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Omaha Steve

(99,707 posts)
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 12:13 PM Aug 2015

At Council Bluffs rally, Ben Carson says he's tired of Democrats dividing the country

Source: Omaha World Herald

By Robynn Tysver

COUNCIL BLUFFS — Ben Carson says he’s tired of Democratic politicians and others trying to divide Americans along income and racial lines.

The Republican presidential contender accused President Barack Obama and others on Sunday of using class warfare and racial “incidents” to drive wedges between Americans and to score political points. He said a divided America would be easier for radical Islamists to attack.

“When the jihadists come over here, before they cut your head off they’re not going to ask if you’re a Democrat or a Republican. They don’t care,” Carson said during an appearance in Council Bluffs’ Bayliss Park, where a crowd of more than 600 people braved a steamy summer day to listen to him.

It was his final stop on a two-day swing through Iowa. Attendees munched on free corn on the cob and enjoyed music and performances by Christian puppeteers.

FULL story at link.



The Associated Press

Ben Carson’s campaign team is banking on the retired neurosurgeon’s appeal to voters as someone who’s not under the thumb of special interests. Carson spoke in Council Bluffs’ Bayliss Park on Sunday.

Read more: http://www.omaha.com/news/politics/at-council-bluffs-rally-ben-carson-says-he-s-tired/article_e52db903-7d75-533b-9583-b4a5e07189d7.html

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At Council Bluffs rally, Ben Carson says he's tired of Democrats dividing the country (Original Post) Omaha Steve Aug 2015 OP
hey, bennie, two questions-- what are you on, and do you share? niyad Aug 2015 #1
He's doing a narcissistic "trip" Plucketeer Aug 2015 #18
lolol. nt restorefreedom Aug 2015 #33
Carson is crazy. hamsterjill Aug 2015 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author LiberalArkie Aug 2015 #7
Nope. I'm sticking with crazy. hamsterjill Aug 2015 #9
And don't forget that he claims he is only a doctor because GOD gave him the answers beac Aug 2015 #21
Pukes + Baggers = Whacko! SoapBox Aug 2015 #3
Christian puppeteers? Gotta be all kinds of good lines to extract from that! Where were the brewens Aug 2015 #4
Highly appropriate entertainment, isn't it? arcane1 Aug 2015 #26
More republican projection bullshit liberal N proud Aug 2015 #5
oh ben, you're a halfwit. but that's okay. you wont get elected. nt Javaman Aug 2015 #6
I prefer the old term "lackwit" niyad Aug 2015 #32
Class and Race bucolic_frolic Aug 2015 #8
Because we all know that the key to a smart political party is to make people afraid. logosoco Aug 2015 #10
No living wage, no taxing the rich and corps, no outlawing offshoring money - ISIS!!!! Elmer S. E. Dump Aug 2015 #11
You forgot homegirl Aug 2015 #15
Couldn't fit em all on one line - there are even more. Elmer S. E. Dump Aug 2015 #24
The radicals are already here atreides1 Aug 2015 #12
we should not be calling them radicals, but, rather, reactionaries. there is nothing radical niyad Aug 2015 #36
Ben Carson atreides1 Aug 2015 #13
It pains me that my old home town... ISW Aug 2015 #14
Ah...the ol' ISIS boogeyman, eh? Roland99 Aug 2015 #16
We're not divided when it comes to you. We think your book is a few pages short of a chapter. n/t jtuck004 Aug 2015 #17
kick Angry Dragon Aug 2015 #19
Next, he'll accuse Democrats of waging a war on women. tclambert Aug 2015 #20
they already do just that--THEY are "empowering women" with their hatred, their anti-woman niyad Aug 2015 #37
No, he's tired of Democrats having an opinion. louis-t Aug 2015 #22
B-b-b Bennie Fittingly Forgets .... Jackilope Aug 2015 #23
He's right: Demanding social and economic fairness divides the country... William Seger Aug 2015 #25
I recall someone posting something about wedge issues d_legendary1 Aug 2015 #27
I'm tired of Ben Carson's divisiveness The Second Stone Aug 2015 #28
What a blowout they arranged for his appearance: Judi Lynn Aug 2015 #29
The puppets are probably more real than the original myths rurallib Aug 2015 #31
He drew 600 to see him? Ilsa Aug 2015 #30
Some of them may have thought they were going to see Carson Daly. tclambert Aug 2015 #38
once again, restorefreedom Aug 2015 #34
LOL, you're so funny Ben..... Dont call me Shirley Aug 2015 #35
 

Plucketeer

(12,882 posts)
18. He's doing a narcissistic "trip"
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 02:26 PM
Aug 2015

It's a POWERFUL hallucinogen. He knew when he threw his hat in the ring, that he didn't/doesn't have a ghost of a chance. And since he HAD TO know that, this can only be an exercise in self-aggrandizement. And he's got lots of like-minded compatriots in that door-bulging clown car manifest. ->

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beac

(9,992 posts)
21. And don't forget that he claims he is only a doctor because GOD gave him the answers
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 02:48 PM
Aug 2015

during his freshman year chemistry final!


