PlayALLtheGames
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I'm not sure it's that obvious. You can be academically gifted in a field and still be an ignorant, uninformed, religious zealot who promotes abhorrent social ideals and shitty, demonstrably bad economic policies.
Likely GOP hopeful Ben Carson call Obama a psychopath
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I'm not sure it's that obvious. You can be academically gifted in a field and still be an ignorant, uninformed, religious zealot who promotes abhorrent social ideals and shitty, demonstrably bad economic policies.
I've seen this first hand. Ideology can make otherwise smart people into something else completely.
gutter_trash
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Ben Carson is like that cop in Boyz in da Hood
Dreams-Visions
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Idunno. Carson has been giving me Uncle Ruckus (the Boondocks character) vibes for a long time now.
Metallix87
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For better or worse, Carson is unelectable. The Republicans know that. He's really smart, but he doesn't seem to understand that you can't say anything you want in public.
The only real potential contenders are Jeb Bush, Rand Paul, Rick Perry, & Scott Walker. Every one else is wasting time and money, as they will never get anywhere near enough GOP support to win.
The only real potential contenders are Jeb Bush, Rand Paul, Rick Perry, & Scott Walker. Every one else is wasting time and money, as they will never get anywhere near enough GOP support to win.
gutter_trash
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Jeb wins, taps Rubio as running mate to secure Florida. But Hilldawg wh0ops em in the general
Remember, the RNC changed the delegate rules last RNC to favor the establishment after Romney barely scraped together a majority in the primaries. Ironically, it may make it much harder for Bush in the unlikely event a more strident candidates runs away with a majority of the states early on.
Paul is mostly establishment despite his reputation.
Paul is mostly establishment despite his reputation.
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Andrew Jackson's detractors once claimed he was a cannibal, and that he ate a dozen Indians "without leaving even a fragment".
http://nymag.com/news/frank-rich/coffin-handbill-2012-6/
http://nymag.com/news/frank-rich/coffin-handbill-2012-6/
Metallix87
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Hillary won't be an instant win, honestly. The entire Haiti debacle is going to be a major hurdle for her. It'll also be interesting to see how she handles her ties to Obama. Jeb has a shot, I think.
gutter_trash
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Andrew Jackson may not have been a cannibal but he sure was a genocidal eugenicist
Shouldn't Jeb already have a headstart in Florida?
Metallix87
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I would not refer to Jackson as a eugenicist, and in my eyes that term isn't as dirty as some would like to make it out to be. I've spoken at lengths before about how the biggest problem with eugenics is how it has been perverted throughout history by people like Hitler and Woodrow Wilson to support their agendas.
Metallix87
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I think the Haiti scandal is absolutely huge, and Jeb would be a fool not to use it as ammunition.
benjipwns
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Jeb would have to move.
Metallix87
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Because the Tea Party faction is composed of absolute lunatics, and people like Jeb, Perry, Paul, Huntsman, Romney, etc. all have to go to the right during primaries to win their support. This ends up making them look like morons.
Lucky Forward
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God also helped him cheat on a chemistry test:
http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Ben_Carson_Principles_+_Values.htm
PhoenixDark
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I'm stunned that Carson's people would greenlight a GQ piece. Talk about not protecting your candidate...I won't call it a hit piece but Carson's comments throughout the article make him look like a complete idiot.
Davey Cakes
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I always hate how I can feel so unintelligent by not being a doctor but can also feel like he's an idiot for his opinions.
It's confusing.
If he's good enough to be a doctor, maybe he's right and I'm the stupid one for disagreeing with him?
In the end, in no world could I ever consider Obama to be a psychopath. And my friend recently said Obama's presidency is a "tragedy." Same thing. I cannot even fathom what it takes for someone to find their way to that opinion.
Anoregon
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This, pretty much. In order to win the Republican primary, you have to pander to the chunk of the far-right that is pretty much literally lunatics. Doing that makes you say things that reasonable people can look back on during the general election and think "what the fuck?"
SteveWinwood
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i believe that almost every politician fits a few of the criteria to be considered a psychopath
so sure i guess hes probably not lying
he means it in an insulting "crazy" way though so whatever though
so sure i guess hes probably not lying
he means it in an insulting "crazy" way though so whatever though
Metallix87
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It's sad, really. About 1/3rd of the Republican Party has hijacked the entire party, basically, and there's nothing anyone can really do about it.
David Incorporated Esq.
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Holy shit. Some people.
People who are highly educated in technical or scientific fields often have little training elsewhere, but enter those fields with the assumption that "I'm very smart, I'm sure my ideas are sound", so they find it unable to learn from anyone else.
For example, mechanics often express annoyance with doctors because they think they know everything and argue with the mechanic when they're completely in the wrong.
The more intelligent you are the harder it can be to understand that you know jack shit about a topic. Flipping the switch from "knowing" to "learning" is extremely difficult.
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So does my mom. But if you've seen me talk about my mom here before, that's not very surprising. She also loved Allen West.
benjipwns
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Have you told her why Allen West "retired" from the Army?
Though I've found a lot of Republicans to see that as how more soldiers should be acting.
To some extent sure, but everybody has a woman in their family even bigots. The same can't be said for a mixed/black man.
If you look at the checklist almost every human in history meets at least a few of the criteria.
Well since Hillary is gonna nap the nomination you could be like my devious friend and change your affiliation to vote in the biggest nutjob. I'm not sure how I feel about that, but he cited examples the right has done it so who knows maybe it's fair game.
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Yep. Her response was "He should have actually shot him."
My mom is a very hateful person.
Captain Tuttle
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They're going to lose again because they'll be running against Obama even though he's not in the race.
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