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CATHERINE THOMPSON JUNE 5, 2014, 10:17 AM EDT
Dr. Ben Carson has called Obamacare the "worst thing that's happened in this nation since slavery" -- but in a recent interview with The Daily Beast, the Tea Party favorite claimed that the health care law was worse than even the 9/11 terror attacks.
According to the piece published Thursday, contributor Evan Gahr followed up on the slavery comment by asking Carson why he thought President Obama's health care law was worse than 9/11. Carson responded that the terror attacks were an "isolated incident."
Gahr continued to pepper the retired neurosurgeon with follow-up questions and wrote that he was frequented interrupted by Carson's business manager. Here's their exchange:
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Tikki
(14,557 posts)Carson dude may know a bit about medicine, but an attack on America is no isolated incident, it appears to be
a life long event for many.
Tikki
RDANGELO
(3,433 posts), and then he says something totally absurd.
Algernon Moncrieff
(5,790 posts)That's five 9-11 terror attacks, every year. Where was Ben Carson then?
SamKnause
(13,101 posts)The Harvard study in 2009 stated 44,000 per year.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
Algernon Moncrieff
(5,790 posts)anywhere from 5 to 15 9-11 terrorist attacke every year. Where was Carson?
SamKnause
(13,101 posts)this man is a neurosurgeon.
I would not trust him to operate on me or my family.
MurrayDelph
(5,294 posts)he should be a proctologist.
treestar
(82,383 posts)Representatives. The other was a attack from outside. Not on the same plane for comparison.
And on what ground does he claim Obamacare kills people? On yeah. Death panels.
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)Solomon
(12,310 posts)megalomania.
Dpm12
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Vinca
(50,269 posts)His brain must be split in 2 with one half being a brilliant surgeon and the other half being a dimwitted teabagger. To advocate for sick people NOT having an opportunity to get healthcare is ludicrous.