Cal Thomas is Wrong!

OldRegular · Feb 14, 2013

Columnist Cal Thomas, onetime associated with Jerry Falwell and the Moral Majority, has in recent years appeared to be increasingly embarrassed by those Conservatives who are not ashamed to voice their views. Now it appears that Thomas takes exception to those who express their views except in approved locales. He takes medical Dr. Ben Carson to task for his outspoken views, expressed at the National Prayer breakfast, on the disastrous policies of Barak Hussein Obama. The Prayer breakfast is not a worship service and Dr. Carson was not speaking behind Obama's back. In fact his remarks were appropriately presented in Obama's presence, almost face to face. Dr. Carson is to be commended.

Whether Thomas has experienced an epiphany or whether his queasiness in the presence of honest opinion in a Conservative vein is the result of old age, political correctness, or his association with leftist Bob Beckel is uncertain but he has expressed his "holier than thou" opinion saying:

Dr. Ben Carson should apologize to President Obama

Our politics have become so polarized and corrupted that a president of the United States cannot even attend an event devoted to drawing people closer to God and bridge partisan and cultural divides without being lectured about his policies.

Last Thursday at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., Dr. Ben Carson, director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and a 2008 recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, broke with a 61-year-old tradition and publicly disagreed with some of the president's policies, such as "ObamaCare," taxation and the national debt. Disclosure: I have attended this event since 1971 and host a dinner the night before for members of the media.

Several in the audience of 3,000 applauded Carson's remarks, which must have made the president feel even more uncomfortable.

The National Prayer Breakfast is supposed to bring together people from different political viewpoints and cultures. It is supposed to bridge divides, not widen them

I am no fan of the president's policies, but the National Prayer Breakfast is billed as one of the few nonpolitical events in a very political city. Each year, the co-chairs, one Democrat and one Republican from either the House or Senate, put aside their political differences, as they do in weekly gatherings, to pray for the nation's leaders.

Carson, who spoke at the same event several years ago, has a compelling and inspirational personal story. He and his brother grew up in Detroit. His parents divorced when he was three. His mother kept an eye on her children and made them turn off the TV and read books. Carson said he did poorly in school and was mocked by classmates until he later caught the learning bug. He retold part of that story, but it was overwhelmed by his criticism of the president's policies.

Carson is a great example of what perseverance can accomplish and his success is a rebuke to the entitlement-envy-greed mentality. By lowering himself to mention policies with which he disagrees, he diluted the power of a superior message.

His remarks were inappropriate for the occasion. It would have been just as inappropriate had he praised the president's policies. The president had a right to expect a different message about another Kingdom. I'm wondering if the president felt drawn closer to God, or bludgeoned by the Republican Party and the applauding conservatives in the audience (there were many liberals there, too, as well as people from what organizers said were more than 100 nations and all 50 states.)

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013...esident-obama/?intcmp=obnetwork#ixzz2KtwHYFCN
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Dr. Carson owes no one an apology, LEAST OF ALL BARAK HUSSEIN OBAMA who is deliberately tearing the country apart! Does anyone really believe the National Prayer Breakfast draws anyone closer to God and if so which one?

Earth Wind and Fire · Feb 14, 2013

OldRegular said: ↑

Columnist Cal Thomas, onetime associated with Jerry Falwell and the Moral Majority, has in recent years appeared to be increasingly embarrassed by those Conservatives who are not ashamed to voice their views. Now it appears that Thomas takes exception to those who express their views except in approved locales. He takes medical Dr. Ben Carson to task for his outspoken views, expressed at the National Prayer breakfast, on the disastrous policies of Barak Hussein Obama. The Prayer breakfast is not a worship service and Dr. Carson was not speaking behind Obama's back. In fact his remarks were appropriately presented in Obama's presence, almost face to face. Dr. Carson is to be commended.

Whether Thomas has experienced an epiphany or whether his queasiness in the presence of honest opinion in a Conservative vein is the result of old age, political correctness, or his association with leftist Bob Beckel is uncertain but he has expressed his "holier than thou" opinion saying:

Dr. Carson owes no one an apology, LEAST OF ALL BARAK HUSSEIN OBAMA who is deliberately tearing the country apart! Does anyone really believe the National Prayer Breakfast draws anyone closer to God and if so which one?
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Here is something I could shore speak to.....ole Cal comes from the Welsh (Cymry) who are an ethnic group with a pension for a little rock in their rye. As you said, probably hanging around with that clown Bob Beckel & we know he's 90 proof somethin or another. give him some time to sleep it off. He is Celtic after all is said & done.

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