Ben Carson quotes just get better by the day

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Ben Carson blasted North Korea for spending more on the military than the hungry. Has he looked at his own country?


News for Ben Carson: When it comes to prioritizing the military above all else, no one comes close to the U.S.


"Korea “ is in severe financial straits, and they have decided to use their resources to build their military, rather than to feed their people and to take care of the various humanitarian responsibilities that they have.”


http://www.salon.com/2015/12/18/ben_...s_own_country/

Since when does BK give a flying about poor people in Korea, anyway?

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Ben Carson Wants You to Know That He Has 67 Honorary Degrees. 67!

This is—and no, I'm not kidding—from presidential wannabe Ben Carson:

It’s discouraging to know that we’re at that stage in our country where people don’t care so much about the truth.

It’s just what’s sensational, what’s the shiny object. It’s all “Who’s in the football game? Who’s on ‘Dancing With the Stars’? Who’s yelling the loudest?” And I’m not sure that’s what we need right now because we’ve got some real big problems in our country.

Yes, this is from the person who, to this day, has not uttered a single plainly true statement according to Politifact.¹ It's from the person who, along with Donald Trump, has been the ultimate shiny object in the Republican race. Then there's this:

When I was appointeddirector of pediatric neurosurgery, pediatric neurosurgery at [Johns] Hopkins wasn’t on the map. By 2008, it was ranked number one by U.S. News & World Report. A weak person doesn’t do that.

A weak person isn’t named one of 89 living legends by the Library of Congress on the occasion of its 200th anniversary.

A weak person isn’t selected by CNN andTime magazine as one of the 20 foremost physicians and surgeons in America. That was before they discovered that I’m conservative.

A weak person doesn’t have all of these honorary degrees.

Most people of accomplishment have one, maybe two or three honorary degrees at most. It’s the highest award that a university gives out.

I have 67.

That’s probably not indicative of a weak person who doesn’t get things done.

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-dru...ary-degrees-67

Holy ! Yourightwingnuts adore total assholes

pediatric neurosurgery doesn't qualify a person to be Presidentanymore than being a wealthy, predatory businessman, or a private equity hyena.

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nothing but a grifter

Ben Carson doesn’t want to win: His campaign is all about cashing in — and that’s the problem

Carson has reached his real goal: Making money on the campaign trail by boosting his brand and giving paid speeches

Ben Carson’s grand political experiment is just about over. He’s plummeting in thepolls and he’s all but finished in the Republican presidential race. He had a good run, though. For a man with no political knowledge or experience or ideas, he fared remarkably well. At one point, Carson was considered a frontrunner, trailing only Donald Trump. Now he’s a distant fourth place, well behind Trump, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio.

Don’t feel sorry for the good doctor, however. His campaign is only a failure if you assume his goal was to become president of the United States. But if you’ve followed Carson’s career for more than a few months, you know he’s more of an entrepreneur than a politician. And so his campaign has to be judged in that context.

As an entrepreneur, Carson has succeeded wildly. According to a new AP report, the doctor has been cashing in on the campaign trail, promoting his brand and giving paid speeches wherever he can:

“All of this is part of a well-honed enterprise that promotes Ben Carson – presidential candidate, political commentator, paidspeaker, author, neurosurgeon and champion of children, reading, and God. He has folded into Carson Enterprises his presidential campaign, which has excelled at fundraising, brining in almost $32 million through the end of September …That fundraising prowess continues, even as his poll numbers decline. His campaign manager, Barry Bennett, said Thursday they raised about $20 million since the beginning of October…Speaking fees over a nearly two-year period raked in $4.3 million. And his nonprofit continues to raise money.”

It’s important not to see Carson’s private financial gains as tangential to his campaign. It’s not as though he set out to run for president and happened to profit enormously as a result. On the contrary, his campaign was itself an entrepreneurial venture. Since announcing his candidacy, Carson has paraded around the country, selling books and giving paid speeches at charity events, corporate meetings, and various other organizations.

As the AP report notes, Carson’s book tour website “links to his official campaign website…and Carson’s book sales benefit significantly from his political rise. Since he declared his candidacy, more than 52,000 copies of versions of his signature book, ‘Gifted Hands,’ have sold.”

http://www.salon.com/2015/12/29/ben_...s_the_problem/

the Repug Klown Kar PROVES how ing stupid, ignorant, suckerable 10Ms of rightwingers are.

[CosmicCowboy]

Boo is jealous.

[CosmicCowboy]

Damn Republican s getting paid to give speeches. Good thing Democrats don't do that.

