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Ben Carson Admits His "Inspirational" West Point Scholarship Story Was Entirely Made Up

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Having surged to the lead (according to some polls) in the GOP presidential nominee race, Ben Carson may have a problem. As Politico reports, Carson's campaign on Friday admitted that a central point in his inspirational personal story (his application and acceptance into the U.S. Military Academy at West Point) was fabricated. The details are stunning as the big lie (something Hillary would be proud of) has been maintained for years, but his PR people are spinning like crazy...

 

The U.S. Military Academy at West Point has occupied a central place in Carson’s tale for years. According to a story told in Carson’s book, “Gifted Hands,” the then-17 year old was introduced in 1969 to Gen. William Westmoreland, who had just ended his command of U.S. forces in Vietnam, and the two dined together. That meeting, according to Carson’s telling, was followed by a “full scholarship” to the military academy.

But, as Politico details, West Point, however, has no record of Carson applying, much less being extended admission.

“In 1969, those who would have completed the entire process would have received their acceptance letters from the Army Adjutant General,” said Theresa Brinkerhoff, a spokeswoman for the academy. She said West Point has no records that indicate Carson even began the application process. “If he chose to pursue (the application process) then we would have records indicating such,” she said.

 

When presented with this evidence, Carson’s campaign conceded the story was false.

 

“Dr. Carson was the top ROTC student in the City of Detroit,” campaign manager Barry Bennett wrote in an email to POLITICO. “In that role he was invited to meet General Westmoreland. He believes it was at a banquet. He can’t remember with specificity their brief conversation but it centered around Dr. Carson’s performance as ROTC City Executive Officer.”

 

“He was introduced to folks from West Point by his ROTC Supervisors,” Bennett went on. “They told him they could help him get an appointment based on his grades and performance in ROTC. He considered it but in the end did not seek admission.”

This admission comes as serious questions about other points of fact in Carson’s personal narrative are questioned, including the seminal episode in which he claimed to have attempted to stab a close friend.

Similarly, details have emerged that cast doubt on the nature of Carson’s encounter with one of the most prominent military men of that era.

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One wonders what happens to this chart next?

 

 

Of course being a blatant lying shitbag is not necessarily going to end his chances of election... just ask the people of East Chicago who just elected a new councilman who is in jail facing murder and drug charges...

 

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Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:12 | 6758363 order66
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Wait......the fuck?

 

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:12 | 6758386 Tonald J Drump
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>>>>  DR BEN 

>>>>  HITLERY

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:16 | 6758395 Latina Lover
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As a psychopathic liar, Dr.  Ben is eminently qualified to lead the sheeple to the slaughter on behalf of the banksters. He should give the cackling old whore/black witch a good run for our money.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgcd1ghag5Y

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:16 | 6758404 freewolf7
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What, all the top contenders are anti-social personalities?

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:18 | 6758411 two hoots
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That's enough, fuck him. 

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:22 | 6758428 max2205
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When was the last time we elected a lying black guy for president? 

 

Oh wait

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:31 | 6758470 HopefulCynical
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Carson, like Trump, is only running to make sure it's either Jeb or Hitlery in the White House come 2017. It was a given that if Carson started to gain traction, he'd self-destruct somehow. If he actually got the nod, there would be no way for the Democrats to  play identity politics, aka the vajayjay card.

Again, the only one not "in on it" is Rand Paul. The rest all have Zionist hands up their asses.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:46 | 6758529 knukles
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Sure nice to know that the RNC vets their candidates well, just like they faulted the DNC for doing with Obama's background.
So, is there a similarity here?
Of Untrustworthiness?

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:50 | 6758553 Dick Gazinia
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After the real legacy of Obama becomes apparent to the masses, no black man will get near the white house unless he is scrubbing toilets.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:18 | 6758681 pods
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If he identified as being accepted isn't that good enough?

pods

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:24 | 6758716 NoDebt
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If his own campaign manager admitted to it, you know it's gotta be bad (and with other revelations to follow).  Otherwise they would have denied outright or at least claim that the misstating of certain facts didn't nullify the overall truth of the story.

Bye bye, Ben.  Sorry they pulled your medical ticket last week.  Now you got nothing to go back to.

This is why you should never ever quit your day job unless you have the next job already locked in.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:31 | 6758749 0b1knob
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So the fact that he never tried to kill some one disqualifies him from office?

