Discussion: Ben Carson Campaign Admits He Fabricated Acceptance To West Point

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Has someone checked in on Jonah Goldberg yet? He’s gotta be on suicide watch after these revelations

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What I said: Carson’s a pathological liar.

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Ummmm…CNN doesn’t think you’re a PATHOLOGICAL liar, it suspects–with cause, I might add–that you are a CALCULATING one.

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To be fair, Christians lie to themselves so much, it’s just 2nd nature to lie about themselves.

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I’m waiting for the next question:

“Do you really believe in Jesus or are you just trying to get some votes?”

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What’s a little lie about his education? He is a Christian after all, and as such will be forgiven.

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You mean Ben “true Black person” Carson?

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God will sort them out.

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“They are attacking him because he’s a Black Republican” - says the party that believes we live in a post racial society

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As I said before, operating on brains and having a brain are not synonymous.

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Lying about Military stuff is the Third Rail of Republican Wing-Nut Politics.
I wonder if his Evangelical Supporters will ignore this too in their pursuit of “One of them” in office?

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Has anyone checked his medical license? Is he really Ben Carson?

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When does he admit his last name is actually Dolezal?

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Won’t matter a bit to the wingnuts that back him. Lies are what attracts them to him. The more he lies, the better they feel about themselves and him for some reason. Besides, its just the Librul Media trying to use “gotcha journalism”.

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And down goes Carson…Even the GOP base has its limits, and they won’t tolerate a brother speaking out of his south end for too much longer.

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Johns Hopkins hasn’t weighed in yet.

Of course Tony Curtis can’t reply to these stories…being dead and all. However I just want to hear from Leo about this…

truth being stranger than fiction…

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Don’t knock it. It has worked for O’Reilly for years. FUCK IT. WE’LL DO IT LYING LIVE!!!

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Shorter Ben Carson: "Wait… Did I say “West Point? I meant East Point. East. Yeah, that’s the ticket… East Point!”

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