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mahatmakanejeeves

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7. "You have to look at the intent," Carson said....

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Thu Aug 13, 2015, 12:38 PM

Aug 2015

Last edited Thu Aug 13, 2015, 01:23 PM - Edit history (1)

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Credit for that: Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, maybe.

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Ben Carson: No apologies for 1992 fetal tissue research [View all] jpak Aug 2015 OP

In fairness, Carson said he did this research before his infamous self-lobotomy Adenoid_Hynkel Aug 2015 #1

I'd Like To Know RobinA Aug 2015 #8

you owe me LordshipLadyship Aug 2015 #17

Thanks to South Park awoke_in_2003 Aug 2015 #27

Carson was playing around with "aborted baby parts"? The horror, the horror....Republicans trapped Fred Sanders Aug 2015 #2

Equivocating asshat Roland99 Aug 2015 #3

Somebody help me understand his explanation turbo_satan Aug 2015 #4

It's pretty straight forward. You see... Xipe Totec Aug 2015 #12

It's OK for him to use it for research, because "it's dead." ehrnst Aug 2015 #32

It's ok for them...but not ok for us. SoapBox Aug 2015 #5

Heh. This just got interesting. progressoid Aug 2015 #6

"You have to look at the intent," Carson said.... mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2015 #7

Well, Doctor... Kelvin Mace Aug 2015 #9

Using fetal tissue for research - Good. Providing it to the researcher - IMMORAL!!! ehrnst Aug 2015 #33

More like "you have to look at the buttload of money I made" KentuckyWoman Aug 2015 #34

How do you spell "hypocrite"? C-A-R-S-O-N ??? Herman4747 Aug 2015 #10

Exactly! So what if his job had him doing fetal tissue research. He SHOULD have refused to do it hughee99 Aug 2015 #13

But, but, you see, he "evolved". sarge43 Aug 2015 #14

I find it interesting that a guy did his job despite hughee99 Aug 2015 #15

Hoisted on his own Petard bl968 Aug 2015 #16

He was a medical research scientist and the author of a study cheapdate Aug 2015 #25

If you say so... hughee99 Aug 2015 #28

The level of autonomy and freedom enojoyed by a lead medical research scientist cheapdate Aug 2015 #29

I'm picturing Mr Rogers Fortinbras Armstrong Aug 2015 #19

I hope someone has a recording of this. murielm99 Aug 2015 #11

Word salad maindawg Aug 2015 #18

Agree. Hoping someone would translate this to plain English question everything Aug 2015 #23

Its time to put this wanker on ignore . olddots Aug 2015 #20

oh, like the FACTS would make a dent in his support MisterP Aug 2015 #21

I still can't wrap my head around this statement dhol82 Aug 2015 #22

Carson is a pandering Jeb Bartlet Aug 2015 #24

Remember, there is too much political correctness in this country...so no apologies. No GOPer will kelliekat44 Aug 2015 #26

Help me to understand jmowreader Aug 2015 #30

Conservative intent justifies everything IronLionZion Aug 2015 #31