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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)
Tue Nov 10, 2015, 11:51 AM Nov 2015

Comment seen on Facebook regarding Hillary Clinton and Ben Carson.

"The tactics are truly pathetic. Compare (Carson's) accomplishments to (Clinton's) accomplishments and go from there. Hillary Clinton has almost zero."

Okay, Carson's accomplishments....admittedly, he is a very well-known surgeon who apparently was very good at what he did. That's one. And to play him in a TV biopic, he got Cuba Gooding Jr. (who's also playing OJ Simpson in an upcoming TV miniseries). That's two. And now he's making an ass out of himself saying laughably ridiculous shit while running for President. So that's three. Three major accomplishments in his life.

Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton has been: 1) a Congressional research aide; 2) Watergate attorney; 3) First Lady of Arkansas where she was heavily involved in child services and rural health care agencies; 4) the most proactively involved First Lady of the United States in terms of shaping public policy; 5) US Senator; 6) first female presidential candidate of a major party to ever win a primary state; and 7) US Secretary of State.

I mean, Hillary's not even my first choice and yet I'm still dumbfounded by that statement. Even someone who hates her with the heat of a thousand suns would have to regretfully admit she's lived an extremely accomplished life.

I will admit that Hillary has never claimed to have stabbed a person. So there's one extra accomplishment for Dr. Ben.

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