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struggle4progress

(118,285 posts)
Mon Nov 9, 2015, 05:35 AM Nov 2015

Carson Criticizes Media for Questioning His Biography

By REID J. EPSTEIN
Nov. 8, 2015 7:06 p.m. ET

... The 64-year-old Mr. Carson, who leads the GOP field alongside real estate mogul Donald Trump, also said he isn’t responsible for the accuracy of some details in his 1990 autobiography. Mr. Carson blamed his co-author for apparent inaccuracies in one of the anecdotes in question, which focused on a Yale psychology class, including the name of the course.

“You know, when you write a book with a co-writer and you say that there was a class, a lot of time they’ll put a number or something just to give it more meat,” Mr. Carson said on ABC. “You know, obviously, decades later, I’m not going to remember the course number” ...


http://www.wsj.com/articles/carson-criticizes-media-for-questioning-his-biography-1447027581

"I think my co-author is the guy you should shoot!"

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Carson Criticizes Media for Questioning His Biography (Original Post) struggle4progress Nov 2015 OP
Shoot my co-author! trusty elf Nov 2015 #1
or stab him in the belt buckle... at a KFC... Bucky Nov 2015 #8
so in other words, he did not read his own book Skittles Nov 2015 #2
You are messing with his narrative man... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #3
Don't make Carson angry. You know, he tried to actually kill people. DetlefK Nov 2015 #4
OMG....where is my WWF Championship belt these days!! VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #5
He also went on a rant with every debunked Obama CT GreatGazoo Nov 2015 #6
It's always someone else's fault. nt COLGATE4 Nov 2015 #7

Bucky

(54,013 posts)
8. or stab him in the belt buckle... at a KFC...
Mon Nov 9, 2015, 10:41 AM
Nov 2015

He's a sweet man and probably means well, but the Chauncy Gardener routine kinda falls apart when you play with the big boys

 

VanillaRhapsody

(21,115 posts)
5. OMG....where is my WWF Championship belt these days!!
Mon Nov 9, 2015, 09:13 AM
Nov 2015

I know I left it here someplace....I have to find it...its the only thing to save me from the Wrath of Carson! I hear he IS exceptionally stabby!

GreatGazoo

(3,937 posts)
6. He also went on a rant with every debunked Obama CT
Mon Nov 9, 2015, 09:17 AM
Nov 2015

"sealed records" etc.

Literally said, just like "I think you want the guy behind the counter", ...Ben Carson: "Why don't you guys (media) ask about Obama's sealed records?" Said that Obama got a pass on Reverend Wright's stuff, etc.

I'm thinking the inside of Ben Carson's head is for grain storage.

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