Welcome to the Big Leagues, Ben Carson

[struggle4progress]

by CHUCK TODD, MARK MURRAY and CARRIE DANN
NOV 9 2015, 8:41 PM ET

After a week of intense scrutiny (on his views on the Egyptian pyramids, on whether he truly tried to stab someone, on whether he was offered a full scholarship to West Point), Ben Carson declared he had enough. "I have always said that I expect to be vetted. But being vetted and what is going on with me, 'You said this 30 years ago, you said this 20 years ago, this didn't exist, this didn't.' You know, I just, I have not seen that with anyone else," Carson told NBC's Chris Jansing. "Or if you can show me where that's happened with someone else, I will take that statement back." Well, here's our try: We found a combined 165 New York Times and Washington Post articles that were all (or partially) about Barack Obama and Jeremiah Wright between the time Obama first launched his presidential bid (Feb. 2007) and his 2008 victory (Nov. 2008). During that same time period, we found an additional 41 New York Times and Washington Post pieces on Obama and Bill Ayers. And from the start of her campaign (April 2015) until now, we discovered a combined 44 NYT/WaPo articles about Hillary Clinton and her email server. Our friend Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post even wrote a post entitled: "Why I've written 50 posts on Hillary Clinton's emails." Bottom line: When you're atop of the presidential polls, you're going to get scrutiny — lots of it.

If you can't deal with media scrutiny as a candidate, you won't be able to handle it as president

And while our system of picking a president is imperfect — especially when it comes to the news media's role in it — do realize this: It's maybe the closest simulation to actually being in the Oval Office ...

http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/first-read-welcome-big-leagues-ben-carson-n459761

[PatrickforO]

1. The closest simulation to being in the Oval Office?

Really, Chuck? Because I'm not seeing much credibility with the old media. Asking questions like 'are you running a comic book campaign?' and 'do you think Donald Trump has the moral fiber to be president?'

I mean, questions like that are BULLSHIT.

You want real questions, maybe I can help:
1. What is your plan to address global warming?
2. How do you plan to change the tax code so that corporations like Wells Fargo actually pay their fair share of income tax?
3. The average student loan debt load now tops $31K; what do you plan to a) do to make college more affordable, and b) help those already struggling under this heavy debt?
4. What is your stance on removing the payroll tax cap on Social Security? And, if you don't agree with doing that, how will you preserve and grow benefits for this nation's senior citizens who PAID into the system for years and years in good faith?
5. What is your plan to address income inequality? How does reining in Wall Street speculation fit in with this plan?

See, Chuck, you have to ask questions about what their plans actually ARE instead of trying for 'gotcha' questions to increase ratings.

You don't see it, Chuck, I know, but you and your precious news media are nothing but a big, throbbing, phallic corporate propaganda organ that spews the corporate line to all and sundry. Has for years.

Bottom line: You suck, Chuck.

[Old Codger]

2. It's not brain surgery

If you don't want to be called for your lies then don't lie... pretty simple really...