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smirkymonkey

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46. I was thinking the same thing, either he's completely gone off the rails and is

Thu Nov 5, 2015, 08:34 PM

Nov 2015

on mega-doses of meds and religion or he really is brilliant and this is all an act because he knows how pig-ignorant most republican voters are and this is his winning strategy. Either way, it's pretty frightening because he's doing very well in the polls.

Do you ever feel like you are going completely mad and the world just doesn't make ANY sense anymore?

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WaPo: Ben Carson�s striking ignorance [View all] spanone Nov 2015 OP

This guy has so many serious issues in his head it's frighting someone this dysfunctional and RKP5637 Nov 2015 #1

I love how they're digging into things 20 years ago. scscholar Nov 2015 #2

don't take much work to expose a fraud spanone Nov 2015 #3

The original story was about his commencement speech from 1999 gratuitous Nov 2015 #11

Must have been after the good doctor preformed a botched lobotomy on himself kydo Nov 2015 #16

Do you think 20 years is a millennium? WinkyDink Nov 2015 #49

Not sure of your point here. How far back should we "dig" to find out the character of those rhett o rick Nov 2015 #62

Sadly this op-Ed will fodder for the victim cannon but THIS is flat stupid underpants Nov 2015 #4

But, But... He's wearing a FLAG pin on his lapel Binkie The Clown Nov 2015 #5

Yup - counts for a lot! As soon as I see a flag pin I KNOW the asshole is a likely liar. erronis Nov 2015 #15

I find it difficult to believe he could get through four years of premed followed by medical school Warpy Nov 2015 #6

Any publicity is good publicity, as they say. It worked for "trees are polluters" Reagan. n/t pnwmom Nov 2015 #10

I was thinking the same thing, either he's completely gone off the rails and is smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #46

never underestimate our ability to elect idiots ibegurpard Nov 2015 #7

+1000. (Don't we ever learn?) pnwmom Nov 2015 #9

That's a PLUS for a Rethug. It helped Ronald Reagan get elected pnwmom Nov 2015 #8

One thing he was almost right about loyalsister Nov 2015 #12

^^^^^ spanone Nov 2015 #14

This guy belongs behind high walls, hifiguy Nov 2015 #13

Seriously malaise Nov 2015 #26

The really frightening thing is that we have so many idiots in this country smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #47

America has always had a wildly disproportionate share hifiguy Nov 2015 #48

ok now Solomon Nov 2015 #64

I said today at work that humbled_opinion Nov 2015 #17

This is why political correctness is a right wing tool. It shuts down discussion. valerief Nov 2015 #19

He must be called on his bullshit malaise Nov 2015 #22

But our MSM won't do that. I'd love to see a Jeopardy game with valerief Nov 2015 #23

LOL that woman is humbled_opinion Nov 2015 #56

Not surprising. hifiguy Nov 2015 #29

And highly insulting to intelligent, rational POC. nt valerief Nov 2015 #44

Indeed it is. hifiguy Nov 2015 #50

Joseph who? Stalin? He talks about this Joseph guy like we're supposed to know valerief Nov 2015 #18

Ya know, Joseph in the Buy-bull! Arugula Latte Nov 2015 #27

Pretty sure he means the Joseph with the amazing technicolor dreamcoat. tclambert Nov 2015 #34

That was a musical with those awful Webber songs. valerief Nov 2015 #37

A "real" person? It's based on a character in an old book that many think is non-fiction tclambert Nov 2015 #39

Ha! valerief Nov 2015 #42

Anyone who has ever had a cat in their life hifiguy Nov 2015 #51

No real cat could tolerate that awful music. Only stupid humans can. nt valerief Nov 2015 #52

The characters of the cats are very true to life, though. hifiguy Nov 2015 #54

The music is ear pollution, though. nt valerief Nov 2015 #60

Imagine having this fool in the White House after someone who values education malaise Nov 2015 #20

Maybe he'll take their money and drop out. Ilsa Nov 2015 #24

Truth be told malaise Nov 2015 #25

Kimmel does man-on-the-streets with morons, too. valerief Nov 2015 #43

He'd appoint this guy as Education Czar. hifiguy Nov 2015 #30

Ben Carson Once Studied Fetal Brain Tissue, Now Calls the Research 'Disturbing' spanone Nov 2015 #32

In Jamaica he'd be described as a ginal malaise Nov 2015 #35

Whatever it is, there's something wrong with this guy. SoapBox Nov 2015 #21

I think it's his brain. Arugula Latte Nov 2015 #28

Do it yourself brain surgery with hifiguy Nov 2015 #31

The GOP is at a stage where it's promoting and rewarding incompetence. MrScorpio Nov 2015 #33

That's been happening a long time Demeter Nov 2015 #38

Goldwater was sane. hifiguy Nov 2015 #53

His idea of nuclear war wasn't exactly sane, IMO Demeter Nov 2015 #55

Silly man. Time travelers built the pyramids. tclambert Nov 2015 #36

I'd like to know why he has retired from his medical profession. northoftheborder Nov 2015 #40

he's 64 spanone Nov 2015 #41

it's hard to believe he was ever successful at anything, let along surgery Skittles Nov 2015 #57

It never ceases to amaze me the way the.. one_voice Nov 2015 #45

Carson is so stupid that it is scary Gothmog Nov 2015 #58

The critical mass of the uncritical masses. hay rick Nov 2015 #59

So pretty much a standard GOP candidate... Egnever Nov 2015 #61

GOP! You get what you pay for. Octafish Nov 2015 #63