Of course, you will also take a lot of abuse, but you are not the only lefty in this ballpark.
  
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- DarkJello
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 1:58am
  @keaton:
  
  You actually believe disciplined analysis and rigorous logic allowed Owebama to win?
  
  How much time has been wasted on “gun control” in the last 6 weeks? How many lies have we endured in r/t Benghazi? The barrage of false statements by the POTUS et al is staggering! An incessant stream of superficial and short-term at best “solutions” to America’s fundamental problems pour out of the WH. They are doing NOTHING substantial to right the ship!!
  
  Owebama is NOT the anti-christ, he is the anti-midas!! Also, big gooberment = tyranny.
  
  Good day.
  
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- phil1765
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 4:48am
  Keatonc333
  Funny how you talk about people putting money in gold and such. Have you heard lately about China and Russia’s gold supplies? Do you honestly think that when the dollar collapses that everything is going to be hunky dory? Don’t kid yourself that Obama has some kind of magic dust to keep that from happening, because he doesn’t even have a clue. Yea printing 1.6 trillion dollars to pay t-bill holders is a magnificent plan. We as a country are the largest ponzi scheme ever created and it will collapse just like all the others.
  
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- CapnCrumbles32
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 6:49am
  Kreaton, Are you honestly going to sit there and tell me that American liberal political philosophy is born of rational thought? That reason and logic lends itself to leftist thinking? When you think about blacks living in city slums who came out in droves for Obama because they demand more government cheese and they like brown skin, do you think them terribly wise? Do you think they even have a clue as to how our government or economy functions? When you think of all the hispanic voters (many of them 1st or 2nd gen Americans and many whom don’t even speak english) do you think them terribly well educated? When you consider all the highschool and college age voters who lack real world experience and true understanding, who have been fed liberal propaganda from Hollywood and Unionized teachers/professors do you think ‘logic’ and ‘reason’? When you consider all the unmarried women, many of which subscribe to the tennants of modern femanism, do you think ‘logic’ and ‘reason’? If we engagued in a logical discussion about tax policy, debt, gun rights, abortion etc. the leftist agenda would be dismantled. That is why they specialize in character assassination, and the control of messaging. Where conservative principals are introduced and allowed to flourish they succeed.
  
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- SLAPTHELEFT
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 8:20am
  Good try. What is there to fear? We have God on our side. Do you have God on your side? The battle has been fought and has been won. We are just picking sides now.
  
  Anyways keaton, I do not desire a debate with you liberals anymore. The debate is over. Molon Labe.
  
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- TADTAD
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:12am
  Keaton, really? You cannot be serious. BTW, how many homeless people are living with you, and how many people are you feeding on your own dime? Zero? Yeah, I thought so. Hypocrit.
  
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- Jxw6765
  Posted on February 13, 2013 at 11:03am
  @slaptheleft, do you truly believe that we have God on our side? Do you also believe that the judgement in which America is facing is directed only at those who have turned their backs on Him? Because according to scripture, believers who have failed to be the Light are in just as much danger of judgement. We are called to show God’s love, not to step to the side and say “I’m a Christian so I’m not going to be punished with you fools”
  
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Keatonc333
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 12:16am
I didn’t think he was getting any criticism… who on the left has said anything bad about the guy? Or did the Blaze need an excuse to post another story about him?

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- Brentley
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 12:25am
  Keaton you are in denial. Most of the left has said something negative about this man and if they haven’t yet they will. It is the way the liberals work. This guy has it right. We need surgery in Washington. This country is broken, busted and dying fast. Doc Carson has it right. We need the greatest surgeon of all to fix the country. JESUS CHRIST is the only physician I know that can do that. Ben Carson knows this as well. So lets pray for that. THE GREAT HEALER to fix the hearts of those that are broken and lets get our country back on the right track.
  
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- Keatonc333
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 12:34am
  Keaton you are in denial. Most of the left has said something negative about this man and if they haven’t yet they will.
  
  so Im in denial about something you aren’t even sure has happened? Believe me! if it had, there would be a story about it on the Blaze.
  
