Last night I was telling some friends that the current Republican clown car of presidential pretenders is so ridiculous that it even makes John McCain--the guy who picked Sarah Palin--look respectable. Every single one of them is an idiot. Every single one of them is plainly incompetent to be president. Every single one of them appears willing to say anything for a vote from the drooling Republican base.
And then there's Ben Carson. Here's a guy who was renowned around the globe as a neurosurgeon, so he's obviously very bright. But he can't open his mouth without uttering the crazy. Unlike most of the clowns, I think he really believes what he says, so he's the one that concerns me the most.
This morning on CNN.COM there's a item that Carson just won some kind of southern Republican straw poll. And I thought: this guy says so many crazy things, I just can't remember them all! I wonder if anybody is compiling them.
And yes they are! If you Google "Ben Carson crazy quotes," there are many hits. Some of the best are below the fold.
"5 Ben Carson Quotes Proving Why He’s Too Crazy To Be President" http://www.forwardprogressives.com/... (May 3, 2015). Here are the five crazy quotes (links omitted):
1. “You know Obamacare is really I think the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery. And it is in a way, it is slavery in a way, because it is making all of us subservient to the government, and it was never about health care. It was about control.”
2. “Well, my thoughts are that marriage is between a man and a woman. It’s a well-established, fundamental pillar of society and no group, be they gays, be they NAMBLA, be they people who believe in bestiality. It doesn’t matter what they are. They don’t get to change the definition.”
3. “There comes a time when people with values simply have to stand up. Think about Nazi Germany. Most of those people did not believe in what Hitler was doing. But did they speak up? Did they stand up for what they believe in? They did not, and you saw what happened.”
4. “Because 9/11 is an isolated incident. Things that are isolated issues as opposed to things that fundamentally change the United Sates of America and shift power from the people to the government. That is a huge shift. You have to take a long-term look at something that fundamentally changes the power structure of America.” [while claiming that Obamacare is worse than 9/11]
5. “A lot of people who go into prison straight, and when they come out they’re
gay.”
Here's another choice collection: "Ben Carson: Politically Incorrect Or Raving Lunatic? Six Quotes Proving Dr. Carson Is A Crazy Person" (May 7, 2015).
http://www.inquisitr.com/...
Here's the lede:
Dr. Ben Carson made medical history in 1987 when he became the first surgeon to separate conjoined twins fused at the head. On May 4, he announced his candidacy for the presidency. At his presidential campaign announcement in Detroit, Carson openly admitted “I gotta tell you something. I’m not politically correct,” which is probably the understatement of the year.
And now some Carson quotes from that article (links omitted):
“[Obamacare is] the worst thing that has happened in this nation since slavery. In a way, it is slavery, because it is making all of us subservient to the government.”
In an interview with Breitbart, Carson said “I mean, [America is] very much like Nazi Germany. And I know you’re not supposed to say ‘Nazi Germany,’ but I don’t care about political correctness. You know, you had a government using its tools to intimidate the population. We now live in a society where people are afraid to say what they actually believe.”
Here's another good article: "Top 10 Quotes That Prove Neurosurgeon Ben Carson Doesn’t Have The Brain To Be President" (Nov. 15, 2014).
http://www.addictinginfo.org/...
Here are a few quotes (links omitted):
7. “Certainly there’s the potential because you have to recognize that we have a rapidly increasing national debt, a very unstable financial foundation, and you have all these things going on like the ISIS crisis that could very rapidly change things that are going on in our nation. And unless we begin to deal with these things in a comprehensive way and in a logical way there is no telling what could happen in just a couple of years.”~Ben Carson, telling Fox News that President Obama might declare martial law and cancel the 2016 Election so he can continue being president, September 2014.
8. “I think most people when they finish that course, they’d be ready to go sign up for ISIS.” ~Ben Carson, claiming the AP History curriculum will cause students who learn about civil disobedience in this country to join a violent terrorist group, September 2014.
Oh, I'll stop there. Every time he opens his mouth he commits a gaffe. How can such a brilliant surgeon be such an idiot?