OMG! Carson really is nuts

[darkangel218]

Just watching his press conference.

*speechless*

[Walk away]

1. He is falling apart right now on nation wide television.

Yikes!!!!!!

[darkangel218]

6. Bring the popcorn!!

He's having a MAJOR meltdown!!

[Walk away]

17. I love politics!!!!!!

[Warpy]

35. Sadly, his fan base won't notice

They'll just think the spirit of the lord is upon him or some such nonsense they use to cover up insanity.

[hifiguy]

42. They view what sane people see as complete derangement

as his primary qualification for the office.

This society is FUBAR.

[madaboutharry]

2. He is having some kind of mental event.

It is kind of sad. It reminds me of what happened to Brittney Spears.

[darkangel218]

8. +1!

[Walk away]

19. I am actually crying...that is so funny and on target!!!!

[immoderate]

3. I would call that "flippin' out!"

--imm

[SoCalDem]

7. and Cruz is wetting himself

[KathieG]

4. Yes. Yes he is.

[joshcryer]

5. watching a candidacy implode right in front of our eyes

[OKNancy]

9. rwnj crap about Obama's college records

[Xolodno]

10. Mayday! Mayday!

We are going down! Repeat! We are going down!

[herding cats]

11. I'm missing it.

Darn it.

[OKNancy]

12. someone pulled the plug on him.. probably the campaign

[darkangel218]

13. YUP, THEY CUT HIM OFF!!!

Lmao!!!!!!!

[gwheezie]

14. His supporters will love this

I'm serious, he's making no sense and that's his appeal to most of his supporters.

[alcibiades_mystery]

16. His supporters aren't his dollar lifeblood

That's clearly been nixed. His supporters will fade away as soon as he does, which will happen before Thanksgiving.

[bvf]

15. Have got to see this when available!

Please, someone link when able!

[dixiegrrrrl]

20. Hoping you tube will have it...soon. n.t

[bvf]

21. Thanks. That should be my go-to.

[dixiegrrrrl]

22. Try this

https://twitter.com/search?q=Ben+Carson+press+conference&ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^search

[bvf]

29. My phone plan

has me throttled for the next week or so.




but thanks for the teaser! I'm sure this is going to be quite entertaining!

[LiberalElite]

45. "Democratic Party press" What press might that be pray tell? Because, Ben -

Faux Nooz was also reporting on the West Point non-scholarship.

[NutmegYankee]

23. Short piece:

[Initech]

32. OMG! You could replace Ben Carson with Kenan Thompson...

And nobody would be able to tell the difference between that press conference and an SNL sketch! This is too good!

[Marr]

57. He's having some kind of breakdown-- it's so odd.

Is this just what a manipulator does when they're called on a lie? Is he suffering from kind some kind of delusional paranoia?

Whatever it is, the man is mentally off kilter.

[d_r]

24. a little more

[davekriss]

30. OMG!!!

This man has to be kept as far away from Washington DC as possible. He is unfit for office. Hell, he's unfit to stick those hands inside anyone's head! Crazy, crazy man!

[HuckleB]

38. Wow! He is such a douchebag!

"Let's talk about Obama." FFS!

[NutmegYankee]

26. Another - even funnier

[bvf]

31. Lots of gestures, and what sounds like a quiver in his voice.

Thanks for this. Too funny!

[Initech]

33. This is a Saturday Night Live sketch!

But Infowars, seriously -

[NutmegYankee]

36. Just grabbing the first videos that popped up on YouTube.

[Glimmer of Hope]

34. Lol. I was never amused by him until now.

I wonder if he will eventually speak in that squeaky high voice all the time if he becomes more unhinged.

[AlbertCat]

53. if he will eventually speak in that squeaky high voice all the time

during the SOTU speeches. With the gestures....

[blm]

18. Craaaaaaaaazy!!!

.

[procon]

25. Move over Kim Davis!

The know nothing evangelicals have a new martyr in this Doctor Ben Carson.

[Bluenorthwest]

27. It was amazing to see, great political moment, great TV.

Full melt.

[darkangel218]

28. +1

[NutmegYankee]

37. FULL VIDEO:

[HuckleB]

39. Thanks!

[treestar]

54. It's strange how he is arguing with the reporters

they are arguing with him back.

That makes some ill will. You will have Obama and others who are friendly to them - probably a good idea to have a good vibe with them.

[winstars]

40. "DON'T TAZE ME DUDE!!!! I think we just saw a tidbit from "his violent past".....

[LostOne4Ever]

41. He is like Dump, the more he blows him up the more the bigots love him. nt

[hifiguy]

43. That man is not sane enough to be dog-catcher

in a one-dog town.

[Gothmog]

44. Carson was losing during the press conference

[Quixote1818]

46. Dear Ben, Obama's records were NOT sealed, that is why the press didn't go after him on that!

http://www.factcheck.org/2012/07/obamas-sealed-records/

[senseandsensibility]

47. And only jebbie will be left standing.

Gosh, who could have seen that coming?

[Grammy23]

48. Kind of reminded me of Captain Queeg having his meltdown

During the trial for the Caine mutiny. I halfway expected him to pull out the ball bearings and begin moving them around in his hands. Honestly, I thought he was gonna flip out live on national TV. Now THAT would have been TV worth watching.

[Tipperary]

49. Eeek! That voice!

[Populist_Prole]

50. Just watched it

While I've seen quotes of his and heard the take-ways from both here on DU and from my raging RW relatives and their friends, it's actually the first time I've actually heard and watched him speak. I was actually disappointed, to tell the truth, but then again I was expecting Trump-like bombast.

Definitely not presidential material: too snarky and defensive in a way that suggests further furtiveness. The religion angle is damning on its own. As to the snarkiness, see below.

His RW fans ( as other have said, and as I've come to find out ) will view what we see as a meltdown as a righteous "circling of the wagons" and redouble their support for him. They think it's "spunk" in a way to spit water in the face of the world changing around them. It's like they see him as a last stand of the reactionary angry curmudgeon brigade. They regard him ( and/or ) Trump as some sort of last hope. They hate the younger generation. Just what constitutes it is squishy, but they like it that way, so they can modify or pile-on later. They're fucked, but whistle past the graveyard with bravado.

[WinkyDink]

51. If you think Carson's base is mostly composed of Baby Boomers, I think you are sadly mistaken.

[Populist_Prole]

52. I'm just going by what I see/hear

And his fans I'm speaking of were born a decade or so before the official boom on '46 or so. Cranky and mad as hell bastards.

WTF are you splitting hairs?

[Generic Brad]

55. Perhaps brain surgery is easier than we have been led to believe

After observing Dr. Carson, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out.

[Sunlei]

56. another person paid millions and trained by fox lies