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- FloraBelleza
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 12:50am
  Today since 1415 a Pope announce he going to resign, that he cannot do his job anymore. People said because his sick, but I never know any Pope to resign because been sick, they always stay in place until they die.
  
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- Witness1974
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 1:52am
  One person on the left that was very critical of Dr. Carson is Bob Beckel.
  
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- DarkJello
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 2:05am
  @keaton:
  
  You want us do to your research? This Doc boldly declared big gooberment is and will continue to fail. How do you think the big gooberment repubs and dems will respond? Cheering? Intellectual discusions? Logic? Fairness? LMBO.
  
  The fact that he is a superb surgeon, logical, well-spoken, black, and bold is quite the combo.
  
  I guess I can provide links if you refuse to research the matter or apply critical thinking…
  
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- Baerlin
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 6:10am
  Hey Keat – Have you read what jan schakowsky said about the dr’s speech? and that’s just one example.
  
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- CapnCrumbles32
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 6:22am
  False. Candy Crowley and others were claiming that his statements were disrespectful and out of place. I listened to three democratic commentators on fox whinning about him today. Of course this was the very thing Dr. Carson was refering to when he spoke of political correctness. He said that everyone is so easily offended and all intelligent discussion is stiffled in a attempt to silence certain voices, and he is right!
  
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Beachmastermax
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 12:07am
Thankyou sir! The truth shall set you free. Just keep on keepin on and you shall go down in history!!!!!

Alethaea!!!!! Absolute truth!

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brigott
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 12:01am
And Obama should have stuck to organizing a community.

He didn’t even do that well.

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- JEANNIEMAC
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 12:44am
  I beg to differ. Obama was trained in community organizing and has religiously followed the teachings of Alinsky who wrote the book of rules for radicals. He organized his campaign, obtaining information on millions of his followers. As the man in the Oval Office, he has access to all of our databases. and recently organized another group, cyber warriors for Obama, who infiltrate sites such as this, obtaining information and causing disruptions.
  We would do well to form our own such group.
  
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- Baerlin
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 6:22am
  Just the fact that he was re-elected shows that he is an excellent community organizer
  
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Bernese2008
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 11:54pm
He was a breath of fresh air I hope to hear more from him. We need people who will “stand up to the bullies”,

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pakaeboiboi
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 11:50pm
…. aaahhhh …. it just came to me …. the OFFENDED where OFFENDED because Dr. Carson is ….. BLACK!!!!!!

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- Witness1974
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 1:54am
  How dare you call him black; he doesn’t have the correct ideas to be black.
  
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- phil1765
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 4:55am
  Doc Carson=Uncle Tom on steroids, and he can write his own prescription.
  
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- TeaPartier66
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 4:30pm
  Of course they cannot call him a racist or an uncle Tom so of course its inappropriate
  
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infidelsaplenty
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 11:49pm
Dr Carson is a member of the Seventh Day Adventist church. While I like his message, I’m not a fan of the quasi-Christian cult that he belongs to. Be careful folks. This group has some tenants that would hand a real advantage to a knowledgeable political opponent.

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- PA PATRIOT
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 11:59pm
  Example:
  The POTUS allowing the sale of 20 F16′s to the Muslim Brotherhood?
  
  Oh yeah, so what, What difference does it make?
  
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- PA PATRIOT
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 12:07am
  in resonse to
  
  This group has some tenants that would hand a real advantage to a knowledgeable political opponent
  
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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 12:31am
  i like him even more now
  
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- katzkiner
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 12:36am
  A man’s religion is between him and his god as long as he does not wish to cut my head off for not having the same beliefs. Enforced religion is the worse form of tyrany, hence the Constitutions’ clause against the establishment of religion by government. That doesn’t mean you have to vote for a candidate whose religion you do not like. It is called freedom.
  
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- katzkiner
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 12:45am
  I would like to add that some of the worst zealots you will encounter are the believers of liberalism and atheism. Talk about pushing a belief system on people, they are aggressive. Almost as fanatical as the religion of peace.
  