Thank god he didn't smoke choom and get his weiner sucked regularly like Bath house Barry!

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:35 | 6758797 y3maxx
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...Carson is toast

 

...Trump is the next President

hands down too

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:37 | 6758821 manofthenorth
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A politician lied ?????

SAY IT AIN'T SO !!!!

THE HORROR....... THE HORROR !!!!!!!!

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:40 | 6758843 StackShinyStuff
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He's perfect.  ELECT HIM.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:43 | 6758874 847328_3527
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Did he go to med school? Or just qualify as an HMO/Obamacare doc out of the box?

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:56 | 6758942 Buzz Fuzzel
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Team Carson: ‘Politico Story Is An Outright LIE’



Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2015/11/06/team-carson-politico-story-is-an-outright-lie/#ixzz3qjtGzlCW

 

Marxixts Always Lie (MAL)

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 15:22 | 6759133 SoilMyselfRotten
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y3maxx said, ..Carson is toast

 

that's rayciss

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 15:39 | 6759242 ThaBigPerm
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Yep, starting to look like Politico is making shit up and flinging it at the wall hopeing it sticks.  Apparently we're supposed to believe he claimed to apply and attend West Point, which he never did.  It amounts to a story with a blaring headline that "ThaBigPerm admits he's never had sex with Jennifer Aniston!"  Yeah, would be nice but never made that claim.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 16:35 | 6759515 whotookmyalias
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Oh joy.  Hillary won't be held accountable for the piss poor job she did as Secretary of Defanse, but media will crucify Carson. Just what this country needs.  Wake me up after the next election.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 17:17 | 6759696 onyx
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This was an attempted hit job by Politico.  When you see something like this, one really needs to dig a little deeper, which might even include download an e-version of Carson's book to read the passage yourself.  More details here:  http://www.dailywire.com/news/960/no-ben-carson-didnt-lie-about-west-poi...

 

 

 

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 19:34 | 6760066 californiagirl
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+100   IT WAS AN ATTEMPT BY SOME EXTREMIST LEFT-WING LIBERAL TO DISCREDIT CARSON.  HE MADE IT UP.  HE SHOULD BE FIRED FROM POLITICO!

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 15:44 | 6759262 Theosebes Goodfellow
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~"Team Carson: ‘Politico Story Is An Outright LIE’"~

What's really pathetic is how fast people are ready to throw Carson under the bus before actually having ALL of the facts come out.

Did you really think that the Lame Stream Media was going to let DOCTOR Carson sit at the top of the GOP heap and NOT take shots at him? Are you all so naïve as to buy into political attacks from corporatist media outlets? Personally I'm waiting to see someone take on the report that Trump would bail out the medical insurance companies at taxpayer expense. Where's the reportage on that?

http://freebeacon.com/blog/donald-trump-bailout/

That certainly would seem to be a bigger story than if, (and for the record, he apparently didn't), Ben carson lied about an appointment to West Point. Is it so? Who knows? But on scales of magnitude I would think that that would be a bigger story.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 16:01 | 6759349 Bunghole
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It worked on about half of the commentors here.

Silly little sheeple believe everything the Tylers say is true.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 16:06 | 6759376 gimme soma dat
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What's really pathetic is how fast people are ready to throw Carson under the bus and yet Hillary is still around. 

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 15:11 | 6759049 Overfed
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If only the MSM would investigate (and publish their true findings) O'bomb-a and Shitlery and various other Dems with such a fine seive.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 16:14 | 6759354 Blankenstein
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If they searched and found Odumdum's school transcipts, they no doubt put them through the shredder to hide evidence that their savior wasn't all they portrayed him to be.  

 

Putin didn't need any background information to tell he was dealing with a mental light weight:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P1q3IDjBaI

 

 

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 16:19 | 6759440 macholatte
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Carson suffers from Brian Williams Syndrome or MSU (Making Stuff Up).

There is a very, very long list of politicians suffering from MSU

- in fact, having MSU makes Carson a politician now

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 19:51 | 6760116 LowerSlowerDela...
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It turns out that the media were/are lying about what Carson said/did.  As usual, everyone in the media picked it up and ran with it becasue Carson is not a leftist.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:30 | 6758759 pods
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Rumor has it that Dr. Ben and Dr. Huckstable used to make "Oreos" back in the day, and there are videos to prove it.

