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18. Ben Carson

Reply to GoLeft TV (Original post)

Sun Oct 18, 2015, 12:39 AM

Oct 2015

It's called 'book smart'. He only knows what he's been taught out of text books. He has no knowledge of practical life experiences unless he has encountered it in a text book. Not an ounce of common sense.

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Ben Carson -- Is It Possible To Be Very Smart and Very Stupid At The Same Time? [View all] GoLeft TV Oct 2015 OP

He quit surgery suddenly, at the top of his ability. Warpy Oct 2015 #1

Exactly what I was thinking. It's impossible for me to fathom he was a Neurosurgeon 2banon Oct 2015 #15

I don't understand how any Black, Hispanic or any minority could vote for a Republican. olegramps Oct 2015 #22

If your criteria for choosing a candidate come from the pulput of a right wing church Warpy Oct 2015 #23

Absolutely iandhr Oct 2015 #2

He's Whacko Plucketeer Oct 2015 #3

I really don't get this at all... yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #4

I do not want to get into why they think that but yes it is jwirr Oct 2015 #7

So they think he is weak minded and yuiyoshida Oct 2015 #8

Something like that. They think they are still back on the jwirr Oct 2015 #10

He's adored by the rabid fundamentalists Warpy Oct 2015 #9

Some might get offended if I say why they do that. So I'll hush . SummerSnow Oct 2015 #11

Yeah. Like Clarence Thomas. That's all anyone needs to understand 2banon Oct 2015 #17

Carson isn't stupid by any means. However, madamesilverspurs Oct 2015 #5

Of course it is. To my knowledge medical school does not jwirr Oct 2015 #6

In this country, we have elevated certain professions beyond toxicopoulus Oct 2015 #13

Carson is no scientist--he is a 7th Day Adventist kiri Oct 2015 #16

I don't believe Carson is entitled to the Albert Einstein excuse. Paladin Oct 2015 #12

k&r DesertRat Oct 2015 #14

Ben Carson skybox Oct 2015 #18

I would not trust this man to babysit a child, let alone operate Skittles Oct 2015 #19

The line between genius and insanity is very, very small. Loki Oct 2015 #20

All that is necessary, is to have a penchant for choosing wrong assumptions. Then, no Joe Chi Minh Oct 2015 #21

Yes, it is quite possible -- and that's easy to understand once you realize . . . markpkessinger Oct 2015 #24