Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson made a campaign stop at Winston Salem’s Berean Baptist Church yesterday:
For Carson, some of the loudest applause came after he referred to his views on political correctness, God and politicians who receive large donations from special interest groups.
“I 100 percent refuse to lick the boots of millionaires or billionaires,” Carson said. “Our country was not designed for the political class. It was designed for the citizen-statesman,” he said later.At another point, Carson said he relied on his relationship with God to guide him on whether to enter the race, an endeavor that even he saw as improbable at first, saying with humor that he was “suspicious” when people asked him to run: “Lord, if you want me to do it, please open the doors.”
Couldn’t help but notice a couple of things about the Winston-Salem Journal write-up—first, the reporter lets readers know he wasn’t impressed Carson’s speech, stating it “could have been given by other conservative candidates.” And in the third graph he provides the counterpoint—-a news conference at Emmanuel Baptist Church protesting Carson’s recent controversial statement about Muslims serving as president.
Maybe it’s just me.