Okay, I might have just made that one up.

pods

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:57 | 6758965 Buzz Fuzzel
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Team Carson: ‘Politico Story Is An Outright LIE’



Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2015/11/06/team-carson-politico-story-is-an-outright-lie/#ixzz3qjtGzlCW

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 15:13 | 6759060 GeezerGeek
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The Politico lied? About a Republican's statements? Unbelievable! Carson is getting too popular, he needs to be cut off at the knees; the MSM and affiliates such as Politico are all too eager to help, while ignoring if not suppressing the lies from the Ready For Jail 2016 campaign.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 15:16 | 6759083 Overfed
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And the paid DNC trolls are all over it. TPTB must really not want Carson in the white hut.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 15:35 | 6759224 SethDealer
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uh, blacks dont work

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:51 | 6758558 LowerSlowerDela...
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What?!?!?  You mean to tell me that story writing corporations really **are** capable of investigating presidential candidates?  With Dear Leader Obama they kept saying that investigating was impossible so they didn't do it.  Same with Hillary(!).

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:07 | 6758626 Payne
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Everyone goes to West Point on a scholarship  !!  He probably would have been accepted.  Westmoreland could have said in an off hand comment that if you apply you will be accepted.  

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:26 | 6758726 Bobbo
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Yes, maybe so.  But I say, GreaseBall in the Side Pocket.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:31 | 6758771 pods
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All he has to do is come out and say he did it for the bitchez.  Problem solved.

pods

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 16:37 | 6759525 LowerSlowerDela...
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Or call everybody raaaaaayciss....

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:29 | 6758748 Bush Baby
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Meanwhile, back at the Clinton Ranch...

Hillary Calls for EXXON Probe After Company Cuts Off Foundation Funding...

The funny thing is there are no uproars when a new Clinton lie or scandal is exposed since everyone knows she is compulsive liar .

 

It's like, Yawn... another clinton scandal

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:31 | 6758767 terryg999
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Says the guy who only reads headlines and doesn't understand what the story is really about.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:31 | 6758768 terryg999
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Says the guy who only reads headlines and doesn't understand what the story is really about.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:09 | 6758640 buyingsterling
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Trump's a shill for Hillary? Haven't heard that one for a while. He's hit her harder than most. In reality, his brand only benefits if he does what he promises. That means he wants people talking about putting him on Mt. Rushmore. His past is incredibly public, and even if infidelity is found no one will care unless it's really bad.

He has two months of really serious campaigning behind him. He looks just  like he did prior to announcing, there are plenty of videos from April-June that show how restrained and level headed he can be. We have all been played, brilliantly: he set up his own drama and has already solved the 'loudmouth' issue, more or less.

If he reverses course on discipline enough for Hillary to benefit, it will be transparent. The closer he gets to the goal the sharper he will get, and the more disciplined. If you look at the announcement-Sept. phase as the drama/set up, we are seeing the resolution - the only shock we will see from Trump will be some genuine humility in some regard, but that's just part of the drama.

Find a comfortable chair, 750,000 immigrants reached a teetering EU this year, next year they expect 3 million. Within months Trump will be demanding that Obama honor the 2008 law and at least continue building the fence that is part of existing law. 2016 is the year of immmigration, and will be the year of Trump.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:19 | 6758689 froze25
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Trump has a good set of Nuts and I will support him if he gets the primary nod.  We need some masculinity in the White house not this "Fun boy" raised by a Tranny (Nanny) and birthed by a woman who did porno shoots for a well known Communist who is most likely his father.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:36 | 6758809 divingengineer
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A good set of nuts, yes.

So does my 2-1/2 year old, he's got the knots on his head to prove it.

Can Trump wield those cajones effectively? In a Reaganesque way? Or will he simply get WWIII started much more expediently with them.

I guess I'd take a chance on him, who the hell else ya gonna vote for?

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 15:02 | 6758992 Deus Irate
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(Reply to Froze25) Indeed. Trump is the only real outsider and for that reason alone deserves the job. Sadly, Rand Paul has shown that he is a fully bought and paid for one-worlder, as are the rest. Lets say Paul somehow manages to not only win the nomination but get elected el presidente, how long before he falls in line? I would give it 15 minutes, tops. Trump on the other hand... Putin likely knows he would be up against another man -- much the same as himself -- rather than another corporate pissant and that is why RT is doing their best to beat Trump. Trump could actually win an election too. The rest of the Repubes have already agreed to bend over for Billery.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 15:28 | 6759182 HopefulCynical
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Trump may be a lot of things, but an outsider is not one of them. I'll say it again, a vote for Trump is a leap out of the frying pan and into the fire.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:32 | 6758777 Bush Baby
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Bottom line, short of murder, nobody has more in their closet than Hillary.

