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Bye Bye Ben Carson (Original Post) malaise Oct 2015 OP
Well said...k and r. nt Stuart G Oct 2015 #1
A big, fat K&R! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 #2
Carson proves that brain surgeons workinclasszero Oct 2015 #3
I always found dentists much smarter than medical doctors malaise Oct 2015 #15
he saw the donald double-down and thought...'what the heck' spanone Oct 2015 #4
No, do not do that.... daleanime Oct 2015 #7
Love it malaise Oct 2015 #11
the more he speaks the worse it gets....not ready for prime-time spanone Oct 2015 #19
Nicely put. 99Forever Oct 2015 #5
You think this is really the end - I hope so - LiberalElite Oct 2015 #6
I can't wait until he takes his thorazine laiden ass to bed. Ed Suspicious Oct 2015 #8
I have a great-niece Blue_In_AK Oct 2015 #9
LOL malaise Oct 2015 #13
I think the white republicans who are supporting him.. awoke_in_2003 Oct 2015 #17
I was thinking along the same lines svpadgham Oct 2015 #23
The abortion issue is a big one, too. n/t DebJ Oct 2015 #28
How can someone so smart jack_krass Oct 2015 #10
I know more than a few really stupid doctors malaise Oct 2015 #12
Med. school classes require memorization spooky3 Oct 2015 #21
Ben Carson is proof that the republicans don't give a shit about guns. Initech Oct 2015 #14
Carson will be rewarded for this stupidity Gothmog Oct 2015 #16
This is my fear as well - at least as far as Iowa Republicans go. bullwinkle428 Oct 2015 #25
The GOP base will like this type of rather ignorant comment Gothmog Oct 2015 #31
Hey... MrMickeysMom Oct 2015 #18
I try to be polite malaise Oct 2015 #20
the base will lap this up restorefreedom Oct 2015 #22
Dumb as a post! Milliesmom Oct 2015 #24
Carson is a piece of shit. He is finished. patsimp Oct 2015 #26
Larry Wilmore : "Hey physician - why don't you go fuck thyself?" bullwinkle428 Oct 2015 #27
Too good malaise Oct 2015 #30
I find it very hard to believe he's a doctor elmac Oct 2015 #29
As hard as this is to believe, I was flipping through the channels this morning Vinca Oct 2015 #32
They're all crazy - afterall malaise Oct 2015 #34
I don't think this will hurt him at all--not with Republican voters--especially in Iowa. bklyncowgirl Oct 2015 #33
I disagree - it's all a game to them malaise Oct 2015 #35
He won't win the nomination but I'm not so sure the religious wing of the party will dump him. bklyncowgirl Oct 2015 #37
kind a hope he hangs around for a bit...find the idea of many gop thugs voting for a black man funny dembotoz Oct 2015 #36
Was his comment suppose to be funny? Corgigal Oct 2015 #38
HE will say anything to be included in the ride in the 'clown car'. mfcorey1 Oct 2015 #39
That's the truth malaise Oct 2015 #46
Republicans are lapping his shite up though... just saw the MSNBC focus group on the crazy shit he JCMach1 Oct 2015 #40
Saw it too malaise Oct 2015 #41
Yes, they are. He only looks crazy to US. n/t pnwmom Oct 2015 #44
A bit more eloquent and dignified than the words I would have chosen but well said none the less BadGimp Oct 2015 #42
LOL malaise Oct 2015 #45
Except his popularity has soared lately. Each new crazy thing he says buys him more attention. pnwmom Oct 2015 #43
what man was shot seven times? Beaverhausen Oct 2015 #47
The army veteran who stepped in during the slaughter in Oregon malaise Oct 2015 #48

daleanime

(17,796 posts)
7. No, do not do that....
Wed Oct 7, 2015, 08:51 PM
Oct 2015

don't associate 'Dr.' Carson with The Doctor.


One is far more realistic then the other.

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
6. You think this is really the end - I hope so -
Wed Oct 7, 2015, 08:50 PM
Oct 2015

Carson is a reprehensible P.O.S. extraordinaire, and considering the rest of the Repug clowns that's saying something. I can't understand why he's been doing so well.

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
9. I have a great-niece
Wed Oct 7, 2015, 08:56 PM
Oct 2015

who is constantly posting pro-Carson pieces on Facebook. She's a pretty normal young lady otherwise. I don't know how she came to the conclusion that supporting him is a good idea.

 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
17. I think the white republicans who are supporting him..
Wed Oct 7, 2015, 09:44 PM
Oct 2015

are doing it so they can say the political equivalent of "I have a black friend"

malaise

(269,103 posts)
12. I know more than a few really stupid doctors
Wed Oct 7, 2015, 09:17 PM
Oct 2015

and they were all A students. The vast majority never did a course in history or social studies.

bullwinkle428

(20,629 posts)
25. This is my fear as well - at least as far as Iowa Republicans go.
Wed Oct 7, 2015, 11:23 PM
Oct 2015

Lived here long enough to recognize their profound willful ignorance.

