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Ben Carson: Bungling Surgeon

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by YankeeFan, Oct 7, 2015.

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  1. JayFarrar

    JayFarrar Well-Known Member

    I assume that's the dead leg of Vince Foster in the dumpster?

    But, yes, you are absolutely right that not a drop of ink has been spilled investigating Hillary Clinton.

    She surely has the least amount of any coverage of any presidential candidate in recent history.

    No, wait, ever.
     
  2. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    Oh, yes, kid gloves for Hilary! Kid gloves. She got ripped for not seeming engaged enough in a Chipotle line, but kid gloves.

    What planet would you have to temporarily inhabit to think the above cartoon is anything but a troll?
     
  3. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Fox News speculated that it was "Hispanic outreach" on her part, to combat Marco Rubio's candidacy announcement.

    Fox News Host Wonders If Clinton's Chipotle Stop Was 'Hispanic Outreach'
     
  4. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

  5. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member

    Just wanted to drop by and say "Bill Clinton's dick, ya'll."
     
  6. Mr. Sunshine

    Mr. Sunshine Well-Known Member

    Do you think the media's recent obsession with Carson's story lacks perspective?
     
  7. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    I think that journalists should attempt to verify every detail in a presidential candidate's autobiography, from Paul Ryan's marathon time to Hillary Clinton's sniper fire to Ben Carson's West Point application. In fact, this should have been done months ago. That said: The West Point story has been a textbook example of herd/pack mentality among the political press. Politico drove this story not with substance, but via sensationalism. It slapped a screeching headline on the story, "Carson admits to fabricating West Point offer," and everyone felt compelled to follow suit immediately, even though the reporting in no way supported that assertion. But when the story's better than the truth, go with the story, I guess. Nobody wanted to be the outlet that appeared wishy-washy on the story of the week.
     
  8. Mr. Sunshine

    Mr. Sunshine Well-Known Member

    The Shinbone Star reports ...
     
  9. Rainman

    Rainman Well-Known Member

    Nobody remembers him at Columbia. Professor Emeritus Henry Graff, a noted historian and history professor, has no idea who Obama is and has gone on record as saying he doesn't know one single professor at Columbia that remembers him. Of course nobody can tell me what his grades were there either.
     
  10. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    The Carson stories are framed as disqualifying Carson. (As were many of the Trump stories.) They are meant to drive him from the race. (As were many of the Trump stories.)

    The Clinton "scandal" stories, to the degree they covered, are portrayed as just the latest cross for her to bear at best, and are more frequently covered as just the latest accusation from the VRWC.

    Look at the coverage of her latest Congressional testimony. In what was entirely predictable, and written ahead of time, it was hailed as a tour de force; the latest example of her ability, and especially her ability to make her accusers look stupid. It made up a part of what was her "best week" of her campaign.

    Now, what really happened, as Marco Rubio pointed out, was that is was the week that she was exposed as a liar. She told her daughter that the attacks were the work of al-Qaeda, while she told the public that it was a spontaneous demonstration in response to a video.

    Well, you say it's different with Carson. His whole campaign is built on his life story, not his resume.

    Really? What's Hillary running on?

    "Don't you finally want to see a woman President!"

    Is she running on her record of accomplishment? Did I miss that? What are they?

    Let me know when the main stream media portrays Hillary as unfit for the Presidency, or describes any of her past scandals and lies and disqualifying.
     
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  11. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    So is your theory that the president of the United States did not go to Columbia University, as he says?
     
  12. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

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