Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Seriously, Ben Carson?


Dr. Ben Carson's recent comments are far less shocking then the reaction of his Republican constituency in Iowa. 73% agree with him that he would automatically disqualify someone for president based on religion, in this case Muslim. 77% agree with him when he said that Hitler would not have been successful if the Jews in Germany were armed. We should note that the armies of France, Poland, Czechoslovakia and so forth were armed with guns, tanks and planes. And finally he said Obamacare is the worst thing since slavery, 81% agree. Wonder what they think the second worst thing is, Social Security? On balance, it appears that  the one great misfortune of Mr. Carson's career as a brain surgeon is that he couldn't do a selfie.

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