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How could Carson be president. He couldn't even figure out how to get to the podium tonight
at the R debate!
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Oh wait, he is one. 
GO, GO GO: Even a TV producer leaning around the edge of a curtain to tell Carson to get on the stage seemed to have little impact on the good doctor
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3435583/Republican-debate-starts-chaos-candidates-don-t-come-names-called-Jeb-bumps-Trump-way-stage.html#ixzz3zTB0ofWr
Am I on? ABC’s amazingly awkward start to Saturday’s debate.
By Callum Borchers February 7 at 6:00 AM
<SNIP>
Chris Christie, introduced first by co-moderator David Muir, entered the stage right on cue. But when Muir’s partner, Martha Raddatz, called Ben Carson second, the retired neurosurgeon remained in the wings — smiling but oblivious to the fact that he was supposed to be taking his place at a podium.
<SNIP>
Then Raddatz introduced Donald Trump, who sauntered out from behind the same curtain but didn’t take the cue. Hey, he’s out of practice after skipping the last debate! Trump lined up behind Carson, and the two stayed off-stage.
Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush made their entrances without incident, but neither moderator called for John Kasich.
Muir and Raddatz seemed not to know that anything was awry; they were facing the audience, with their backs to the stage. So when Raddatz wrapped up the intros — “ladies and gentlemen, the Republican candidates” — only four of the seven were actually in place.
More: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/02/07/am-i-on-abcs-amazingly-awkward-start-to-saturdays-debate/
By Callum Borchers February 7 at 6:00 AM
<SNIP>
Chris Christie, introduced first by co-moderator David Muir, entered the stage right on cue. But when Muir’s partner, Martha Raddatz, called Ben Carson second, the retired neurosurgeon remained in the wings — smiling but oblivious to the fact that he was supposed to be taking his place at a podium.
<SNIP>
Then Raddatz introduced Donald Trump, who sauntered out from behind the same curtain but didn’t take the cue. Hey, he’s out of practice after skipping the last debate! Trump lined up behind Carson, and the two stayed off-stage.
Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush made their entrances without incident, but neither moderator called for John Kasich.
Muir and Raddatz seemed not to know that anything was awry; they were facing the audience, with their backs to the stage. So when Raddatz wrapped up the intros — “ladies and gentlemen, the Republican candidates” — only four of the seven were actually in place.
More: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/02/07/am-i-on-abcs-amazingly-awkward-start-to-saturdays-debate/
