Discussion: Carson: I've Had 'Offers' To Serve In Trump Admin., Potentially Leading HUD

I guess every administration needs a Designated Survivorā€¦

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Ben is certainly qualified. Heā€™s lived in a house.

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Sorry, but Carson is Looney Tunes and that doesnā€™t qualify a person for a cabinet position!

He literally knows nothing about housing policyā€¦

Just goes to show that NO ONE wants to work for Trump.

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Well, if you want a department to fail then putting someone with no experience in either management of the work of the department is a good idea.

If you actually care about proper housing and urban development there are almost 300M better choices.

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No one wants to work for himā€¦the good news is there are plenty of career civil servants at HUD who actually know how things work.

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Black person + lived in city = qualified for HUD Director. Success!

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ā€œOffer to serveā€ could mean that that person needs a new valet, Ben.

Oh good lordā€¦Youā€™ve finally found a ā€˜jobā€™ you think you can handle Ben? Why not Surgeon General?

Thus coining a new term: ā€œNarcoleptocracy.ā€

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Carson being the Coy Mistress?

Ya know, at this point, considering the odious alternatives, Iā€™d be down with Ben as Secretary of State. Although, Iā€™d run the risk of dislocated eyebrows.

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Wow !! Weā€™ll soon be able to say, ā€œHeck of a job Bennie!ā€

Heā€™s lived in a house. With Jesus! In bathrobes!!

Carson is a buffoon. I donā€™t know why anyone would be willing to offer him any job in government.

An URBAN house, even! Eminently quaified!

So whatā€™s the problem? Heā€™s African American, and we want a more diverse cabinet, right?

Or, as Sanders recently suggested (in his actual remarks, not the TPM/DKos interpretation of those remarks) - should we look past his ā€œidentityā€ and judge Carson on his full body of work?

I anxiously await an answer.

Are you being sarcastic? He has absolutely no background in housing policy, urban development, or even managing a large agency. His ā€œfull body of workā€ isnā€™t even tangentially related to housing or anything that HUD does. Itā€™s insulting to anyone who works in housing to put forth a man because the Trump camp sees ā€œUrbanā€ in the name and goes to the only black guy they know.

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No sarcasm here. Iā€™m totally serious, because right now on TPM that dishonest piece about Sanders ā€œurging his supporters to ditch identity politicsā€ is on the ā€œmost popular listā€.

Based upon your answer, it appears you agree with what Sanders said in his FULL REMARKS, not those which were cherry-picked to fit the TPM narrative. THAT is my point.