Ben Carson said on Sunday that Muslims were unfit to be president of the United States

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    Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said on Sunday that Muslims were unfit to be president of the United States, arguing their faith was inconsistent with American principles.

    "I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation. I absolutely would not agree with that," Carson told NBC's "Meet the Press."

    The remarks by Carson, who is near the top of opinion polls for the crowded field of Republican candidates, followed a controversy that erupted when front-runner Donald Trump declined to challenge anti-Muslim comments made by a supporter on Friday.

    Carson, a Christian who says he got the idea for his tax proposals from the Bible, said he thought a U.S. president's faith should be "consistent with the Constitution."

    Asked if he thought Islam met this bar, the retired neurosurgeon said: "No, I do not."

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    Why is it that MDs that get into politics are all whack-a-doodles?

    Maybe all MDs are whack-a-doodles? Not sure.

    I'm thinking Monica Wehby, Ben Carson, Ron/Rand Paul, Tom Coburn...

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    The only one unfit to be president after a comment like that is Ben Carson.

    He understands nothing about this country.
     
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    He's pretty much done now. I think he realized it going into the last debate. He's running out of SuperPAC money and I believe two of his campaign organizers already left.
     
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    I know Muslim isn't a race but his statement is still racist in my opinion. I think this makes the whole black people can't be racist thread obsolete.
     
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    Wait...... I thought a Muslim was president!

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    My religion is superior to yours.

    Typical.

    Cause of centuries if bloody war.
     
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    I may get burned for this but I think that governor Kitzhaber did a pretty good job as governor.
     
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    Carson's quote could also be a veiled shot at Obama.
     
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    Could be but I actually dont think so. I think he got trapped by this question by the press, and he was just trying to appeal to his christian base. I heard them ask all the candidates the same question on meet the press and even Trump skillfully dodged it. Should have been an obvious landmine question.

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    I agree, just like I think making duragatory remarks about Jewish people is at the same level.
     
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    My ideology is better than yours have killed more than all religions combined
     
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    Jewish is a race and religeon though. If we are going to be technical Id say its ignorant and passivly bigoted, but not racist.

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    you say this, but you for some reason don't think Trump is a racist. He's a fucking racist through and through.
     
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    Passively bigoted? Wow, that's a new one.
     
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    That's your opinion. I think he's just a patriot.
     
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    Maybe i just made that term up, but I use it on people who dont know they are being that way or are very subtle about it. Kind of like passive resistance to to social equality.

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    "We want deal. We want deal."

    - Donald Trump

    Also, being a Birther automatically make you racist.
     
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    How can you complain about China and Mexico kicking our ass when the suit that you're complaining about it in is made in China? That dude is not a fucking patriot.
     
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    Well shit man, almost every country in this world are racist then. Give me a list of countries that allow Birther citizenship?
     
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