General Discussion

Tab

(11,093 posts)

48. There were none, so based on your suggestion, I felt compelled to start things off.

Wed Jan 6, 2016, 03:05 PM

Jan 2016

So, there's at least one Amazon review. We'll see if it catches on.

Unfortunately, I overlooked the fact that his (or her) mother was in the house as well. Why couldn't been leave his mother with his wife while HE went looking for stuff?

This story is crap, but it's the stuff political legends are made of.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

62 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Ben Carson's Wife: Ben Delivered Our Son With a Bobby Pin [View all] Tab Jan 2016 OP

So now he's MacGyver? hobbit709 Jan 2016 #1

LOL Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2016 #3

FTW! nt a la izquierda Jan 2016 #22

Well, he's sure not a gentleman. Why didn't he hand the baby and placenta to his wife pnwmom Jan 2016 #32

Am I reading this right? The woman who just gave birth is running up and down the stairs and all tblue37 Jan 2016 #50

Yes. The story is preposterous, isn't it? The woman would be at risk for bleeding. pnwmom Jan 2016 #54

That was my take on this, as well! hamsterjill Jan 2016 #55

Grifters gon grift while the griftin's good NightWatcher Jan 2016 #2

And then go and tell everyone you read it during black history month.lol SummerSnow Jan 2016 #6

They are to be displayed in your home...right where your Mama Grizzly book was a few years ago NightWatcher Jan 2016 #13

rofl...her books are 99 cents I bet at Walmart. Buy a gun get her book for free too. SummerSnow Jan 2016 #28

I've never seen a woman post delivery with the strength to run stairs.... Docreed2003 Jan 2016 #4

REALLY! elleng Jan 2016 #7

Somebody's been hallucinating stuff... CTyankee Jan 2016 #9

Apparently.... Docreed2003 Jan 2016 #15

nice one... winstars Jan 2016 #36

She pops out the baby and then runs up and down the stairs? Shrike47 Jan 2016 #5

That's what I was thinking... boobooday Jan 2016 #51

Lol Liberal_in_LA Jan 2016 #52

You're overlooking the big thing Tab Jan 2016 #8

Of course, it doesn't make sense and of course it didn't happen that way.... CTyankee Jan 2016 #10

Tab you're kind of right.... Docreed2003 Jan 2016 #18

Being a male, and having my only child delivered in a hospital Tab Jan 2016 #23

Oh absolutely... Docreed2003 Jan 2016 #24

she says HE was holding the baby and the afterbirth.... dixiegrrrrl Jan 2016 #37

geeez Ben,you had her run wendylaroux Jan 2016 #11

Yeah, that was my question, too Warpy Jan 2016 #26

Their kid was an hors d'ouevre and they were out of toothpicks? 11 Bravo Jan 2016 #12

I've seen hundreds of deliveries angryvet Jan 2016 #14

My mom had a friend once who was a compulsive liar. notadmblnd Jan 2016 #29

Clearly a man with judgment this poor isn't qualified to be President. pnwmom Jan 2016 #33

Not much of a doctor if thread, string, or dental floss didn't occur to him as possibilities. n/t winter is coming Jan 2016 #16

Or if he didn't have his wife lie down angryvet Jan 2016 #21

So he was a pinhead from way back?!1 n/t UTUSN Jan 2016 #17

So, this is her third child . . . gratuitous Jan 2016 #19

Agreed Tab Jan 2016 #20

He ... what? Hekate Jan 2016 #25

Yeah, she has just given birth and she's runnng up and down the stairs looking for a bobby pin. notadmblnd Jan 2016 #27

What about using thread or string? You know, like they do in every movie ever made? DawgHouse Jan 2016 #30

this is satire right? Marrah_G Jan 2016 #31

this is so far fetched how can any sane person believe this? demtenjeep Jan 2016 #34

This makes no sense on SO many levels! Maeve Jan 2016 #35

Her first mistake was letting him get close to get her preggers. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2016 #38

Ow!! Gross! OW!!! Number23 Jan 2016 #39

What the everlasting fuck. nolabear Jan 2016 #40

There were none, so based on your suggestion, I felt compelled to start things off. Tab Jan 2016 #48

Or the doc could have stayed with the wife and asked his mom to find something. pnwmom Jan 2016 #56

Did they name him Bobby? SoCalDem Jan 2016 #41

No, I believe they called him COLGATE4 Jan 2016 #44

They named him BJ. Apparently they don't know where babies come from either. nolabear Jan 2016 #49

A name worthy of a Palin SoCalDem Jan 2016 #61

You win the Golden Globe award for this post COLGATE4 Jan 2016 #62

And she actually thinks this story rings true. Amazing. Vinca Jan 2016 #42

there's no reason to believe a word of this anecdote. KG Jan 2016 #43

Any who has done an emergency delivery nadinbrzezinski Jan 2016 #45

Or how about some floss from the bathroom? Wouldn't that work? pnwmom Jan 2016 #57

If that is all you have... nadinbrzezinski Jan 2016 #58

Got it. Thanks. If this story is true, he had incredibly poor judgment in a pinch. pnwmom Jan 2016 #59

And call 911 nadinbrzezinski Jan 2016 #60

Why didn't 'Stabby' Ben simply pray for the afterbirth to go away? randome Jan 2016 #46

this couple want to live in the White House olddots Jan 2016 #47

I don't doubt he was a very able doctor. MosheFeingold Jan 2016 #53