BREAKING: Ben Carson returns his dining room set...

[brooklynite]

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[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

1. Yup, Carson sure has his thumb on the pulse of his department. n/t

[marybourg]

2. Furniture of that quality is custom made,

and usually not cancellable once cutting has begun. But maybe they'll make an exception for the Secretary. Never know when he can throw some extra work their way.

[haele]

4. They'll be able to sell the set; there's political controversy involved.

It will have a bit of history involved with it, so they should be able to get $50K or more from some wealthy political junkie with more donors than brains who wants a conversation piece.

Haele

[marybourg]

6. Or buy it and "donate" it to

the Secretary, who's probably being forced to entertain visiting dignitaries on folding card tables and chairs now.

[Blue_true]

14. I agree, the maker will sell the set for more now.

There is a class of people that buy items that have scandal or history attached to them, in this case the attached is craven arrogance and scandal.

[gratuitous]

3. Haven't we all been there?

Polishing off that bottle of Pinot late at night, watching the Home Shopping Network and holding your credit card when . . . Shazam! a dining set valued at nearly $50,000 is on super sale for a mere $31,000! No wonder Ben is as surprised as anyone.

[Flaleftist]

5. He is in charge and someone ordered a $31k set of furniture

for his office without his approval?

Bullshit

[marybourg]

8. There was an an allegation on CNN

yesterday that it was his dowdy, down-to-earth ( my characterization) wife who ordered it.

[Nitram]

15. He ordered it. It became controversial. He disowned it.

Politics as usual in the Year of the Trump.

[politicaljunkie41910]

7. What, he doesn't talk to his wife?

The story is that she told the Government worker responsible for these types of renovations to "find a way to get around the $5,000 limit on renovation rules". Shame on Candy Carson for putting someone else's job in jeopardy to satisfy her thirst for power. Now she'll probably have no grand Dining Room Set for Ben's office, and Ben may have no job.

[beachbum bob]

9. the entire trump admin see taxpayer's monies for the taking and we must

say, nope

Nov 2018

[lark]

10. Freaking liar.

All drumpfs hires are criminals and liars, like him, so this is no surprise.

[edhopper]

11. So you are either stupid

or corrupt or both.

Please proceed.

[rurallib]

12. "I'm the guy in charge. How would I know what's going on here?"

must have been one of the janitors.

[SoCalMusicLover]

13. Is It Too Late To Pick Carson In White House Retirement Bingo?

It would not surprise me to see him gone in the next few days. Hey, tomorrow is Friday afternoon.