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True Dough

(17,311 posts)
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 01:11 PM Aug 2016

Ben Carson's alternative view of reality

Speaking with Wolf Blitzer regarding the Drumpf campaign meltdown:

"There is no emergency here whatsoever."

"People are trying all kinds of diversionary tactics... I think that Mr. Trump recognizes that and is going to make more of an effort not to fall for some of the things that are used to divert attention."


Bahahahahaha!!! Like Drumpf is not the diversion in and of himself. He's a one-man circus.


On Drumpf's unwillingness to endorse Ryan, McCain and Ayotte:

"I don't think it's nearly as big a bombshell as people are making it out to be. Again, let's concentrate on the big issues." He goes on to say that Drumpf's endorsement will come in time.

On Drumpf's remarks directed at the Khan family:

"Obviously any family who loses service members are people for whom we should have great sympathy. Certainly I feel very much for those families and recognize that they are grieving, and very often they will say and do things out of that grief. I think we should just give them a pass and move on."

Got that??? It's the Khan family that needs to be given a pass in this controversy.

Blitzer asks Carson if Drumpf should apologize.

"I don't think it would be harmful if they apologized to him and he apologized to them."

Blitzer asks why they should apologize.

"For one thing, if you accuse someone of something that is not true, it usually is a reasonable thing to acknowledge that. Rather than make this a one-sided issue, we don't we just say, 'Back off a little bit.'"

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Ben Carson's alternative view of reality (Original Post) True Dough Aug 2016 OP
"For one thing, if you accuse someone of something that is not true..." Iggo Aug 2016 #1
Worth repeating Orrex Aug 2016 #2
he's pretending to be a real journalist as I type, being amazingly well-informed while Gabi Hayes Aug 2016 #3

Iggo

(47,558 posts)
1. "For one thing, if you accuse someone of something that is not true..."
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 01:42 PM
Aug 2016

Followup question from a real journalist: What did they accuse him of that wasn't true?

 

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)
3. he's pretending to be a real journalist as I type, being amazingly well-informed while
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 01:50 PM
Aug 2016

grilling a state dept. spokesman over the $400 million unfreezing wrt the release of the hostages

he's been MORE dogged than I've ever seen him. instead of just lapping up the lies of somebody like Katrina pearson, he's following up and following up and following up like I've never seen him before

just wait til he talks to a pug next

yes, sir, yes ma'am, thank you for visting us? anything else I can set you up with?

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