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SheilaT

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15. Too bad passing some sort of basic test to show

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Tue Sep 22, 2015, 01:03 PM

Sep 2015

a candidate actually understands the Constitution isn't a requirement to run for higher office. Or even for county clerk.

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Pic Of The Moment: Clueless Carson Wants Religious Test [View all] EarlG Sep 2015 OP

No! SoapBox Sep 2015 #1

I have the feeling that he wouldn't yuiyoshida Sep 2015 #2

Agreed. SoapBox Sep 2015 #3

Hmm, what about Jehovah Witnesses, Mormon, Catholic? lark Sep 2015 #17

Its so hard to believe he's a brain Surgeon yuiyoshida Sep 2015 #21

It's very easy how he got through med school. pangaia Sep 2015 #37

you forgot atheist Angry Dragon Sep 2015 #25

Oops, also forgot agnostic too. lark Sep 2015 #33

Watch out if a Lutheran is ever elected President, because Still In Wisconsin Sep 2015 #40

tator-tot-hotdish Angry Dragon Sep 2015 #45

this man has devolved. barbtries Sep 2015 #4

While "brain surgeon" is used colloquially in a certain sense jberryhill Sep 2015 #7

Greed and ambition Fritz Walter Sep 2015 #8

Thats funny cause I said the same thing yuiyoshida Sep 2015 #23

See my reply to you above. :>)) pangaia Sep 2015 #38

my question, also. He seems "slow" wordpix Sep 2015 #29

As a wise DUer pointed out to me recently when I brought up this very same issue. herding cats Sep 2015 #5

yes ............. makes sense Angry Dragon Sep 2015 #24

Talk about somebody that needs some "Brain work" BlueJazz Sep 2015 #6

benny boy, you are an idiot. niyad Sep 2015 #9

K&R! stonecutter357 Sep 2015 #10

Those poor Republicans and according to Huckabee Carson should be a slave via Dred Scott. gordianot Sep 2015 #11

"Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be" arcane1 Sep 2015 #12

So 'thoughtless' a remark. I wonder why he quit Neurosurgery for Republican RW politics. Sunlei Sep 2015 #13

maybe he wasn't such a good doc? Very strange he'd make the switch wordpix Sep 2015 #30

That's What The Media Is Going With, Too, But... NonMetro Sep 2015 #14

Too bad passing some sort of basic test to show SheilaT Sep 2015 #15

It should be. stage left Sep 2015 #31

His brain has been Jesusified. He can't see beyond his Jesus. nt valerief Sep 2015 #16

Brain Surgery stage left Sep 2015 #18

Everybody knows NewJeffCT Sep 2015 #19

These Cons keeps quoting the constitution without reading it d_legendary1 Sep 2015 #20

I are a bad shenmue Sep 2015 #22

I'm surprised that right wingers aren't saying that Ben Carson "Looks like a Muslim" W T F Sep 2015 #26

Carson is in the Republican mainstream Shoonra Sep 2015 #27

Oughtn't one who aspires to be POTUS... 3catwoman3 Sep 2015 #28

Carson speaks like he's on a narcotic SHRED Sep 2015 #32

Carson is a stupid, ignorant, bigoted, dumb fuck. pangaia Sep 2015 #34

So sharia law is ok kacekwl Sep 2015 #35

Crazy asshole says Muslims don't separate religion and state... liberal N proud Sep 2015 #36

I know a LOT of physicians, and here is an observation: Still In Wisconsin Sep 2015 #39

Earl G ANNIHILATES Ben Carson! nt Herman4747 Sep 2015 #41

K&R! stonecutter357 Sep 2015 #42

This is your brain on bad drugs ... GeorgeGist Sep 2015 #43

I'm also tempted to impose a religious test meow2u3 Sep 2015 #44