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smirkymonkey

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47. The really frightening thing is that we have so many idiots in this country

Thu Nov 5, 2015, 08:49 PM

Nov 2015

willing to elect someone like him to the highest office in the land. Seriously, can you see any other first world country running a candidate that is this bat-shit crazy - and have him/her be viable on top of it? They have right-wing, racist, ideologues, but nobody as whacked out as Carson.

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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