"It's what has been done!"

What a pleasure to see and listen to Dr. Ben Carson! I had not seen or heard from him in a long while.

Twisting

That's what I think Clarence Page is doing in this column in which he asks, "What's wrong with a Muslim president?" Dr. Ben Carson was asked if he would support a Muslim for president, and he candidly answered no, on the grounds of our belief in the First Amendment and "the values and principles of America." Page manipulates that statement into this, the first sentence in his Chicago Tribune article:

After reaching the top tier of Republican presidential candidates in polls, Dr. Ben Carson has given us another historic milestone: He has boldly called for religious discrimination against Muslims who run for president.

Page goes on to assert that

Rest assured, there is no danger of the Islamic-based legal system of Shariah taking over other American laws.

After these Obama years, I am not sure about that claim.

Page concludes,

At least Carson doesn't appear to be pandering to the angry, fearful and ignorant as vigorously as the Grand Old Party's current front-runner, Donald Trump. The billionaire TV star recently pandered to the worst of the anti-Obama conspiracy theories including the ridiculous notion that he's a secret Muslim.

Even when Trump was asked after Carson's remarks if he thought a Muslim should be elected to the presidency, he sarcastically quipped that "some people" think we already have. Har, har.

I would add, in the spirit of an old line from TV's "Seinfeld," "Not that there's anything wrong with that."

Page claimed in an interview with Craig Silverman this morning on radio station KNUS, that Carson's supporters are "ideologues." The Left and Clarence Page are not ideologues?

Read more here.

The religion of atheism

Ben Carson points out that atheism is a religion:

We must also go back and read the Constitution, including the First Amendment, which guarantees freedom of religion. It says nothing about freedom from religion, and in fact, if you consider the context and the lives of those involved in the crafting of our founding documents, it is apparent that they believed in allowing their faith to guide their lives. This has nothing to do with imposing one’s beliefs on someone else.

Liberty and justice for all has worked extremely well for an extended period of time, and there is no reason to upset the equilibrium by endowing the hypersensitive complainers in our society with more power than everyone else.

Read more here.

Dr. Ben Carson wins 2016 Presidential straw poll

The Western Conservative Summit concluded this weekend in Denver. 3,300 people attended. A straw poll was conducted with 660 voters. Ben Carson won the poll, getting 22% of the vote. Ted Cruz came in second with 13%. Sara Palin was third with 12%.

I personally would be thrilled Carson as our candidate, and I also like Cruz and Palin. The very fact that Carson is not someone with a history as a politician appeals to me, as does his delightful personality.

Is there any reason why Republicans cannot nominate this man?

I'd like to hear his whole speech, but I thank Truth Revolt for putting this much out there for us.