My brother has switched from Ben Carson to Carly Fiorina

[gollygee]

I was wondering how hard he'd work to hold onto his Carson allegiance but I guess he's given up.

I feel kind of bad for Carson though. This thing about telling stupid lies - which Paul Ryan does too - is really common of adult children of alcoholics.

https://www.csustan.edu/psychological-counseling-services-69

It's #3 on that list. My brother suffers pretty seriously from #12 though (Adult children of alcoholics are extremely loyal, even in the face of evidence that the loyalty is undeserved) so I thought he'd hold onto his Carson loyalty but I guess not.

[Bernie-2016]

1. Has he heard about Bernie Sanders?

He would be completely amazed what things common he and Bernie shares, even if they disagree with each other.

I've converted many former Carson, Fiornia, Trump supporters to Bernie and they like what they see from him. I have given them the option to change their registration to Democrat to vote for Bernie in the primaries and change after the general is complete, regardless of who wins.

This will be my final time voting as a registered Democrat. I've been greatly disappointed by the party on all levels enough to un-affiliate myself and join the growing ranks of Independents after the general election.

[gollygee]

2. He is a libertarian

He can't stand Bernie Sanders.

[Bernie-2016]

3. That's okay. He doesn't have to like Bernie.

I suggest he read this excellent Salon article from July 20th.

http://www.salon.com/2015/07/20/why_libertarians_should_love_bernie_sanders/

[gollygee]

4. He's very well educated about politics and still woefully misguided

There's no way he's going to vote for anyone who doesn't support trickle down economics.

[Warpy]

5. Fiorina's as much of a pathological liar as Carson is

but she tells the lies the far right most wants to believe. Hard to say whether she'll let him down.

[gollygee]

6. I don't know

She's from the business world and he likes that. We're such opposites. At least he isn't a Trump fan. I suppose.

[gollygee]

18. I've read that some libertarians like Sanders

such as in the article the other poster posted above, but I don't know how any fiscal libertarians could like him.

"Brogressive" and "Libertarian" aren't really synonymous at all. Especially if you mean fiscal libertarian.

[Bernie-2016]

17. If they choose to do so, we keep an open mind

We need all the supporters we can get, both primaries and GE.

[hifiguy]

7. Pounding yourself in the head with a ball-peen hammer

is not a step up from pounding yourself in the head with a claw hammer.

[gollygee]

19. LOL n/t

[Arugula Latte]

8. The Repubs are going to go through every clown in the car, one by one.

[L. Coyote]

12. Buy popcorn futures.

[Arugula Latte]

21. Ha ha. Yeah, exactly.

[Initech]

9. From a serial liar to an economic terrorist.

[gollygee]

24. Yeah but he likes economic terrorism. Sigh. Thanksgiving should be fun. /sarcasm and nt

[Historic NY]

10. One liar for another.

[JonathanRackham]

11. Can you put him up for adoption? Nt

Nt

[tabasco]

20. Your brother's not very bright,

isn't he?

[gollygee]

22. I can't disagree with you. nt

[tabasco]

25. There is always hope.

My brother used to be a Limbaugh-spouting dittohead moron.

Somehow, he saw the light (some traveling in Europe was important) and is now a liberal.

[Johonny]

26. Because in Carly Fiorina's fantasy world she's re-invented feminism for modern (1700s) women

while Ben Carson merely re-invented Egyptology. Yeah, finding the "grounded" Republican candidate is hard.