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Nevilledog

(55,064 posts) Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:21 PM Nov 2020

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Sec. Ben Carson tested positive for COVID-19 this morning.

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Sec. Ben Carson tested positive for COVID-19 this morning. (Original Post) Nevilledog Nov 2020 OP

Another jackass whose policies have hurt so many still_one Nov 2020 #1

Oops soothsayer Nov 2020 #2

Whelp. TheBlackAdder Nov 2020 #3

Awwww SheltieLover Nov 2020 #4

Election night party at the White House? LisaL Nov 2020 #5

Mark Meadows was mingling un-masked Election night- dawg day Nov 2020 #17

Bingo! CottonBear Nov 2020 #6

oh well llashram Nov 2020 #7

I don't care, do you? Freedomofspeech Nov 2020 #8

Oops, so sad. BlueJac Nov 2020 #9

Hmm. The doctor, who doesn't see patients or work in a hospital, doesn't know how to take Cousin Dupree Nov 2020 #10

And where's Waldo? Oops, I mean Pence. nt Firestorm49 Nov 2020 #11

Ben, don't forget to say 'Hi' to Hermann. TheBlackAdder Nov 2020 #12

Don't worry, the velvet hand of Jesus is upon him Blue Owl Nov 2020 #13

holy crap that sentence is disturbing..... lindysalsagal Nov 2020 #19

Not as disturbing as the portrait it references... Blue Owl Nov 2020 #22

Looks like a lovely moment in a spa..... lindysalsagal Nov 2020 #24

"fortunate to have access to effective therapeutics" Orangepeel Nov 2020 #14

+1 n/t area51 Nov 2020 #20

Must not have prayed hard enough. Got the hoax. lindysalsagal Nov 2020 #15

It's amazing how many republicans caught the hoax. brer cat Nov 2020 #16

Unlike most other Repubs, Carson has done some good for humanity, so BusyBeingBest Nov 2020 #18

That's a shame. NT Happy Hoosier Nov 2020 #21

Oh gee, that's too bad PatSeg Nov 2020 #23

How did they wake him to let him know? MyNameGoesHere Nov 2020 #25

He was awake long enough to get tested? Aristus Nov 2020 #26

But these cabinet members have access to what 250,000 other Americans don't. BComplex Nov 2020 #27

He is "fortunate to have access to therapeutics"..... IowaGuy Nov 2020 #28

All my best to him. DarthDem Nov 2020 #29

Well, he's just the type who would blame a woman for getting raped because of what she was wearing. Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2020 #30

Sa-weet! bif Nov 2020 #31

still_one

(98,883 posts)

1. Another jackass whose policies have hurt so many

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:21 PM

Nov 2020

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/11/goodbye-ben-carson.html

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)

2. Oops

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:21 PM

Nov 2020

TheBlackAdder

(29,981 posts)

3. Whelp.

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:22 PM

Nov 2020

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SheltieLover

(80,061 posts)

4. Awwww

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:22 PM

Nov 2020

LisaL

(47,411 posts)

5. Election night party at the White House?

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:23 PM

Nov 2020

So I am assuming that's going to be another super spreader event?

dawg day

(7,947 posts)

17. Mark Meadows was mingling un-masked Election night-

Reply to LisaL (Reply #5)

Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:31 PM

Nov 2020

revealed positive the next day.

CottonBear

(21,615 posts)

6. Bingo!

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:23 PM

Nov 2020

What a Covidiot.

llashram

(6,269 posts)

7. oh well

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:23 PM

Nov 2020

Couldn't happen to a more loyal trump-pet

Freedomofspeech

(4,788 posts)

8. I don't care, do you?

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:24 PM

Nov 2020

That is my answer to ever single republican for the rest of my life.

BlueJac

(7,838 posts)

9. Oops, so sad.

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:24 PM

Nov 2020

Cousin Dupree

(1,866 posts)

10. Hmm. The doctor, who doesn't see patients or work in a hospital, doesn't know how to take

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:24 PM

Nov 2020

care of himself???? Why am I not surprised?

Firestorm49

(4,540 posts)

11. And where's Waldo? Oops, I mean Pence. nt

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:25 PM

Nov 2020

TheBlackAdder

(29,981 posts)

12. Ben, don't forget to say 'Hi' to Hermann.

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:26 PM

Nov 2020

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Hah! Gotcha! You thought of someone else, didn't you?

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Blue Owl

(58,972 posts)

13. Don't worry, the velvet hand of Jesus is upon him

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:26 PM

Nov 2020

lindysalsagal

(22,902 posts)

19. holy crap that sentence is disturbing.....

Reply to Blue Owl (Reply #13)

Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:32 PM

Nov 2020

Blue Owl

(58,972 posts)

22. Not as disturbing as the portrait it references...

Reply to lindysalsagal (Reply #19)

Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:37 PM

Nov 2020

lindysalsagal

(22,902 posts)

24. Looks like a lovely moment in a spa.....

Reply to Blue Owl (Reply #22)

Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:41 PM

Nov 2020

and I'm not being insulting. It just does.

Orangepeel

(13,978 posts)

14. "fortunate to have access to effective therapeutics"

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:26 PM

Nov 2020

yep. too bad we aren't all so fortunate

area51

(12,670 posts)

20. +1 n/t

Reply to Orangepeel (Reply #14)

Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:33 PM

Nov 2020

lindysalsagal

(22,902 posts)

15. Must not have prayed hard enough. Got the hoax.

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:27 PM

Nov 2020

THoughts and prayers.

brer cat

(27,542 posts)

16. It's amazing how many republicans caught the hoax.

Reply to lindysalsagal (Reply #15)

Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:30 PM

Nov 2020

I do think the Lord works in mysterious ways.

BusyBeingBest

(9,173 posts)

18. Unlike most other Repubs, Carson has done some good for humanity, so

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:31 PM

Nov 2020

I'll wish him well.

Happy Hoosier

(9,528 posts)

21. That's a shame. NT

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:34 PM

Nov 2020

PatSeg

(53,206 posts)

23. Oh gee, that's too bad

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:39 PM

Nov 2020

This is the part in the movie where all the evil deeds of the bad guys catches up with them.

MyNameGoesHere

(7,638 posts)

25. How did they wake him to let him know?

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:42 PM

Nov 2020

Aristus

(72,092 posts)

26. He was awake long enough to get tested?

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:43 PM

Nov 2020

Color me shocked...

BComplex

(9,888 posts)

27. But these cabinet members have access to what 250,000 other Americans don't.

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:47 PM

Nov 2020

Ben Carson will get the very best help available, as will the rest of the trump circus. And yet they are the ones who should pay with their lives for all they've done to the other 250,000 Americans who have died, and all the family members who have suffered those losses.

IowaGuy

(788 posts)

28. He is "fortunate to have access to therapeutics".....

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Nov 9, 2020, 12:57 PM

Nov 2020

paid for by our tax dollars while his administration is trying to take health care access awy from millions of Americans. Fuck him!!! You won't find any well wishes or condolences from me.

DarthDem

(5,461 posts)

29. All my best to him.

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Nov 9, 2020, 04:28 PM

Nov 2020

Dark n Stormy Knight

(10,484 posts)

30. Well, he's just the type who would blame a woman for getting raped because of what she was wearing.

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Nov 9, 2020, 09:55 PM

Nov 2020

So, will he take the blame for getting COVID because of what he wasn't wearing?

bif

(26,955 posts)

31. Sa-weet!

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Nov 9, 2020, 10:05 PM

Nov 2020

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