Almost every week, Republicans join a competition to see who can say the most outlandish things, and in the process, they push the envelope on just how nutty InsaniTEA can become. I trust that you will believe it, when I tell you that last week was no exception. The sarcasm is excellent!
2. Ben Carson may not be able to discern when he is lying anymore.
Republican frontrunner Ben Carson’s dissociative state appears to be complete. On Friday, he told Fox News: “Lying, I believe, is a grave sin and there’s just no way that I would be sitting here lying about something like this.”
That statement came on the heels of revelations that Carson lied about having been given a scholarship to West Point, something his campaign admitted never happened, and then retracted its admission. Carson told another whopper in front of the huge national audience for the third Republican debate when he denied any paid association with dubious supplement company Mannatech. His campaign confirmed he’s been a paid spokesman, but still Ben Carson manages to believe himself. It’s possible he just cannot tell the difference between truth, and to put it charitably, untruth, when it emerges from his own mouth.
It’s weird, amirite? Or maybe it isn’t for a man of science, who asserts pyramids were built for grain storage and evolution is wrong.
Among the Carson biographical details that are currently looking pretty shaky (even to the Wall Street Journal) are an anecdote about being the lone Yale student honest enough to take a revised final while classmates walked out; and being featured in the Yale newspaper for his bravery. (No record of this anywhere in the Yale archives. He does know people can look this sh*t up, right?) Even his favorite story of trying to stab a friend, being lucky enough to miss and then successfully praying his anger away, is looking wobbly. Frankly, when a man blames mass shooting victims for just sitting there and letting themselves be shot and proudly recounts a story of being held up in a Popeye’s and directing the gunman to the poor counterguy, we’re a little unconvinced that those anger issues have been completely laid to rest.
Oh, and that unflattering Popeye’s story may not be true either. Has anyone ever talked to the conjoined twins this former neurosurgeon supposedly separated? Just wondering.
If Ben Carson's mouth is open and moving, he's lying! The man has no shame. IMO, the RNC should pull their support from him. Click through for the other 4 Ridiculous Right-Wing Moments This Week and don't forget the popcorn!
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1. I can resolve this. They are both too kind to Reagan, who was becoming progressively dumber while in office, yet never quite reached the point his idolaters claim (and probably believe) formed their philosophies.
2. True, I am not the first to say this, not is this the first time I have said it, but there is no such thing as a scholarship to West Point. So I can tell you he never got one without even moving from my chair. But I do think it might be a good idea to look into his medical credentials. What state is he licensed in? A FOIA request might not even be necessary. There are some states where you can look up anyone with (or claiming) any kind of a license on the interwwebs, and find out if the license exists, and if so, its status, and any complaints.
3. If Kasich thinks he knows of anyone, anywhere, any time, who died from an overdose of marijuana, he is nuttier than a fruitcake. Also, it's not only alcohol on which we send the message that it's OK, It's also nicotine. Oh, yeah, and aspirin. Don't get a headache or a fever, kids, your life could be ruined.
4. That really is an absurd statement, on so many levels, isn't it? Besides being so obvious that it is a "religious test," prohibited by the Constitution, that AlterNet didn't even bother to mention it.
5. So is she any relation to that dame in Minnesota? Or is it just a spiritual sisterhood? (Gene, we know thaere are some wonderful people in Coon Rapids; she does not reflect on you.) I might just mention that the extreme dark circles under her eyes (they are not puffy, just dark, if the picture is accurate) are often a tell tale symptom of debilitating allergies, and also that such allergies can lead to extreme mood swings. I am not suggesting that allergy treatment could make her sane, but it might just help her refrain from committing batteries on no provocation.
Reagan was already falling asleep in important decision-making meetings when he was Governor–who are these guys kidding?
I guess BC is using Rubio as his model (i.e., the first debate and claims that court findings, etc., are untrue assertions of political rivals).
So sad when no one on staff researches what is current information before their boss spews obsolete talking points.
Is that Cruz's oblique acknowledgement that he hasn't a prayer?t Tru,p h
Sad that Trump still has a prayer with the views of his supporters.
Reagan had Alzheimer's long before he was diagnosed and it was certainly evident in hindsight during his presidency.
For the record, when Doc Carson or one of his right-wing acolytes tries to claim he never said he was offered a scholarship, just point out this paragraph from his book "Gifted Hands":
[Emphasis added]
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ben-carson-campaign-now-seek-admission-west-point/story?id=35024225
http://www.npr.org/2015/11/06/455024417/ben-carson-pushes-back-on-questions-about-his-west-point-story
Well, Carson is lying, making things up, and denying that he lied.
Watched the clip from SNL with Trump. ugh! It was painful to watch.
O'Reilly is an A= = !
Cruz: I'm praying too. That he goes away!
Thanks Lynn.
Great minds fall in the same ditch.
While you were incommunicado, I took up the flag and posted these. If you want to do that every Sunday, I'll let you do it. Just let me know.
I cannot imagine the pain the two egotists, Will and O Reilly must have suffered while arguing with each other. I really am not sure which is the most disgusting.
Carson cannot be too bright or he would get his lies in order. Wait, that does not matter, really, because Matt Bevins just got elected governor in Kentucky after numerous videos played side by side showed him saying one thing in the first one and the denying it in the next one. They just need to remember to keep saying they are Christians and pray and hate Planned Parenthood.
Kasich should pack and go home, his ideas are not nearly as crazy as the rest of them. Although, he should verify the difference in pot and heroin.
Cruz, well, does he even know for sure what the constitution says about separation of church and state?
1. The GOP is about to explode and the only thing they had going to keep it together just the tiniest bit was their shared idolatry of Reagan and his "economics". Isn't it fun to watch two hardcore GOpers going for each others throat over the only thing they ever agreed upon?
2. The first time I drew attention to the state of Dr Carson's mental health may have been in jest, but due to his continuous outrageous lies and because he seems out of it most of the time, I'm starting to think this poor man has real mental health issues, seriously. He's either in early stages of dementia, on the brink of a nervous breakdown , or showing symptoms of substance abuse. But if my suspicions are ever confirmed, we'll never know, because that would be one of the greatest blunders the GOP ever had to overcome: having a candidate topping the polls who turns out to have mental issues. By the way, Reagan died of/with Alzheimer's, we'll never know how much of his behavior and cognition was already affected by it when he was in the later years of his presidency.
3. Whether it's on pot or anything else, one thing has become clear by now and that is that none, not one, neither of them is capable of sensibly defending or debating on any of the political issues they stand for. They all have Palinitis: stringing a number of sound bites that trigger a positive reaction in their befuddled base's brains like"right to bear arms" or "Obama is to blame" or "Christians are under attack" but make no sense at all in a sentence.
4. What is wrong with these tidbits together in one item: National Religious Liberties Festival, organized by a far-right extremist Christian pastor who advocates the death penalty for homosexuality, Ted Cruz, along with Mike Huckabee and Bobby Jindal, had absolutely zero qualms about speaking. I suppose it's all OK as long as you start the day with a prayer on your knees. Because you fear God. And you have every reason to.
5. It's quite possible that Carol Hefner, besides a campaign coordinator and a co-chair of Trump's state campaign, is also Donald's speech writer.
Thanks everyone! They are a disgusting lot aren't they!