{"id":51553,"date":"2015-06-22T17:28:38","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T23:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/22\/applause-where-applause-is-due-for-ben-carson.html"},"modified":"2015-06-22T15:02:46","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T21:02:46","slug":"applause-where-applause-is-due-for-ben-carson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/22\/applause-where-applause-is-due-for-ben-carson.html","title":{"rendered":"Applause where applause is due for Ben Carson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carson&#39;s got some goofy ideas about a number of issues, but he&#39;s spot on here.  Will he now be accused of playing the &quot;race card&quot; to rile up his constituents, the way Obama has been?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/ballot-box\/presidential-races\/245709-ben-carson-slams-rivals-who-dare-not-call-this-tragedy-an'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/hbPvBIc3bN7PmXJOG1lqhdnMmzU7v_DOYgue5gLTOmgERX3DZ-Jl-wbqyALdBB5SmltZN2xq91xXwLxOaDHXgIXNf1cz5biVqE33KodZ5pBfI_pzrUjQJf-gWhw=w506-h303' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/ballot-box\/presidential-races\/245709-ben-carson-slams-rivals-who-dare-not-call-this-tragedy-an'>Ben Carson slams rivals who &#8216;dare not call this tragedy an act of racism&#8217;<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n&ldquo;We have to face the facts&rdquo; about the Charleston shooting, the 2016 candidate said.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/WMqN1vw4ZRK'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carson&#39;s got some goofy ideas about a number of issues, but he&#39;s spot on here. Will he now be accused of playing the &quot;race card&quot; to rile up his constituents, the way Obama has been? Ben Carson slams rivals who &#8216;dare not call this tragedy an act of racism&#8217; &ldquo;We have to face the facts&rdquo; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/22\/applause-where-applause-is-due-for-ben-carson.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Applause where applause is due for Ben Carson&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,532,740],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-elections-2016","category-race-racism"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":50447,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/06\/ben-carson-has-some-odd-ideas-about-the-judiciary.html","url_meta":{"origin":51553,"position":0},"title":"Ben Carson has some odd ideas about the judiciary","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 6-May-15 11:41am","format":false,"excerpt":"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/ben-carson-federal-government-doesnt-need-recognize-gay-marriage-scotus-ruling1. 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