2016 Election
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Sounds more likely than an honest Democrat.
#138
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Ben Carson seems to be on a mission to prove that lacking a brain does not interfere with ones ability to be a brain surgeon. Oh, the irony.
#139
To say something somewhat similar about Carson is OK because he happens to be a Republican. It's so good being a Democrat.
Last edited by FlaviusAetius; May 5th 2015 at 11:27 am.
#140
This illustrates how the game is played: If someone were to comment that when Obama is asked a hardball question in an interview, and doesn't have a teleprompter in view, he filibusters because he is otherwise incoherent, incomprehensible and illogical - maybe lacking a brain - the PC police and the media would jump on that in an instant with cries of "racism!"
To say something somewhat similar about Carson is OK because he happens to be a Republican. It's so good being a Democrat.
To say something somewhat similar about Carson is OK because he happens to be a Republican. It's so good being a Democrat.

We obviously have to create an environment that is conducive to them making money, and that means lowering that corporate tax rate and making it competitive. And if we were really smart, we would do another big stimulus. You’re saying what is he talking about. What did he just say? Well, remember that big billion dollar stimulus that we were supposed to have at the beginning of the Obama administration? Whatever happened to that?
But I know where we could get a really big stimulus, there’s two trillion dollars in offshore money, and they won’t bring it back because they tax it at thirty-five percent. What if we give them a tax holiday? And let them bring it back. Repatriate that money. Won’t cost us a dime. That’s the kind of thing we need to start thinking about.
But I know where we could get a really big stimulus, there’s two trillion dollars in offshore money, and they won’t bring it back because they tax it at thirty-five percent. What if we give them a tax holiday? And let them bring it back. Repatriate that money. Won’t cost us a dime. That’s the kind of thing we need to start thinking about.
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Some simple advice for Republicans: The accusations of stupidity will decrease if you reduce your output of stupidity -- you've earned them. Don't shoot the messenger for noticing your poor grasp of facts and reality.
#143
As for the second Carson quote: the question of repatriating the $2 trillion of offshore profits to the benefit of the country has been discussed by a number of politicians and economists, and thinking about the right way to do that seems stupid only to stupid people. I trust you were criticizing the stumbling way he talked about it, and not the concept, which you undoubtedly endorse.
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Let's see what Carson said about same-sex marriage:
My thoughts are that marriage is between a man and a woman," he said. "It’s a well-established, fundamental pillar of society, and no group, be they gays, be they NAMBLA, be they people who believe in bestiality -- it doesn’t matter what they are -- they don’t get to change the definition.
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"(A) lot of people who go into prison go into prison straight—and when they come out, they're gay. So, did something happen while they were in there? Ask yourself that question."
Carson: Prisons prove being gay is a choice - CNNPolitics.com
"Obamacare is really, I think, the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery. And it is, in a way—it is slavery in a way because it is making all of us subservient to the government."
Dr. Ben Carson Obamacare Slavery Analogy Values Voter Summit | Mediaite
If this is insincere cynical pandering, then what does that tell you about his audience?
Carson: Prisons prove being gay is a choice - CNNPolitics.com
"Obamacare is really, I think, the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery. And it is, in a way—it is slavery in a way because it is making all of us subservient to the government."
Dr. Ben Carson Obamacare Slavery Analogy Values Voter Summit | Mediaite
If this is insincere cynical pandering, then what does that tell you about his audience?
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"(A) lot of people who go into prison go into prison straight—and when they come out, they're gay. So, did something happen while they were in there? Ask yourself that question."
Carson: Prisons prove being gay is a choice - CNNPolitics.com
"Obamacare is really, I think, the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery. And it is, in a way—it is slavery in a way because it is making all of us subservient to the government."
Dr. Ben Carson Obamacare Slavery Analogy Values Voter Summit | Mediaite
If this is insincere cynical pandering, then what does that tell you about his audience?
Carson: Prisons prove being gay is a choice - CNNPolitics.com
"Obamacare is really, I think, the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery. And it is, in a way—it is slavery in a way because it is making all of us subservient to the government."
Dr. Ben Carson Obamacare Slavery Analogy Values Voter Summit | Mediaite
If this is insincere cynical pandering, then what does that tell you about his audience?
I am neither a Carson supporter nor an apologist. Clearly, he has not yet learned to automatically spout politically correct responses to "gotcha" questions from journalists. He's a brain surgeon, he'll learn. I'm willing to bet that that black dude is a hell of a lot smarter than you, me and "GiantAxe."
Last edited by FlaviusAetius; May 6th 2015 at 3:35 am.
#147
So brain surgeon doesn't automatically equal 'really smart'. I mean, that's hardly rocket science, is it?
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I am neither a Carson supporter nor an apologist. Clearly, he has not yet learned to automatically spout politically correct responses to "gotcha" questions from journalists. He's a brain surgeon, he'll learn. I'm willing to bet that that black dude is a hell of a lot smarter than you, me and "GiantAxe."
I am neither a Carson supporter nor an apologist. Clearly, he has not yet learned to automatically spout politically correct responses to "gotcha" questions from journalists. He's a brain surgeon, he'll learn. I'm willing to bet that that black dude is a hell of a lot smarter than you, me and "GiantAxe."
Last edited by Giantaxe; May 6th 2015 at 3:54 am.




