Ben Carson: There's No War On Women, But On 'What’s Inside Of Women’

[n2doc]

By CAITLIN CRUZ


Republican presidential candidate and former neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson said during a campaign stop in Arkansas on Thursday there isn't a war on women, but rather there may be "a war on what's inside of women."

"They tell you that there’s a war on women," Carson said while in Little Rock, according to RawStory. "There is no war on women. There may be a war on what’s inside of women, but there is no war on women in this country."

Carson didn't clarify how women and their insides were being separately legislated.

video at link

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ben-carson-war-on-women

The insanity continues

[seaotter]

1. Well, that clears it up.

We have been wrong all along.

We should apologize.

[CTyankee]

6. Right! How could I have missed that?

oh, never mind...

[seaotter]

8. I'm sure we've just been blinded by our hate.

[CTyankee]

10. could be our hormones...

[wheniwasincongress]

23. It's our tiny inferior brains

[CTyankee]

24. well, there you have it!

[yardwork]

26. Too emotional. We can't think rationally, you know.

[CTyankee]

28. she's pre-menstrual, she's menopausal.

Remember the old bumper sticker "I'm out of estrogen and I've got a gun"?

hah hah very funny

NOT

[yardwork]

30. Never saw that one.

Geez.

[CTyankee]

33. It's very old (before we had mass shootings every day).

It's really not very funny now (if it ever was). But I saw it...

[Jamastiene]

90. We are hysterical.

Yeah, that's it. We are hysterical. Where's my fainting couch?

[sarge43]

48. Oh. Right. Here I thought it was our eeww lady parts. n/t

[Akicita]

40. He was talking about fetuses. Attacking Planned Parenthood. Disgusting.

[jberryhill]

2. He's right!

I was taught they are filled with sugar and spice and everything nice.

While I'm not sure about the spice, there has been a decided tilt against sugar.

On the other hand, I like snails and puppy dog tails.

[Rex]

3. This country has way too many dangerous morons running around causing untold damage

to the nation and the population. Ben Carson is one of the biggest morons I've ever listened to. So...how do you have a war on just a body part (we all know he is talking about something the GOP fears more than taxes and death - a women's uterus) and not the entire body? Answer...you can't, only a total MORON would say that!

FUCK YOU CARSON! Go crawl back in your cave!

[yardwork]

27. On the other hand, at least he's being honest.

One of them finally admitted that they view lady parts as an enemy to be destroyed in a war.

[Vinca]

4. Okay, Carson's a doctor. He should be able to develop a procedure for removing

whatever is inside a woman and transplanting it into a MALE volunteer who will birth it, support it and raise it to age 18 . This guy must be a brain surgery savant because he's dumb as a stump otherwise.

[redwitch]

86. "brain surgery savant"

Exactly what I was trying to figure out. How in the hell can a brain surgeon say things like this? Savant makes sense to me.

[Vinca]

93. That's all I can figure. He's said to be a brilliant brain surgeon which makes it all the more

puzzling why his political ideas seem to come out of his ass.

[eissa]

5. So glad he cleared that up

This whole time I've been going to my OB/GYN to find out what's inside of me. Instead I should have been visiting my local representative

[hifiguy]

7. This kind of stupidity should hurt.

As in 16-pound bowling ball dropped from 10 feet up on to a bare foot hurt.

The only remaining question is whether imbecile religulous superstition or rapacious avarice will kill the country first.

[mythology]

11. It does hurt

Unfortunately it hurts other people not the stupid person.

[riderinthestorm]

9. So it's confirmed, the Rethugs ARE afraid of our lady parts!

All hail the mighty vagina!

[ericson00]

12. a war on fetuses, yes.

[seaotter]

13. We'll fix that!

?w=281

[ericson00]

15. very VERY well played

we need to be able to +1 posts here, honestly.

[REP]

14. Mama told me that girls are hollow

[roamer65]

16. Another rethug whacko.

[Johonny]

17. Women are only important to Carson based on what he puts inside them

That's not creepy at all. Whoa!

[smirkymonkey]

18. WTF?

Did he really?

[Solly Mack]

19. Wow. I'm, uh....wow.

[awoke_in_2003]

20. I don't think that even the Onion

could come up with anything to top this asshat.

[Liberal_in_LA]

21. that made me laugh out loud

[JHB]

22. Shorter Carson: "It's just preposition trouble"

[malthaussen]

25. I am slowly coming to the conclusion that at least half the GOP candidates...

... are actually just trolling us. The alternative, after all, would be to believe that he thinks that makes sense.

-- Mal

[Angry Dragon]

44. they get a money ride as long as they stay in the race

good money to be made on the campaign trail

[Blue_Adept]

29. There's no war on Christianity either

Just on hateful, evil, mean-spirited bigots and repressive things inside of Christians.