 

I'm sure they'll be wheeling out some employee that Trump screwed, literally or figuratively, but it's all chicken shit compared to Hillary

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:38 | 6758826 divingengineer
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Trump is like Charlie Sheen, he's a reprobate and everyone knows it. That's his teflon coating. 

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 16:15 | 6759421 FrankDrakman
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"Bottom line, short of murder, nobody has more in their closet than Hillary."

Vince Foster's shoes, e.g.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 16:35 | 6759518 bookofenoch
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You sure about that no-murder bit?

Shall we ask JFK Jr?

Ambassador Stevens?

Secretary Brown?

Vince Foster?

I came, I saw, they died! (Insert witch cackle)

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:37 | 6758815 HopefulCynical
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The point being, to make sure nobody who isn't under bankster control can get the GOP nod. If such a person got nominated and beat Hitlery, they might actually be able to throw a wrench into "God's work." Can't have that.

I promise, Trump is on Team Bankster.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:41 | 6758852 divingengineer
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I think the manner that brought JFKs tenure to an end has ensured EVERYONE knows good and well that they will be playing for team bankster if they get elected. 

I'm sure that's what happened when Bummer disapeared for a few days after being elected. He was sat down and had it splained to him in no uncertain terms. 

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:59 | 6758979 HopefulCynical
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I believe that Ron Paul would have told the banksters to go pound sand; that's why the delegates were bussed to the wrong side of Tampa in 2012. I believe Rand will defy them, as well. And perhaps I'm mistaken and the Pauls are just another flavor of controlled opposition. I'm not claiming infallibility, by any means. However, I really do think that Rand would actually make a real effort to cut the tentacles off the Squid.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:29 | 6758746 DosZap
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"Carson, like Trump, is only running to make sure it's either Jeb or Hitlery in the White House come 2017"

 

Unfortunately I agree and said the same thing when he got in( THE DUMP), his NEGATIVES will never get him the White House, all this is doing is fooling the same ignorant assed sheeple that vote every Erection.

He's just HELPING by changing the name of the peoples house to the the Whorehouse.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 17:33 | 6759761 BarkingCat
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Wasn't Rand in Israel sucking skinless dick by
the Wall Of Eternal Piss???

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:40 | 6758505 backwaterdogs
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Too good....spit my coffee out on that one!

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:37 | 6758822 theeseer
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Carson just took his lead from this Black criminal counsilman re elected in Chicago. Of course his inspiration was Marion Berry relected after a coke conviction.

http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/East-Chicago-councilman-charged...

Oh to be Black and President or Mayor or councilman!! Say what was that bulge I saw in photos of Michelle Obama's pants?

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:57 | 6758971 Buzz Fuzzel
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Team Carson: ‘Politico Story Is An Outright LIE’



Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2015/11/06/team-carson-politico-story-is-an-outright-lie/#ixzz3qjtGzlCW

Sat, 11/07/2015 - 19:48 | 6762482 Sparkey
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So Ben exagerated a bit, in the heat of the story, after the stabbing and the brick in the face he embelished the story with an uolifting story about something he wishes were true but isn't, is this enough to deny a man the Presidency of the United states?

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:23 | 6758434 caconhma
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What else is new?

Ben Carson is another fraud and pathological liar: Obama republican style!

 

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:40 | 6758504 RaceToTheBottom
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Perhaps we should just be upfront about it and require pathological liars as the primary requirement for running for president.

 

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:30 | 6758765 Took Red Pill
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They should have Brian Williams interview him

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 15:44 | 6759263 HardAssets
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OhMyGad ! Arent those politicians all patriotic Amurikans lookin' out for us? They Must be - they all wear those little flag pins !

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:16 | 6758396 bigdumbnugly
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you know you're not in kansas anymore when the presidential candidate is in serious trouble if he DIDN'T stab his close friend...

