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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 02:12 PM Jul 2014

Ben Carson: ‘Sad’ that stoners vote after Obama distracts them from Benghazi with pot

By David Edwards
Monday, July 7, 2014 13:57 EDT

Dr. Ben Carson lamented in a recent interview that marijuana users and other people who didn’t know about Benghazi were allowed to vote.

While speaking with World Net Daily founder Joseph Farah in an interview that was published on Sunday, Carson explained that liberals did not realize that leaders were using Saul Alinsky tactics to trick them into “pre-fascist thinking.”

He argued that people who engaged in “conversations” with conservatives would realize that President Barack Obama was the enemy.

“My enemy is this person, who is trying to fundamentally change America and change it for my children and my grandchildren,” Carson said. “The founders of our nation said our system of government and our freedom is dependent on a well-informed and educated populace.”

“Go on the street, and you start talking to people, and you say, who sings the ‘Happy’ song? Most of them will know,” he explained. “And you say, what can you tell me about Benghazi? And they won’t know. Isn’t that a singer?”

The retired neurosurgeon opined that the “sad thing” was that those people were allowed to vote.

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/07/ben-carson-sad-thing-that-stoners-vote-after-obama-distracts-them-from-benghazi-with-pot/

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Ben Carson: ‘Sad’ that stoners vote after Obama distracts them from Benghazi with pot (Original Post) DonViejo Jul 2014 OP
WoW kwolf68 Jul 2014 #1
Good grief.. Peacetrain Jul 2014 #2
Damn, all those book smarts and he's stupid. SummerSnow Jul 2014 #3
You just reminded me of a quote my Grandmother used in reference to.... DonViejo Jul 2014 #5
Haha, I remember hearing that too. SummerSnow Jul 2014 #6
What a mo-ron shenmue Jul 2014 #8
In the past, I always admired his medical knowledge.Now learning about his personal views.. SummerSnow Jul 2014 #9
Hard to believe this loon was a successful neurosurgeon. (n/t) SMC22307 Jul 2014 #4
Run of the mill religious zealot in America. Fred Sanders Jul 2014 #7
How did he EC Jul 2014 #10
I was going to ask the very same question... truebrit71 Jul 2014 #12
Yeah, because Ben Carson is exactly who you think of...... Paladin Jul 2014 #11
Was Farah still "packing heat" KinMd Jul 2014 #13

DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
5. You just reminded me of a quote my Grandmother used in reference to....
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 02:20 PM
Jul 2014

a man of similar intelligence as Ben Carson; "book smart; world dumb." That definitely applies to wild Ben Carson.

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)
9. In the past, I always admired his medical knowledge.Now learning about his personal views..
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 02:29 PM
Jul 2014

trumps everything.

Paladin

(28,268 posts)
11. Yeah, because Ben Carson is exactly who you think of......
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 04:22 PM
Jul 2014

....when you contemplate the basis of "a well-informed and educated populace."


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