[classof56]

50. Good one!

[MsMAC]

31. Now I wonder how he'd feel if legislation were passed to

remove all penises from their owners or to legislate what their owners could do with them? Hmmm. . . . . . . ?

[Angry Dragon]

45. perhaps that is what this country needs

a good penis war

[Dem_in_Nebr.]

65. Wonder when they're going to propose cutting Medicare

based on the fact that it's public funding for erections!

(Note: I have no idea whether Medicare does or not provide coverage for Cialis or Viagra..)

[procon]

32. Yes, thank you, sir, I've always thought of myself as a walking, talking vagina. nt

[stage left]

34. What the hell

does that even mean?!!

[milestogo]

35. Are there any other internal organs which need to be regulated

by politicians? Or is it just women's reproductive organs?

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

74. Does most medical insurance cover vasectomies?

There must be something in the bible about this.

[treestar]

36. so the war in on the fetus?

Glad he cleared that up.

[Paladin]

37. Don't you love it when a political enemy reveals himself like this?

Carson supporters (the few I've encountered) seem in awe of him because he's---gasp!---a doctor. BFD.......

[spooky3]

38. Why is there any war at all??? Nt

[jalan48]

39. Women as objects that can be controlled. That seems to be what he is saying.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

75. No, it's only the objects INSIDE women they want to control.

I'm sure it's coincidental and inconvenient that women also happen to be wrapped all around these "objects".

[NastyRiffraff]

41. The Onion is now officially obsolete

as a parody site, anyway. All they have to do is post real things Republicans say.

[jtuck004]

42. Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

Groucho Marx

Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/g/grouchomar137218.html#8qkSPgw1RqYrTImt.99


This would likely not hold true inside of BC's head. That much open space probably has a skylight.

[hifiguy]

57. The winds whipping through it would make reading difficult at best.

[Angry Dragon]

43. it seems he is going for the 'women vote'

[Gormy Cuss]

46. Good. So he understands that there is a war on women's reproductive decisions.

That's a start.

[ProfessorGAC]

83. No, I Don't Think So

I think he's just talking about fetuses. Nothing at all to do with women's rights.

[Gormy Cuss]

87. He understands that women are part of the equation.

I was careful to use the word 'decisions' rather than rights because there's no doubt how he feels on the latter.

[ProfessorGAC]

94. I See What You're Saying

I still think he's talking about a "war on fetuses" so he's making an anti-abortion statement in a stupid and awkward way.

[qwlauren35]

91. That's what I thought.

His statement made perfect sense to me. Pro-life people don't see the woman. They see the fetus inside of the woman. I think there are people here who are so far removed from how pro-life people think that they don't see how Carson's statement makes sense to the Pro-life crowd.

[Dont call me Shirley]

47. Damn good thing Ben didn't become a gynecologist, he wouldn't be able to identify the parts.

[bucolic_frolic]

49. Psychological Vivisection

How does he split women from themselves?

This is the biggest nonsense he's ever puked up.

[Warren DeMontague]

51. Ah, yes, MUCH better framing, dude.

You just run with that.

[applegrove]

52. Cause everyone knows that women's hoo-haas are men's

business, not women's.

[whathehell]

53. Whaaaatt?

What the HELL is he talking about?



PS. As a side note, you may now understand how I came by my name. It's my

most frequent reaction to Republicans and their various inanities.

[cheapdate]

54. Carson has huge support from women in Alabama.

They admire him for (what they perceive as) his strong moral and ethical outlook, his unimpeachable intellectual honesty and character, and his implacable opposition to abortion of any kind. I'm talking about educated, Christian women in Alabama. Lots of them.

Don't shoot me, I'm just a messenger.

[n2doc]

56. I think it is mainly the cult of the Holy Fetus

For whatever reason people fall into the cult and then all else is meaningless for them.

[cheapdate]

59. The cult of the fetus is but a symptom of the disease.

The disease is strict paternalism. The strict father (father, God, state) wants what's best for his children in a morally wicked world. He teaches them with moral certainty right from wrong. If they are morally straight, their lives will be secure and content. If they are morally weak, they may become poor, or imprisoned, or pregnant. Only through strict discipline and "tough love" can his "children" be prepared for a life in a wicked world.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

76. The same people that follow dictators.

[cheapdate]

99. Boot-lickers. n/t

[heather blossom]

55. Fucking Moron

these people are dangerous. I hope they never get elected.

[DirkGently]

58. It's their insides that we're after, you see.

What? What did I say? How is that creepy?

[MicaelS]

60. So, fetuses are more important than women.

Thanks so much for clearing that up Doctor.