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:36 | 6758454 bigdumbnugly
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and fwiw i do prefer my liars to be soft-spoken.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:40 | 6758506 Takeaction2
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AND want to hit his mother with a hammer.....Yikes

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:10 | 6758644 buyingsterling
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long laugh, thanks

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:52 | 6758934 tmosley
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The larger concern is that he lied about getting a prestigious scholarship.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 16:03 | 6759362 Bunghole
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You fell for the fake story.

Who's the asshole here?

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:17 | 6758407 Stroke
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ABH....Anyone But Hillary

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:21 | 6758424 Dog Will Hunt
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This, of course, is precisely the kind of thinking that fucks us in the first place. 

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:53 | 6758939 Pabloallen
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Yes, thinking voting makes a difference is EXACTLY how we got here. Thanks baby boomers. You got the world is your oyster , and gave me the wold is a fucking toxic nuclear wastland.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:53 | 6758940 Pabloallen
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Yes, thinking voting makes a difference is EXACTLY how we got here. Thanks baby boomers. You got the world is your oyster , and gave me the wold is a fucking toxic nuclear wastland.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:24 | 6758440 Hitlery_4_Dictator
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Who cares it was 1969 after all, I can't remember last week. I like Carson, although I am a political athiest. 

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:42 | 6758513 Selly2k
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Everything is a lie.

One of these days they will come out and say, he is not even a surgeon, he cleans the hospital floors.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:32 | 6758776 Crash Overide
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Don't vote, it only encourages the bastards and gives them relevance.

 

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:44 | 6758883 Kirk2NCC1701
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After being deceived by one smooth-talking and presentable minority candidate (BHO), I'm not falling for another.

Fool me once...

"You fool me, you can't get fooled again" -GW Bush.  No George, not unless you're a US voter.  Then you're a sucker for punishment.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 15:27 | 6759176 Hitlery_4_Dictator
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Ouch, you fell for obama in 2008. A lot of simpletons did I suppose. Not me

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 17:25 | 6759728 oklaboy
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Ploitico hts piece.

 

Politico Takes Its First Walkback Step in Ben Carson Hitpiece; Now Admits Fabricated Lie That Ben Carson "Admitted Fabrication" About West Point

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:04 | 6758615 yrad
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Raciss!!!!!

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:25 | 6758723 OldPhart
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Another one bites the dust...

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:46 | 6758901 Pabloallen
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You monkeys think there is a fucking difference. Any name they place infront of you is against you. fascism does not work that way.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:53 | 6758944 o r c k
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Meet President Trump.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 16:25 | 6759463 whisperin
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Stay tuned folks from what I'm hearing it sounds like that rag reporting it may have had less than accurate reporting. Say it aint so!

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:09 | 6758372 Philo Beddoe
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Somebody running for elected office who is full of shit. Impossible!!! 

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:21 | 6758425 813kml
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It looks like Brian Williams has found a second career as a speechwriter.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:42 | 6758866 StackShinyStuff
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I never had culinary relations with that General.  Oh wait yes I did.  No wait...what?

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:37 | 6758495 BandGap
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Amazing all the fine boyscouts on this site.

I am a bit disappointed in Dr. Carson but I will also confess to embellishing the facts from time to time. I won't be throwing any rocks.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:51 | 6758557 Philo Beddoe
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If some guy said you know what I cheated on my wife, inhaled and bullshited my way through universtiy he might get my vote. 

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:22 | 6758706 swmnguy
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Hell, I've never even cheated on my wife.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 17:38 | 6759792 BarkingCat
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I never cheated on your wife either.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:25 | 6758721 sleigher
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I caught a fish that was THIS big!  Then I got a scholarship to West Point.

 

 

Then tried hit my mom with a hammer and stab my friend.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 17:39 | 6759794 BarkingCat
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Only then head, I swear.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:17 | 6758373 astoriajoe
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So lemme guess, Bush is the nominee?

Just needs some staged event that allows him to look and act "Presidential", say 2-3 weeks before the Iowa caucuses. 

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:22 | 6758430 Dog Will Hunt
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Exactly.  Jeb!'s interests won't let Jeb! back out, even if Jeb! begged them.  

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:25 | 6758446 astoriajoe
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I'm Wolf Blitzer with the enertainmentindustrial complex. I'm here to rescue you!