… My grades were so bad that, even if I had gotten an A on the final, I still would’ve failed. That’s how bad it was. But the professor was either very compassionate or very sadistic. I’m not sure which one. Because he had a rule. He said, “Anyone who’s failing, I’ll give them double credit on their final!” So you had, like, that one last burst of hope before you went down.

So there I was, night before, thinking about my life. I said, Lord, medicine is the only thing I ever wanted to do. I always thought that’s what you wanted from me. And yet, it looks like I’m gonna fail chemistry. I’m not gonna go to medical school.

I said, would you please tell me what it is you really want me to do? Or, alternatively and preferably, work a miracle?

I picked up that big chemistry book. I was gonna learn the whole thing that night. And, of course, I fell asleep. Dreamed I was in this large auditorium, just me and a nebulous figure working out chemistry problems.

And I awakened early that morning. That dream was so vivid in my mind. I picked up my book. I started looking up the stuff I dreamed about. And when I went to take the test the next morning, it was like “The Twilight Zone.” I opened that book and I recognized the first problem as one of the ones I dreamed about. And the next, and the next, and the next, and I aced the exam and, you know, got a good mark in chemistry. It worked out okay. And I promised the Lord he would never have to do that for me again.


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brewens

(13,620 posts)
4. Christian puppeteers? Gotta be all kinds of good lines to extract from that! Where were the
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 12:26 PM
Aug 2015

BLM people? Must have had trouble fighting their way through the throng!

liberal N proud

(60,344 posts)
5. More republican projection bullshit
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 12:28 PM
Aug 2015

Always projecting on their opponent that which they are the most guilty of.

bucolic_frolic

(43,281 posts)
8. Class and Race
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 12:53 PM
Aug 2015

are arguments they use to try to silence us.

Neither can be swept under the rug.

There is nothing immoral about wanting better for oneself, or noticing
that others have a disproportionate amount.

Class warfare will diminish when economic equality increases.

logosoco

(3,208 posts)
10. Because we all know that the key to a smart political party is to make people afraid.
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 01:10 PM
Aug 2015

I better add this

atreides1

(16,093 posts)
12. The radicals are already here
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 01:34 PM
Aug 2015

Only they're carrying a cross and waving the Stars and Stripes(and in Carson's case some of them are waving the stars and bars)!

niyad

(113,550 posts)
36. we should not be calling them radicals, but, rather, reactionaries. there is nothing radical
Tue Aug 11, 2015, 06:05 PM
Aug 2015

(meaning, getting to the root of the problem) about them or their ideas.

tclambert

(11,087 posts)
20. Next, he'll accuse Democrats of waging a war on women.
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 02:40 PM
Aug 2015

Democrats divide the country? Republicans in some places have talked about secession. Every time Obama tried to reach out a hand in bipartisanship, Republicans in Congress slapped it away. This must be his version of "Class warfare! Class warfare!"--the cry of Republicans every time a Democratic mentions income inequality.

niyad

(113,550 posts)
37. they already do just that--THEY are "empowering women" with their hatred, their anti-woman
Tue Aug 11, 2015, 06:06 PM
Aug 2015

laws, but the dems are treating women like children.

louis-t

(23,297 posts)
22. No, he's tired of Democrats having an opinion.
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 02:50 PM
Aug 2015

Typical conservative tyrant. If you don't think like me, you're going to hell.

Jackilope

(819 posts)
23. B-b-b Bennie Fittingly Forgets ....
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 02:58 PM
Aug 2015

My apologies to Elton John, but Carson is so spaced out and thinks himself so wonderful.....

William Seger

(10,779 posts)
25. He's right: Demanding social and economic fairness divides the country...
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 03:15 PM
Aug 2015

... between those who want fairness and those who don't.

d_legendary1

(2,586 posts)
27. I recall someone posting something about wedge issues
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 03:56 PM
Aug 2015

dividing Americans. Racial profiling and income inequality are not wedge issues. They're problems Americans face everyday. I'm no neurosurgeon but I know that people aren't going to vote for someone who thinks going to bed at night hungry is a non-issue.

Judi Lynn

(160,611 posts)
29. What a blowout they arranged for his appearance:
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 04:39 PM
Aug 2015
Attendees munched on free corn on the cob and enjoyed music and performances by Christian puppeteers.

Too much excitement for one lifetime.

Republicans really have the finest touch, don't they?

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