GOP hopefuls, part 5: Ben Carson

[moonshaz.livejournal.com]

Since he's apparently now a frontrunner, it's time to take a swing at do a post on Ben Carson.



Despite being a truly brilliant (no sarcasm here, folks) brain surgeon, Dr. Carson has a track record of saying some pretty outrageous things.

Like this:



And these little zingers aimed at women:





And don't even get him started on LGBT issues.



Because being gay is a choice, y'all.



Of course, he did try to weasel out of that last one...sort of.



Yep, he just keeps 'em coming....



And let's not forget the whole hypocrisy issue.



You just can't stop yourself, can you, Dr. Carson?



That's right, you're a brain surgeon. And you belong in the operating room, where you can make a REAL contribution to the human race.

Comments

[moonshaz.livejournal.com]

Lolwhut?

The whole point of this post is things he has SAID--and THAT he said them. All of the quotes referenced in these images are very well documented as things that he HAS said, in public, in front of lots and lots of people, that are outrageous, ridiculous, offensive, stupid, and/or all of the above. His race is completely BESIDE the point.

The fact that he's African American does NOT give him a pass to say whatever he wants and not get called on it when he's wrong.

[madam-shapo.livejournal.com]

So, if somebody criticizes Obama, then he must be racist, but in this case it's Ok. Why is that?

[telemann.livejournal.com]

So, if someone answers a point you've raised, you typically ignore it and never stop asking (often) misleading questions. Why do you do that?

[moonshaz.livejournal.com]

Ha ha, good luck getting an answer to that one, Telemann! ;-p

[madam-shapo.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, I can't answer, because I promised not to answer you. What's with editing with no changes?

[telemann.livejournal.com]

What?

[madam-shapo.livejournal.com]

If you remember, I told you that will not reply until you apologize.

[telemann.livejournal.com]

PROMISE?

[madam-shapo.livejournal.com]

OG, you are so boring, every time I do not to react, you keep sending me replies, it never ends, then you pretend you don't even remember why I don't answer you. Bye, bye.

[telemann.livejournal.com]

You do keep replying, breaking that solemn promise. It's fun.

[moonshaz.livejournal.com]

Last time I checked, this post was about Ben Carson, not Obama. But IF Obama said things like the quotes in this post, he would deserve any criticism people cared to dish out. Since he'll never say crap like that, it's a moot point.

Seriously, though, people are welcome to criticize Obama's policies afaic, as long as they have sound, non-ideological, non-religiously driven, LOGICAL grounds for doing so.