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 16:34 | 6759504 dogbert8
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Easier said than done; Jeb couldn't look Presidential if his life depended on it.  That's one reason people have soured on him; he's a whiny, petulant, entitled child who thinks it's his turn to be President Bush.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:11 | 6758374 lordbyroniv
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Rhut Rho

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:10 | 6758375 blabam
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trollololol.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:07 | 6758627 redpill
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Just for old times sake

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32UGD0fV45g

 

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:59 | 6758975 o r c k
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That video scared the crap out of me. Stop it.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:11 | 6758378 Bay of Pigs
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Gee, another politician lying. Color me stupid.

(oops, does saying that make me a racist?)

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:26 | 6758452 Dog Will Hunt
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Not stupid or racist at all.  But if this proves anything, it proves the guy was a liar before becoming a politician.  Someone here sifted and sifted until they found exactly what they were looking for.  They'll do it to Trump, too, before all is said and done.

Cue the exclamation point in 3...2...   

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:20 | 6758382 Raymond_K._Hessel
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That he is a liar merely means he is qualified to run for office. That he is *batshit* crazy and a religious whackjob and deemed a serious contender by the GOP is another matter entirely.

 

Carson's theory: Egypt's pyramids stored grain
Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:40 | 6758499 DrZipp
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If you watched Ancient Aliens then you would know the pyramids were actually hydrodynamic pulse activated hydroegen gas excited microwave maser generating power stations.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:13 | 6758659 buyingsterling
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True, but it's damn entertaining. Especially the guy who's really batshit, George somethingGreek

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:58 | 6758927 Kirk2NCC1701
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That would be Giorgio Tsoukalos.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_A._Tsoukalos

His hair looks that way ever he had sex with Uhura.  Wouldn't yours?

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 15:01 | 6758990 o r c k
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He's the only human to get hair cancer.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:28 | 6758738 Chupacabra1977
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My favorite show...and it's all true, say "Ancient Alien Scholars!"

 

I love it when the narrator says that.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 16:20 | 6759444 FrankDrakman
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"If you watched Ancient Aliens then you would know the pyramids were actually hydrodynamic pulse activated hydroegen gas excited microwave maser generating power stations."

sunovabitch.. can you imagine trying to read Operating Manuals written in hieroglyphics?!

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:06 | 6758621 detached.amusement
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Anyone who follws and pays homage to the bloodthirsty abrahamic egregore should not be qualified  to run for office

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:12 | 6758383 Jason T
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You can't have a hero in this world .. ever .. that is not falllen.

in the aggregate, Carson is a good man in my judgement.  

 

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:38 | 6758498 Bangin7GramRocks
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Problem with being a filthy fucking liar. You can't trust anything he says. Is he even a doctor? Is he actually black? Who knows!

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:58 | 6758590 Big Corked Boots
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He self-identifies as...

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 15:24 | 6759159 Jason T
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update:

Carson says this so called amision from his campaine is BS 

this guy is mint!

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:12 | 6758385 MonetaryDigitalis
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He's a LIAR!!  Shock.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:14 | 6758390 medium giraffe
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getting by on lies, another day in the democracy.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:24 | 6758393 Dr. Engali
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Lol.., the stars are lining up perfectly for Shrillary. If you thought listening to Bush for eight years then listening to Obama for eight years was bad, you haven't heard anything yet. This is going to suck.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:39 | 6758502 Dog Will Hunt
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The stars are lining up perfectly for Jeb! and/or Shrillary.  

 

 

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:25 | 6758724 buyingsterling
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Trump will slaughter them all. If you want another view of the Trump show, check out Scott Adams Blog. He says Trump is a word and communication wizard, on a par with Tony Robbins but with a different style. Part of it is that the man's intelligence is off the charts. The likes of him in the world can be counted on a few hands, he's basically made himself into a savant. Adams is wickedly smart, and predicts Trump will win the Presidency with 65% of the popular vote. That doesn't require Hillary to  melt down.

If you are following Trump with interest, this stuff is must reading. This piece is a great example:

http://blog.dilbert.com/post/127679591936/trump-persuasion-alert-bible-d...

His first big piece on Trump was called "Clown Genius":

http://blog.dilbert.com/post/126589300371/clown-genius

Enjoy

 

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:15 | 6758398 Agent P
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What's the point of lying about his past?  He's a fucking brain surgeon, he doesn't need to make shit up.  

