The Thugification of Ben Carson

[vinny9698]

"Ben Carson might well be the “Rick Ross” of presidential politics."
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/11/06/the-thugification-of-ben-carson.html?via=newsletter&source=DDMorning
"He should remember that he’s running for president, not selling mix tapes in a barbershop."

[HassleCat]

1. The conversation went like this

"How's the campaign going?"

Oh, man! I can't get arrested!"

[2naSalit]

2. But that's why he's a figure in

this parade... he's black, he's now getting the attention and he is to be debunked at some point to show why a black man shouldn't be president just as Fiorina is there to depict the Rs' general perception of HRC. They all have to go through this process on the right because that's the mentality that needs to be maintained, that of a pile of the defeated and one symbolic victor... it combines subliminal religious connotations with the "fight" song used to feed the mic with personnel. These folks are all auditioning for prime-puppet, nothing more, their constituents will decide - sort of - which one is the best puppet whether the voters "get it" or not.

[sahel]

3. I remember reading Obama's bio and thinking the same thing

I don't think I've ever witnessed a prep school education portrayed so grittily. Particularly when most prep schools will simply kick you out at the first sign of trouble.