[RandomGuy]

nothing but a grifter

Ben Carson doesn’t want to win: His campaign is all about cashing in — and that’s the problem

Carson has reached his real goal: Making money on the campaign trail by boosting his brand and giving paid speeches

Ben Carson’s grand political experiment is just about over. He’s plummeting in thepolls and he’s all but finished in the Republican presidential race. He had a good run, though. For a man with no political knowledge or experience or ideas, he fared remarkably well. At one point, Carson was considered a frontrunner, trailing only Donald Trump. Now he’s a distant fourth place, well behind Trump, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio.

Don’t feel sorry for the good doctor, however. His campaign is only a failure if you assume his goal was to become president of the United States. But if you’ve followed Carson’s career for more than a few months, you know he’s more of an entrepreneur than a politician. And so his campaign has to be judged in that context.

As an entrepreneur, Carson has succeeded wildly. According to a new AP report, the doctor has been cashing in on the campaign trail, promoting his brand and giving paid speeches wherever he can:

“All of this is part of a well-honed enterprise that promotes Ben Carson – presidential candidate, political commentator, paidspeaker, author, neurosurgeon and champion of children, reading, and God. He has folded into Carson Enterprises his presidential campaign, which has excelled at fundraising, brining in almost $32 million through the end of September …That fundraising prowess continues, even as his poll numbers decline. His campaign manager, Barry Bennett, said Thursday they raised about $20 million since the beginning of October…Speaking fees over a nearly two-year period raked in $4.3 million. And his nonprofit continues to raise money.”

It’s important not to see Carson’s private financial gains as tangential to his campaign. It’s not as though he set out to run for president and happened to profit enormously as a result. On the contrary, his campaign was itself an entrepreneurial venture. Since announcing his candidacy, Carson has paraded around the country, selling books and giving paid speeches at charity events, corporate meetings, and various other organizations.

As the AP report notes, Carson’s book tour website “links to his official campaign website…and Carson’s book sales benefit significantly from his political rise. Since he declared his candidacy, more than 52,000 copies of versions of his signature book, ‘Gifted Hands,’ have sold.”

http://www.salon.com/2015/12/29/ben_...s_the_problem/

the Repug Klown Kar PROVES how ing stupid, ignorant, suckerable 10Ms of rightwingers are.

That's sorta my theory about Trump. I think T is probably a bit surprised about how well he is doing.

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Republican Carson's top aides resign: campaign

Two top aides in U.S. Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson's campaign have resigned, the campaign said on Thursday.

Communications director Doug Watts announced his and campaign ma:nager Barry Bennett's resignations effective immediately in a statement, saying they respect the retired neurosurgeon and have enjoyed helping him reach "top tier status" in the crowded Republican field.

"We are proud of our efforts for Dr. Carson and we wish him and his campaign the best of luck," Watts wrote.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-us...e=politicsNews

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Never Forget!

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Republican Carson's campaign manager, 20 staff quit


http://www.reuters.com/article/us-us...e=politicsNews

[ElNono]

Seems like he lasted longer than the previous 9-9-9 token black candidate, tbh

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Dees, like his new boss, is a strange figure in his own right, warning Values Voter Summit attendees a couple of years ago that there are American cities that are home to “all Islamic sanctuaries … within which there are fundamentalist sleeper cells.” He specifically named Nashville, Tennessee, Lackawanna, New York, Greenville, North Carolina, and Dearborn, Michigan as these strongholds. “The enemy is within,” he warned.

Dees is also a Benghazi conspiracy theorist and a proponent of the idea that Common Core education standards are a national security threat.

Foreign Policy magazine profiled Dees a couple of months ago, noting that the retired general has “advocated for a national security strategy centered on Christian evangelism,” adding, “When it comes to terrorism, all Muslims – some 23.4 percent of the world’s population – are equally worthy of su ion.”

Yep, say o to a prominent presidential candidate’s brand new campaign manager.

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-s...d=sm_fb_maddow

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A-Hole Ben Carson Urges 5th Graders To Cast Stones At ‘Worst Student’




Read more at http://wonkette.com/597667/a-hole-be...ES7rXLcVOd1.99

damn, you rightwingnuts really really support some truly ty human beings.

[CosmicCowboy]

Kid must be Boutons level dumb!

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tough luck, Benny Boy, you're too black (but your brand and griftin revenues lookin great). Have you tried basketball?

Government instability prompts support for lighter-skinned candidates, study shows


http://phys.org/news/2016-01-instability-prompts-lighter-skinned-candidates.html

Racist Repugs were NEVER going to elect any shade of AA melanin anyway, as their rampant racism against the mulatto President proves.

[DMX7]

We picked Obama when things were falling apart at the scene.