[WinkyDink]

66. That has been the Republican stance since forever.

[left-of-center2012]

61. So ..........

If we men stayed outside of women, problem solved?

[MarianJack]

62. That makes me feel SO much better...

...NOT!

PEACE!

[lastlib]

63. I KNEW!.....

....I just KNEW you ladies shouldn't have worried your pretty little heads about this stuff--Doctor Carson had it all under control all along!

(just in case....)

"Doctor" Carson--is "doctor" a synonym for "dickhead"??!? (I guess it is when it's followed by "Carson".....)

[hay rick]

64. Sugar and spice and everything nice.

Republican candidates can now say anything at all, toot their clown horn, and nobody in the Republican Party even pretends to care.

[WinkyDink]

67. I'm inclined to think he is equating "war" to "abortions."

[erronis]

68. Lovin' all these comments! Almost as good as the toon roundups to make me smile.

[svpadgham]

69. Remember when Neil deGrasse Tyson asked regarding politicians' previous occupations...

Where are the scientists, doctors, etc.? We get Ben Carson as an answer?

[n2doc]

71. Republican Doctors are some of the worst

Rand and Ron Paul, Bill Frist, Tom Coburn, Phil Gingrey, Paul Broun, Scott DesJarais…all present or past House or Senate members.

[Eleanors38]

70. Shouldn't this be in the Philosophy Group?

[LiberalLovinLug]

72. Can I just say..

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

73. "There may be a war on what’s inside of women"

What? What the hell is going on in there! The public deserves to know, for cryin' out loud!

[onecaliberal]

77. Another pro fetus asshat.

If you're not a woman, IMO you should have nothing to decide when it comes to a woman's body and the choices she makes.

[pansypoo53219]

78. i am SO glad my lady parts are detachable! it saves SO MUCH MONEY!!!!!

just flush out the old uterus. scoop out th eggs for planting in the yard, so much easier this way. of course the GOP is not at war with us incubators.

[gordianot]

79. Could it be the former brain surgeon needs a therapist?

I expect the GOP crazy to continue in a downward spiral deep into remote depths daily.

[LeftishBrit]

80. Maybe he means that pro-choice people hate foetuses that are 'inside women'?

A ridiculous comment, but of a sort that some RW-ers would make.

There is something wrong with 'what's inside Carson's head'. He may be a former neurosurgeon, but he could do with a brain transplant!

[TNNurse]

81. Do you think

he explained things to his patients and their families as clearly as this statement??

[Skittles]

101. something is seriously amiss

the guy was supposedly a brilliant neurosurgeon but every time I have heard him speak or I have read his quotes he sounds like a complete moron

[tclambert]

82. I think he means cooties.

That's why Republicans are so scared of women.

[ProfessorGAC]

84. I Think He's Talking About Fetuses

So, this is not an admission of any sort. He's talking about liberals being at war with fetuses.

That's how i read his comments, anyway.

[stevenleser]

85. Carson is one of those cases of someone gifted in a specific field, with no common sense elsewhere.

This is more idiocy on display from him.

[wordpix]

88. he may be a smart neurosurgeon but politically he's on the B team

I can't believe this man is just behind The Donald in the polls but the stoopid, it burns.

[Jamastiene]

89. It's good to know I'm safe.

Is there any way I can just give them my uterus so they can do with it as they wish without me having to put up with them while they do it?

[Oneironaut]

92. That's an insipid deflection.

I assume he's talking about how us evil Liberals want to 'kill babies?' It's funny how he can't just come out and say it, with the purpose of maintaining plausible deniability later that he was making a statement about abortion.

Also, start caring about babies when they're born, then we'll talk. Until then, it's obvious they don't care what's inside women.

[LiberalElite]

95. As a woman, I can't tell you how much better this clarification makes me feel -

BECAUSE IT DOESN'T

[niyad]

96. there are people who actually think this woman-hating cretin is intelligent.

[niyad]

97. benny boy, you can twist and turn all you like, but some of us actually do understand that there

is a real, and deadly, WAR ON WOMEN in this country, and all around the world.

your base may be this stupid, but the rest of us are not.

[Hiraeth]

98. and this is a Doctor. smh

[Helen Borg]

100. The Government just owns what's inside you. What a relief!

[merrily]

102. The evil inside women that caused Eve to listen to the serpent and force Adam to piss off God,

causing a just God to condemn all humans forevermore, costing us the Garden of Eden, painless childbirth, surviving without a sweaty brow, etc.

The combination of the intrinsic evil inside women (put there by?) and God's awesome justness is why all of humankind couldn't have nice things once Eve forced (how?) Adam to eat a bite of fruit.

[eShirl]

103. so a war on our sex organs, then

Let's all worry about our own sex organs and stop worrying about everyone else's.