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- J@ck_KvK
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 12:48am
  @Infidels
  I share your concern about the Seventh Day Adventists, although I am at a point personally where I recognize that there is a Holy War going on, and it is those trying to follow Christ v. those who are not. In the last days even the very elect will be deceived. As far as I’m concerned anyone who claims Christ is on my side, even if we disagree about a lot of the details.
  
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- DarkJello
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 2:17am
  I am religious, but I believe politicians should incessantly use logic.
  
  Dr. Ben Carson has my support/vote etc… It is time for the bold to rise!
  
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- SacredHonor1776
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 4:33am
  But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.
  -Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia, 1782
  
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- CapnCrumbles32
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 7:09am
  Thomas Jefferson is a mere man. He is not the authority on all things, especially once he begins to dabble in theology. His assertion that our neighbors lack of faith and Godless lifestyle will do no damage is false.
  
  Christianity does not teach forced conversion, however we are called to love our neighbor and to make desciples of all nations testifying to the name of our Savior Jesus/Yeshua. Words and actions reverberate through our spheres of influence. If a man lives in wickedness apart from Christ’s forgiveness, the consequence of his actions are both temporary and eternal. They will impact the lives of those around him. This is why we are called to warn others, if they openly reject the truth, we are to have nothing to do with them.
  
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- CapnCrumbles32
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 7:37am
  We are currently experiencing how our neighbors own Godlessness will pick your pocket and do you bodily harm. Ask Christ or the Apostles if their neighbors Godlessness did them harm in this world! The Godlessness of Israel and Rome literally broke Christ’s legs. Both the Old Testiment and New Testiment make it clear that God will punish nations for their acts of Godlessness. Remember ‘Blessed is the nation whos God is the Lord’ Psalm 33:12. Conversion not by force, but born of free will and devine providence. We must revive these people from their slumber. ‘Awake sleeper rise from the dead that Christ may shine on you.’
  
  As for Dr. Carson, I do not subscribe to 7th day doctrine, but given the option I would support him over the progressive agenda.
  
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- SacredHonor1776
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 8:52am
  I think you misunderstood Jefferson’s context.
  
  He had no problem with ‘freedom of religion’ that right for anyone to have any belief, as long as those religions didn’t force him through the government to pick his pocket or breaks his leg.
  
  Yes, he was very critical of anyone with beliefs or not beliefs that tried to use their philosophies to control others.
  
  What you see now, are people trying to use their religions or lack of religion to enforce their views on others, to create taxes, or commit fraud, war, etc.
  
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- 4truth2all
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 9:12am
  Yo Infidelsaplenty:
  
  SDA ,,, what do you “know” about them ???
  I find them to be followers of the Word.
  Though I would disagree with them on some of there “understandings”. They certainly adhere to the main issues of scripture.
  
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- SacredHonor1776
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 9:50am
  It’s some of the offshoots and certain individuals (or churches), that can be an issue… Those who focus on Ellen White’s writings as more important than the bible, or focus on the Clear Word paraphrase, rather than the traditional Bible (KJV/NKJV generally) itself. Those lean more towards ‘cultish’.
  
  Sheila Jackson Lee claims to be an Adventist as well. But I don’t think any of the policies she stands up for have anything to do with the SDA movement, or Christianity in general, and many are contradictory to it.
  
  She is leagues different than the common sense Ben Carson.
  
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- IMCHRISTIAN
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:15am
  What is it you do not like about the Seven Day Adventist?
  
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txjb
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 11:48pm
Dr. Ben , just tell them you voted for obama and they will leave you alone . But I still like what you said .

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pakaeboiboi
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 11:47pm
OFFENSIVE??? ….. TO WHO??? …. the OFFENSIVE??? …. and if that is so …. how could they tell that they were OFFENDED????…. they are them selves the definition of OFFENSIVE!!!! LOL ….

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Motorsports-X
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 11:38pm
this is a man the the black community should be putting on a pedestal. This is a man that would be MLKs right hand.