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:16 | 6758405 Bastiat
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Yeah, no kidding.  Obama, on the other hand, has every reason to lie and conceal.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:34 | 6758486 css1971
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Psychopath or narcissist. He thought you were too dumb to find out. Therefore it/you didn't matter.

 

p.s. Are you sure he's a brain surgeon?

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:30 | 6758764 WillyGroper
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Hmmm,

I thought his specialty was the political colonoscopy.

Brain surgeon...really?

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:54 | 6758567 ZenMoment
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To divert attention away from his shitty record as a brain surgeon, maybe?

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:40 | 6758845 MicroSecession
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I'm not sure he was lying.  The general probably said, "if you apply, you can get in, and I'll be sure to help you along in the process".  For any kid that age, that means he was offered a scholarship, whether or not any papers were signed.  The point of this was his decision - go to West Point for free, or go to med school.  He had these two options, and he chose med school.  That's the point.  Did they extend him a formal offer?  It looks like no.  Did the general say, "you can get into West Point and go there for free, and I'll help you out"?  Probably so.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 15:00 | 6758982 Pabloallen
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The thieves in coingress would not accept him in their liar circle.

Sat, 11/07/2015 - 09:51 | 6761279 BarkingCat
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Inferiority complex?

Extremely undesirable in a leader. They will do extremely stupid things because of it.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:15 | 6758399 Sergeiab
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Anyone here with enough IT skills to make Tulsi Gabbard bubble up in MSM?

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:18 | 6758412 Hapte
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"Presidential elections matter"

Regards,

- A Complete Fucktard

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:18 | 6758413 RopeADope
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So what I get out of this news is that you can join West Point without having to go through admissions like little people, people of influence will walk your application through the process.

Just like any other top school of influence peddlers.

This is not a story, nice try MSM.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:40 | 6758508 Bangin7GramRocks
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Ahhhhhh. No. Nice try Bill O'Reilly!

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:34 | 6758789 WillyGroper
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WP is political as everything else.

From personal experience, I can tell you of a kid that got the boot (conduct unbecoming) only to get readmitted after 1 yr cuz his mommy was the WP liason district 5.

F'm all.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 17:51 | 6759820 IronForge
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Almost, Rope-A-Dope.  Almost.

I did a Summer Training Detail at the Naval Academy Prep School my First Class (Senior) Year at USNA.

To break the ice among the new Midshipman Candidates (M/C for short, who either enlisted for the Prep School(mostly recruited athletes and non20/20 four-eyed geeks), or were recruited/applied to from the Fleet or Nuke/Crypto Schools (high ASVAB Scorers)), I asked one M/C (who was assigned to the same room I lived in during my year at the Prep School) where he came from and how he got here.

He (who happened to be a Negro responded by informing me that he just went to the local EEO; and presto-chango, he was admitted to the Prep School WITHOUT ANY EXAMINATIONS.  I can understand some "favors for politician" cases across the Race/Income Spectrum; but you'd figure they would at least "take" a SAT, ACT Admissions or the Military's ASVAB. 

My Late Father is Black, he worked his Ass off in the Fleet(from PRIOR to WWII thru the 80s in 3 Wars and few more conflicts), and I worked mine off to get to USNA at that point, so I had no sympathy.  That spun me up; and I did make a comment as to how so many would bend over backwards or even KILL for the chance to be where he was - who TOOK the Exams and MET the Qualifications for the Academy/ROTC (Education and) Commissioning Programs.

He resigned a few days later.  Did I ride him out of there? No - never spoke to him directly since.  Once we all knew that he didn't take any College Admissions or Military Aptitude Exams, we all knew that he wasn't supposed to be there.  With a Drop out Rate of 40+% at the Prep School (It's a one year program with several Proficiency Tracks that's tougher than USNA's own Plebe Year, btw - only 20% stuck around to graduate my year - civilian life and civvie school scholarships are easier to obtain, especially with the year at the Prep School), there was NO WAY he'd make it through.

As for Mister Carson -
If true, I'd say "to Hell with Carson as a POTUS Candidate or any Public Office."  I wouldn't vote for Trump for being a Draft Dodging Pussy of a Chickenhawk, either, so I guess I just have to Tip my Hat to Senators Webb and/or Sanders for the Title.