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Ben Carson’s Campaign Beset With Frustration, Disappointment and Grief

After surging to the top of the Iowa polls in the fall, Mr. Carson’s support has plummeted in recent months as scrutiny over his background and grasp of foreign policy intensified. The disarray was compounded by the sudden departures of his campaign leadership team and reports of misspent money. Then last week came the death of a campaign staff member, whose van flipped on an icy Iowa road, adding another layer of malaise to a once-promising presidential bid.


For Mr. Carson, the retired neurosurgeon seeking the Republican nomination, it is a daily struggle to stay upbeat and remain true to himself.

“It is much better to do what’s right and lose an election than to do what’s politically expedient and lose your soul,” Mr. Carson said with a sense of resignation during a Tuesday night event that mixed a campaign pitch with a Christian prayer service.

“We Christians need to get on our knees and pray, and I mean, pray,” Marlene Stemler said. “My heart says, as a Christian, vote for Ben Carson.”

He has also tried to find inspiration in tragedy. After pausing his campaign last week to mourn the death of one of his volunteers, Braden Joplin, Mr. Carson has been visiting his outposts in the state to lift the spirits of his grief-stricken team.“The death was hard on us,” Mr. Carson said in an interview after his rally at Heritage Assembly of God.

“They’re determined to make sure that the death was not in vain.”

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/01/28...and-grief.html

does Religion make people this stupid, or are stupid people attracted to Religion?

same question I ask about military people.

[ElNono]

I think it's his time to step down of the race... he had his time as the token black candidate, and he can Palin his way to some book deals/Fox analyst, tbh

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Carson? 10Ms of (Facebook) Americans are so ing stupid

see the "facebook leaders are lapping the field"

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/.../?ex_cid=538fb

[Blake]

"Misconceptions and blatant ignorance about Muslim Americans abound, and Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson doubled down on his own rhetoric Tuesday. He went so far as to call Muslim Americans "schizophrenic."

Breitbart News Daily*host Stephen Bannon asked Carson on Tuesday if American Muslims' religious values were at odds with their nation's political values,*Politico*reported.

"Only if they're schizophrenic," Carson said. "I don't see how they can do it otherwise, because you have two different philosophies," he added, later referring to Islam as a religion Muslim Americans "bought into" and arguing that the Prophet Muhammad was "in no way comparable to Jesus Christ."
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http://news.yahoo.com/ben-carson-cal...162600831.html

[Blake]

Now just need him to agree with Manny Pacquiao that gays are worse than animals and that should pretty much kill this re ed piece of 's run.

[CosmicCowboy]

"Misconceptions and blatant ignorance about Muslim Americans abound, and Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson doubled down on his own rhetoric Tuesday. He went so far as to call Muslim Americans "schizophrenic."

Breitbart News Daily*host Stephen Bannon asked Carson on Tuesday if American Muslims' religious values were at odds with their nation's political values,*Politico*reported.

"Only if they're schizophrenic," Carson said. "I don't see how they can do it otherwise, because you have two different philosophies," he added, later referring to Islam as a religion Muslim Americans "bought into" and arguing that the Prophet Muhammad was "in no way comparable to Jesus Christ."
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http://news.yahoo.com/ben-carson-cal...162600831.html

In fairness, it is hard to reconcile Sharia law with the US Cons ution and Bill of Rights

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In fairness, it is hard to reconcile Sharia law with the US Cons ution and Bill of Rights

Exactly can be said about the Bible humper's Old Testament.

[CosmicCowboy]

Exactly can be said about the Bible humper's Old Testament.

check back when they issue the "New Sharia".

[Blake]

check back when they issue the "New Sharia".

Jesus himself condones the laws of the Old Testament.

Preachers today only pick out the good parts of it tho...ignoring things like "gays shall be put to death"

...which would of course be at odds with current American values

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"Misconceptions and blatant ignorance about Muslim Americans abound, and Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson doubled down on his own rhetoric Tuesday. He went so far as to call Muslim Americans "schizophrenic."

Breitbart News Daily*host Stephen Bannon asked Carson on Tuesday if American Muslims' religious values were at odds with their nation's political values,*Politico*reported.

"Only if they're schizophrenic," Carson said. "I don't see how they can do it otherwise, because you have two different philosophies," he added, later referring to Islam as a religion Muslim Americans "bought into" and arguing that the Prophet Muhammad was "in no way comparable to Jesus Christ."
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http://news.yahoo.com/ben-carson-cal...162600831.html

carson is probably the worst candidate on the field, but he didnt call all muslim americans schizophrenic. he was specifically referring to muslims who abide by sharia law iirc