Anyone watching GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson’s comments on Sunday’s “Meet the Press” could immediately predict the ensuing outrage from the liberal media over his comments that he would not support a Muslim as President of the United States.
Never mind that none other than our dear president can freely make critical comments about “less-than-loving Christians” — and call out the “terrible deeds” during the Crusades and Inquisition and, more recently, involving slavery and Jim Crow, “justified in the name of Christ.”
Meanwhile, when one of the leading GOP candidates for president cited Islam’s incompatibility with our nation’s Constitution — our nation’s rule of law — the media pounced.
But perhaps contrary to the intent of many of those pouncing, candidate Carson’s campaign appears not to be suffering any fallout from the controversy. Quite the contrary: in the wake of Carson’s “politically incorrect” comments, fundraising money is now pouring in.
As The Washington Times reports:
Retired neurosurgeon and 2016 GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson said Wednesday the fundraising dollars have been flowing in, as a super PAC supporting his candidacy reported a surge in donations since his remarks Sunday about whether he would support a Muslim for president.BOOM:
Watch for it - you'll notice it now.
1) Late thurs/early Friday, politician makes incredibly offensive, pandering, rude, crass statement to appeal to the very angry base.
2) All weekend, enjoy the buzz on sunday shows. The base is home all weekend (libs party while repubs watch morning news shows) - so the base donates over the weekend and rallies on message boards.
3) Monday morning, a quiet call to msnbc or a press conference (that fox ignores) allows candidate to retract the absurd, inflammatory statement as a misunderstanding, misspeaking, or mistake. All is okay now 
It happens a lot. Some candidates TRY but the media doesn't pick up their story. I bet Carson fundraising this past weekend was the best he's seen in a month. And the loyal sheep get to read this Monday AM and repeat some weak drivel like "He is right and he didn't say anything wrong, but he needs to learn how to avoid these set-up questions."
Predictable. It's just politics.