 

 

P.S.(for the White Trash Supremacy/Apartheid Monkeys - peculiar since I have more White Friends than any other ethnic group) I was in the Geek w/Glasses Track - pegged the Math on the Admissions/ASVAB for the record (for the punks, I was a Football/Wrestling Team Capt'n in HS - I'm in my 50s; and due to my Hand2Hand Training/Fitness Regimine, I can still take on and kill/maim over 95% of the General/Gym Going Population with my bare hands); and I graduated 13th from the Top at the Prep School.  Since I was talked into not going to Grad School as a Mid, I skated/cruised mostly throughout USNA save for my Major Subjects - ROTFL!!

The Diversity Manager/Recruiter Types just aren't looking hard enough.  I'm all for "Hard Decking" the Math SATs for admissions (no provisions for Athletes, Women, or Minorities - make the grade or get rejected) and moving USNA into the Ivy League Sports Conference with all the other Sci/Engineering Geeks.  It's about training Tech Competent Future Officers First - they can get their Bull(Hum/SS) Masters Level Degrees (since a BA degree is so fracking worthless for the Junior Naval Officer - they tend to flush out as "Nuclear Waste" at Nuke School; and simply SUCK onboard Ships) at their own time (save for the job related Econ/PoliSci).

The Jarines may claim that they don't need the Eggheads; but sooner or later up the Chain, you "will" need the Competent/Genius Level Strategist and Tactician now with all the Tech Gear that's out and about.  It's no longer about RPGs, Gernades, and broken Cold War Gear.

I do not mock the Poor; and though I do have some degree of sympathy for the discriminated, we have to continue to maintain certain standards for the sake of the Country's Defenses and Security of the Citizenry - even if ScrewUp Neocons/Ziocons/Neolibs are ruining it. 

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:20 | 6758419 Dog Will Hunt
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If he lied, he lied.  It's as simple as that.  Someone just asked me why Jeb! hasn't backed out of the race yet.  I told him, "Jeb! has $100 million stacked against the wall right now.  Would you back out?"  

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:48 | 6758539 corporatewhore
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!jeb! will be the last one standing, by design or default.  Then it's up to diebold.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 15:07 | 6759023 darteaus
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And he replied, "That can't be.  My wall has $1B stacked against it.  Count again."

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:20 | 6758420 blown income
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Well so,much for another chimp in the whitey house

 

Go Trump!!

 

 

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:22 | 6758422 DosZap
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Unlike HELLary, his lies will stick like a dung beetle to a cow pattie.

Bye Bye Ben..................your T_O_A_S_T_.Sweet while it lasted, but as a brilliant Neuro  surgeon, YOU CERTAINLY should have known this would get your ass kicked.Prepare to meet your DOOM next debate, if your smart you will drop out NOW.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:44 | 6758520 Newbie lurker
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Sad but true. Not because it's Ben. Just in general

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:25 | 6758423 Raymond_K._Hessel
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When the fuck are we, as a nation, going to be as "progressive" as Mexico? Mexico’s Supreme Court rules that smoking pot is a fundamental human right

We have people running for office who have no problem with droning weddings but want to jail people for smoking a joint on their couch. 

These people are crazy stupid assholes beholden not to logic, or science, but to the Drug War Complex.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 15:03 | 6759005 darteaus
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You're going to rely on a court ruling in Mexico?!

Go there and try lighting up in front of the Policia.  Call me from the jail, and let me know how that went.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:22 | 6758426 RagnarRedux
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David Duke demolishes the myth of Ben Carson!

http://davidduke.com/52476-2/

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 14:11 | 6758651 falconflight
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Do you have any idea, any at all (Obviously not) what is oozing out of your heart and soul?

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:22 | 6758429 tinfoilhat
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Oh, so now all of a sudden we can start looking at presidential candidates school records and other history again?

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:23 | 6758435 max2205
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He giving Brian Williams a bad name

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:24 | 6758437 Callz d Ballz
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Welcome to the world of "politics" Doc... and you wonder why more qualified people don't run? 

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:42 | 6758514 Bangin7GramRocks
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Easy. Don't be a filthy fucking liar, write it down in some psycho memoir and repeat the lies in paid speeches for 25 years. It's not that hard people.

Fri, 11/06/2015 - 13:58 | 6758577 Callz d Ballz
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People are buying into the MSM's version of this story already.  Do some critical thinking and you'll find that the "scholorship" part could have been easily misconstrued by a young person.  I'm not a Carson fan but I can see through this hit piece.  Meanwhile Hitlary and Co. get away with murder.

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