Do we need a new POTUS nomination thread?

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While his grasp of foreign affairs and policy may not be the strongest, Ben Carson is beyond a doubt the smartest man running for president.

Also, he personally saved Jaguar's sister's life with a surgery that no other doctor in the country was willing to attempt.

(disclaimer: I still don't support him)

Trump's attacks on Rubio's credit card debt, by the way, are somewhat incongruous. At least he paid off his debt, unlike Trump.

[onodera]

While his grasp of foreign affairs and policy may not be the strongest, Ben Carson is beyond a doubt the smartest man running for president.

Bobby Fischer was even smarter, but I wouldn't want either man as the president.

[regexcellent]

Bobby Fischer was even smarter, but I wouldn't want either man as the president.

Agreed.

[Sava]

Ben Carson is beyond a doubt the smartest man running for president.

thank you for this

it made my day

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

While his grasp of foreign affairs and policy may not be the strongest, Ben Carson is beyond a doubt the smartest man running for president.

Given that he thinks human sexuality is a choice, that's a terrifying statement.

[Sava]

republicans have become a caricature of themselves

[regexcellent]

Given that he thinks human sexuality is a choice, that's a terrifying statement.

Lots of smart people believe stranger things, see for example Noam Chomsky. Or Onodera's example of Bobby Fischer.

Anyway, I'm genuinely curious whether Ben Kenobi supports Ben Carson or Donald Trump (we all know it's got to be one of the two), and in particular, how he feels about Donald Trump's immigration policy.

[Sava]

you are a goddamned nincompoop

[Sava]

the "genius" Ben Carson

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/nov/05/ben-carson-egyptian-pyramids-were-grain-stores-not-pharoahs-tombs?CMP=share_btn_fb

[Sava]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/natemcdermot...storage-not-by

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson told graduates during a commencement address in the late ’90s that he believed the pyramids in Egypt were built by the biblical figure Joseph to store grain, and not, as most archeologists contend, as tombs for pharaohs.

Apparently Carson played Civ2.

oops

[giblets]

[-Jrabbit]

Carson is a compulsive liar. And he's not very good at it.

He's now saying that the media looking into his past (like the blatantly false claim that he was offered a full scholarship to West Point) is a witch hunt, even though it happens to every candidate who rises near the top of the polls. But Dr. Ben loves playing the victim card:

“The so-called vetting that you all did with President Obama doesn't even come close -- doesn't even come close to what you guys are trying to do in my case,” Carson said.

LOL.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

How does a medical doctor manage to spectacularly deny so many other fields of science?

Does he treat patients by prayer, or by attempting to balance their humours?

[giblets]

World's greatest healthcare system

[Lorizael]

How does a medical doctor manage to spectacularly deny so many other fields of science?

Does he treat patients by prayer, or by attempting to balance their humours?

He's an extraordinarily competent surgeon. It's possible he's just really good with his hands.