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neverending
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 11:30pm
He is such an amazing man, a very brilliant and successful man. If you read his book his speech will not surprise you and I doubt seriously that anyone will intimidate him no matter how hard they try. If only we could have hundreds of thousands just like him. Means what he says and says what he means and when he is finished speaking one knows very well exactly what he said and meant. God bless him and his family and hope we hear much more from him.

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jungle J
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 11:30pm
Listen to him…watch him. Most of you are like a lonely man that attaches himself to the first women through the door. You folks are too needy to make the kinds of decisions that the populace needs to make…reasoned based in reality.

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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 11:43pm
  beer goggles
  
  anything looks great next to Obama and whoever else the republican establishment pushes
  
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- B-45
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 11:44pm
  Kind of like how liberals attached themselves to Obama?
  
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- Arc
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 12:31pm
  Trying hard to understand the difference in ” you folks ” and the populace.!!!
  
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noslave
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 11:24pm
speaking the truth to liberals about their messiah,is like telling a mother her baby is really butt-ugly,thats why they push the political correctness castration thing??the truth hurts their FEELINGS??

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Verceofreason
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 11:21pm
Who on the left said that?

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Xanderson
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 11:21pm
An uneducated populace will fall for anything! Game. Set. Match.

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Advection
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 11:20pm
The big story from that PRAYER breakfast was the fact that the President mocked God, expressing wry amusement at how prayers never seem to be answered.

Obama is an atheist, unless you count the fact that he worships himself, that is. Is it any wonder then that he’s never experienced an answer to prayer?

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woodyee
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 11:19pm
I sure hope The Blaze doesn’t mind, but I copied the Dr’s photo to put up in my mini-library wall, sheeoot! He’s almost as handsome as me!

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woodyee
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 11:17pm
“an uneducated populace will fall for anything”

Brother ain’t that the truth!?! We find them here all the time! Heh-heh!

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- Xanderson
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 11:23pm
  Beat me to it! I’ll get the hang of it….I’m new here :^)
  
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- gyro
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 6:27am
  Woodyee thats the plan turn the young into educate idiiots
  ( it worked for me 40 years ago ! )
  
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- AbrahamsSheepdog
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 1:50pm
  Finally, I think let good Dr. Call them out. Paul Ryan’s last 1 ta da it. Someone team up with him, he retires soon. Get a fund started…. a website.. Herman, Newt, Rubio, West Rush, Hannity..anyone..help him.
  
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- AbrahamsSheepdog
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 2:01pm
  Hey…let him run with Huckabee. Hmm… that’s a sharp teamup. Hmm
  
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Linda
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 11:15pm
Boot out the lawyers! It’s time for a doctor in the house! Carson2016

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- soybomb315_II
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 11:29pm
  he can try but he will get the chuck baldwin / gary johnson / virgil goode treatment from so-called conservatives
  
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denkat56
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 11:14pm
The liberals hate anybody smarter than they are, they want sheep. To hear and obey their every little whim. Dr. Carson is smart enough to out wit the witless. Liberals aren’t use to somebody challenging them.

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- pghpatriot
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 11:37pm
  I think they hate Truth and Reality even more. Plenty of them are intelligent (although you wouldn’t know it to hear them talk), but most of them don’t seem to be able to accept the Truth or the Reality that supports it.
  
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- DesertRose1960
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:38am
  @PGHPatriot and Denkat56, You two are funny. You’ve decided a whole bunch of things about Liberals, but you don’t seem to have ever talked to one of us. Really, it says more about you than it says about me. I don’t hate Conservatives. I’m exceedingly fond of facts and reality, but “truth” is something I leave to philosophy classes. I believe in facts and they have a well-known Liberal bias. Actually, Liberals don’t like sheeple, we prefer people who can argue their points with logic and verifiable facts. And we relish challenges. Liberal’s opinion don’t generally fit on bumper stickers or signs and we often have competing agendas; you have to listen closely to figure out what’s really going on. Denkat, I’m so glad you find Liberals intelligent. It’s often hard to come to that conclusion about the TeaParty, their signs are so misspelled and their syntax is often as garbled as their imagery.
  
