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I wonder if, after this debacle is over, some small percentage of wingnuts might come to understand that there is value in a president having both political experience (insider!) and a liberal education that includes stuff like law, and history, and English, and stuff. A heads-down education in neurosurgery doesn't seem to leave one with a lot of attention to pay to reading the news and having some understanding of what's going on outside the hospital. I hope someone asks him what the United Nations is. Oh, right, that would be a Gotcha question.

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Dr. Ben may want to be president, but I'm pretty sure his suit wants him to be a funeral director.

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Or made friends with the space aliens. Marvin the Martian could kick Pharaoh's dehydrated butt.

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Does anyone else think Ben's whole, "oh gosh, I'm just a humble soft spoken guy, I wouldn't have even ran for president if so many people hadn't told me I should" shtick is phony as fuck? I have a hard time believing anyone who runs for the highest position of power in the world isn't an egomaniac at heart.

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Apropos of nothing, got this from Santorum today.

Obama is chicken!

Yeah, I said it… because someone had to!

I’ve dealt with the liberal mainstream media for years. They hate us!

But last week’s CNBC debate was a joke and everyone knows it!

Now President Obama mocks us – CONSERVATIVES - for standing up to CNBC? Give me a break! He doesn’t have the guts to appear with Sean Hannity or Mark Levin, let alone take on radical world leaders!

I’ve taken on the ladies of The View. I’ve gone toe-to-toe with Bill Maher. And I’ve debated Rachel Maddow and won.

More importantly, I’ve taken on ISIS and Iran. They know who I am and I know who they are!

We need a President ready to stand up to the forces that want to undermine what makes America great and I have the track record of doing just that! But I need your help!

Can I count on you for a generous contribution of $25, $50, $75, or even $100 today to help us fight back?

You have been there for me so many times before, but our campaign needs your support now more than ever. Can I count on you again?

America needs a fighter in the White House, a fighter who will take on the liberal elite and win. Join us today!

God bless,Rick Santorum

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Makes me think of an abusive relationship. Starts out nice. Always soft spoken and attentive. You get married and one night, 5 min late getting the pot roast on the table.

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I was just about to write that any presidential candidate prior to 2015 would have known, but then I wondered if Raygun could have answered it.

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Carson released a rap song... get on it Wonkette!

http://www.kmbz.com/Listen-...

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Ben Carson must have fell through a wormhole from Bizarro World.

in his book he stated how he was a hoodlum, up to no good, hitting kids in the face with a lock and attempted to go all 70's gangster style and stab a classmate in high school.

Only problem is NO ONE can corroborate these stories ( just like how the Baltimore Police department had no record of Carson at a Popeye's being robbed)

best quote from the Salon article:

“He got through his day trying not to be noticed,” Robert Collier (Carson's classmate) told CNN. “I remember him having a pocket saver. He had thick glasses. He was skinny and unremarkable.”

http://www.salon.com/2015/1...

And i get it, Christians love the shitola outha this dude, cuz why wouldn't you...you already believe in the myths that feed your delusions...why the hell not believe in a guy who makes up ridiculous stories...Prince Hale Ben Carson is not.

and yeah i made a Shakespeare reference.

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^ Audition for Bad Lip Reading writer gig.

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Wow! And this clown is one of the front runners for the republican nomination.!?

But hey, when you live in a party where it is acceptable, expected even, to claim that science is "just an opinion," then what's another whacko "personal theory" going to matter, right??

You clowns want something to talk about? I’ll help you out -

Dow over 17,000, record corporate profits, 5% growth, best year for jobs since 1999, consumer confidence up, deficit down 60% in 2014, gas prices low, health insurance cheaper than ever ($85/month), car insurance cheaper than ever ($25/month from Insurance Panda), the 1% starting to be taxed more… all while republicans bleated about Benghazi took pointless votes to repeal the ACA, and did nothing for anybody except the top one percent.

It turns out that Obama is indeed “the adult in the room,” and yes, the Chess Master. HRC will keep it going, any republican will screw it up. Simple as that.

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When someone asks me a question I should know he answer to buy don't, I'm going to start saying "I'm thinking more nationally about that."

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What the media ISN'T telling you about Carson's pyramid claims

http://www.democraticunderg...

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You have to be fairly smart just to get into medical school. It's funny how when O'Bummer was running for POTUS the wingtards kept screaming about how he'd only gotten into Harvard because of affirmative action. UNFAIR! Now that this idiot is running, it's like no wingtard even notices that he's borderline retarded.

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My guess is he is smart. But he shows classic symptoms of mental ossification. Past a certain point his opinions and beliefs have frozen and are now unchangeable. Usually the result of a fear of rapid change leaving one behind. Adopting Biblical literalism is a major symptom.

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Is that Prince Hal's love child with Halle Berry? Or with Alan Hale?

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