Discussion: Carson Shortens Letter To Networks As Bush, Cruz Reject Debate Revolt

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Carson - "What did you expect? I’m running against a bunch of left-wing operatives! They submarine me every chance they get!

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Rats – -- Sinking ship —

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Trial balloon shot down by their own party.

I find all this highly amusing.

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“Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) will still likely sing the letter…”

Goddamn – can’t wait to see the video of that.

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What’ s with Rubio? Too busy campaigning to “vote?”

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Looks like the Whiner-In-Chief strategy flopped. I guess he’ll have to go back to comparing everything to slavery or Nazi Germany.

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I guess those three don’t realize that following someone else’s lead isn’t exactly the best way to highlight their leadership abilities.

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Maybe they should sing their responses in the debates, as well. Make the whole thing much more interesting.

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Yes, you are right, Dr. Carson. Those awful left-wing operatives want to protect the rights of all people, they want to help the sick, they want to help the hungry, they want to help the homeless. All things that Republicans hate. Never saw so much hate coming from alleged Christians.

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Leaving Dr. Carson flapping in the breeze. LOL!

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In an absolutely delicious bit of irony, the very press they were seeking to tame bit back hard and mocked them all the way to the woodshed. What a bunch of buffoons! