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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,234 posts)
Wed Oct 14, 2015, 07:46 PM Oct 2015

Ben Carson: Democrats Offered No Plan to Protect Earth from Dragons

LAS VEGAS (The Borowitz Report)—The Democrats who participated in the first Democratic Presidential debate of the 2016 campaign garnered a scathing review from the retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who said that none of them offered a concrete plan to protect the Earth from an invasion of bloodthirsty alien dragons.

“A swarm of marauding dragons with the capacity to shoot flames a thousand feet or more could destroy life on this planet as we know it,” Carson told Fox News. “And yet not a single one of these Democrats has apparently given any thought to such a threat.”

While the Republican Presidential candidate acknowledged that the Democrats in Las Vegas tangled over such issues as guns, Syria, and income inequality, he said, “I did not hear the word ‘dragon’ once.”

“If I am elected President, I will gather the greatest minds in technology to design and build a dome made of dragon-proof material,” he said. “As a backup plan, in the event of a dragon attack, I would attempt to convince the dragons to attack Mars instead.”

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http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/ben-carson-democrats-offered-no-plan-to-protect-earth-from-dragons

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Ben Carson: Democrats Offered No Plan to Protect Earth from Dragons (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2015 OP
WTF? Has he lost his mind? haikugal Oct 2015 #1
It's satire. n/t GP6971 Oct 2015 #2
Oh! Thanks...I missed it. Whew.... haikugal Oct 2015 #5
Good satire always does that. Lizzie Poppet Oct 2015 #9
I know it says humor, but it wouldn't surprise me if he said it. SummerSnow Oct 2015 #3
So true angrychair Oct 2015 #6
He DID say he’s The Only Candidate Who Can Prevent The ‘End Times’ dixiegrrrrl Oct 2015 #10
Well, Winter is coming. Carson is just being pragmatic. aidbo Oct 2015 #4
I love good satire Gothmog Oct 2015 #7
Excellent even though I was pretty sure it is satire. Kalidurga Oct 2015 #8
Pssht! Dragons are among my best friends! BuelahWitch Oct 2015 #11
One can easily imagine Carson saying something hifiguy Oct 2015 #12
For one second.... mcar Oct 2015 #13
Chris Christie is ready with his response... Jim Lane Oct 2015 #14
Borowitz is annoying oberliner Oct 2015 #15

angrychair

(8,733 posts)
6. So true
Wed Oct 14, 2015, 07:55 PM
Oct 2015

Which makes it even better...no matter how crazy, it still makes you pause to verify if it is real or not.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
12. One can easily imagine Carson saying something
Wed Oct 14, 2015, 09:14 PM
Oct 2015

just this stupid. More's the pity. He is a genuinely delusional man.

 

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)
14. Chris Christie is ready with his response...
Thu Oct 15, 2015, 04:02 AM
Oct 2015

A major federal program for anti-dragon guns, to be designed and tested in Iowa and manufactured in New Hampshire.

Pundits ask if this will save his failing candidacy.

For my part, I think Carson is exaggerating. No way the flames could travel 1,000 feet. I'd say 200 feet, tops.

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