Gothmog

(145,427 posts)
31. The GOP base will like this type of rather ignorant comment
Thu Oct 8, 2015, 08:24 AM
Oct 2015

Ben Carson is an idiot who is not qualified to be POTUS. The fact that he is doing well in the GOP primary process says a great deal about the base of the GOP

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)
18. Hey...
Wed Oct 7, 2015, 09:47 PM
Oct 2015

At least you said Please...

And, I'll add a nice Thank You...

Thank you for fucking off, Ben Carson. Now, "conjoin this" (using imagination)

 

Milliesmom

(493 posts)
24. Dumb as a post!
Wed Oct 7, 2015, 11:21 PM
Oct 2015

I was shocked when someone asked Carson if he had ever heard of Chris Mintz, he said he didn't know who he was, does Carson live in a box?? Maybe he is too busy with all those mal-practice suits!!

 

elmac

(4,642 posts)
29. I find it very hard to believe he's a doctor
Wed Oct 7, 2015, 11:48 PM
Oct 2015

Do to his lack of compassion and intelligence I would have guessed a Fox news contributor would be his forte.

Vinca

(50,299 posts)
32. As hard as this is to believe, I was flipping through the channels this morning
Thu Oct 8, 2015, 08:27 AM
Oct 2015

and decided to see what Fox was talking about. Sure enough, the guy who isn't Steve Doucy was interviewing someone who agreed (with non-Steve Doucy) that Ben Carson was 100% correct with his gun comments. It's like an alternate universe over there.

bklyncowgirl

(7,960 posts)
33. I don't think this will hurt him at all--not with Republican voters--especially in Iowa.
Thu Oct 8, 2015, 08:41 AM
Oct 2015

There's something about Carson's appeal to a certain type of Republican, especially those of the Evangelical Christian variety that seems to be unshakable. He seems to have this uncanny ability to mirror their thoughts in ways that are shocking to the rest of us but which sounds like common sense to them. Perhaps he really is one of them, a Bible believing Christian, a man who despite his education and accomplishments has a deep fundamentalist religious faith.

I just saw the focus group on Morning Joe talking about him. It was rather unbelievable but they do see him as the savior of this country, a man of wisdom and faith. They love his quiet reserved demeanor and are certain that he would bring peace to this troubled land.

I think too that many people when imagining what they would do in such a situation, do think that they would try and take the shooter down. This may be fantasy thinking on their part, no one knows what they would do until they're in that sort of situation--most would probably be on their knees pleading for their lives--but in the vision of themselves that they hold in their hearts they would indeed be heroes.

At any rate, I predict that this won't hurt him.

malaise

(269,103 posts)
35. I disagree - it's all a game to them
Thu Oct 8, 2015, 08:45 AM
Oct 2015

The ReTHUG base will never vote for an African-American.
If it ever looked like he would win the primary, they would destroy him.

bklyncowgirl

(7,960 posts)
37. He won't win the nomination but I'm not so sure the religious wing of the party will dump him.
Thu Oct 8, 2015, 09:16 AM
Oct 2015

The rank and file of the religious wing of the party will, I think, stay loyal to Carson despite his race. He is one of them. They know they've been screwed over by the GOP establishment which promises but never delivers on the things they care about.

The more cynical leaders in the religious right, the business wing and the neocon wing of the party of course have no intention of nominating someone like Carson. They are in it to win it and yes they will destroy Ben Carson in a heartbeat to clear the way for someone they can work with; Rubio, Kasich or if he can get his foot out of his mouth, Bush.

There's always an evangelical love fest around one of the candidates especially in Iowa. This candidate always comes to grief in the more libertarian New Hampshire and then gets ground down in the deep south where love of Jesus always gives way to love of the military and of guns and of course the deep pockets of those supporting the establishment candidate.





dembotoz

(16,811 posts)
36. kind a hope he hangs around for a bit...find the idea of many gop thugs voting for a black man funny
Thu Oct 8, 2015, 09:15 AM
Oct 2015

install spectator seating outside the polls

Corgigal

(9,291 posts)
38. Was his comment suppose to be funny?
Thu Oct 8, 2015, 09:23 AM
Oct 2015

What a jackass statement, unless he believed he was being witty. Which it isn't.

JCMach1

(27,562 posts)
40. Republicans are lapping his shite up though... just saw the MSNBC focus group on the crazy shit he
Thu Oct 8, 2015, 09:28 AM
Oct 2015

had said with Repug voters.

11/11 agreed with Carson in Iowa
7/11 in NH

malaise

(269,103 posts)
41. Saw it too
Thu Oct 8, 2015, 09:45 AM
Oct 2015

programmed tools - he won't win one fugging primary - they're playing nice to 'the blacks'

pnwmom

(108,988 posts)
43. Except his popularity has soared lately. Each new crazy thing he says buys him more attention.
Thu Oct 8, 2015, 03:25 PM
Oct 2015

Just like with Trump.

I still think Carson's going to be on the ticket, either #1 or #2.

malaise

(269,103 posts)
48. The army veteran who stepped in during the slaughter in Oregon
Thu Oct 8, 2015, 07:37 PM
Oct 2015

Carson said he would attack the gunman (the same way he did at that restaurant way back)

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