  I think I’d heard of Dr. Carson before today. I think I heard about him when he published his first book in 1990. I haven’t heard or seen anything written against him. Most Liberals don’t pay the National Prayer Breakfast any mind at all. Huffington Post and Media Matters did not cover his speech or President Obama’s (non)reaction to it. The only negative press was the stuff Cavuto invented for his interview.
  
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Al J Zira
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 11:12pm
I love what the man has said so far I just need to hear the rest of his policy, so to speak. I worry that even if he is the perfect conservative candidate that unless he has a solid foreign policy someone like Hillary will eat him up. While, if that were to come true, that wouldn’t bother me one bit but the media will make it a big deal and the lemmings will do as they’re told when they go to the polls.

A lot of our foreign policy would take care of itself if we we financially solid, especially since the rest of the world is in financial meltdown. It’s a real shame. We had the opportunity to become an unprecedented power in the world and blew it because of our debt.

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- woodyee
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 11:27pm
  He’s not a politician, so he’s probably weak on foreign policy, however, probably more than makes up for it with Common Sense.
  
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- Utahcatholic
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 11:45pm
  “Weak on foreign policy”???
  
  Are you kidding me? Obama was and is clueless on foreign policy……..as he is clueless on most everything. He is a community organizer/activist with zero credentials to be POTUS.
  
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- AleaJactaEst
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 12:15am
  Haggard Hilliary and her Benghazi debaucle will not fade in time for 2016. There are too many still unanswered questions to give her a pass. My money would be on the good Dr.
  
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- SacredHonor1776
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 4:09am
  Read his book, he has common sense ideas on foreign policy as well. He is not a neocon, but he’s not isolationist either. He’s closer to Thomas Jefferson in the issue. If you must fight for national defense, fight to end it quickly and get out. Don’t go around trying to police all the nations and stretching the military thin.
  
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- SacredHonor1776
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 4:29am
  Also foreign policy should be based on ‘complete knowledge and accurate information’. The fact is Ben Carson knows how it important it is to learn about foreign nations before deciding any actions for or against them.
  
  He also understands that you need to surround yourself with experts in the fields, not just any political doner that tried to buy a seat.
  
  Seriously, I’m pretty sure he could debate Hillary, and could debate her well. The thing he’d be blunt about it, clear and concise, while hillary tries to do the run around like she has done with Benghazi…
  
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- Al J Zira
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 10:22am
  I agree that he’s a doctor not a politician. I also agree the man has more common sense in his little finger nail than Obama. I would trust him to learn what needs to be learned so he could construct a common sense national policy.
  
  UTAHCATHOLIC: Comparing Dr. Carson to Obama isn’t the subject here and in the next election the comparison isn’t even an issue. I believe the dems will run Hillary. Will Benghazi come back to haunt her, I don’t think so. The last two debates took place right after Benghazi and had no affect on Obama even though the events were fresh in the mind of people.
  
  We should be doing what the left does and start now devising a strategy around destroying Hillary as much as she can be destroyed. You know the left is already digging into Dr. Carson for anything they can find.
  
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soybomb315_II
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 11:10pm
you all forget that Dr. Carson said that he does not like republican party either. Most americans dont like the repubilcan party either. better reform the election laws while they can – or else democrats will win all the elections by default

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- DLV
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 11:26pm
  Yeah true my father brought me up as a Repub, now nearly hate them just as much. conservative first…
  
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- SacredHonor1776
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 4:22am
  He doesn’t consider himself ‘liberal’ or ‘conservative’ either. He just believes in ‘common sense’. He also believes you need true liberals and true conservatives in order to have proper ‘dialogue’ (dialogue needs to be open with no one trying to silence the other). Too much of one or the other could lead to tyrrany.
  
  When he said an eagle has a right wing and a left wing, that basically describes his viewpoint.
  
  He is completely against communist/socialist/marxist form of “liberalism”.
  
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booger71
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 11:08pm
Dr. Carson is a breath of fresh air.

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 11:33pm
  That he certainly is.
  
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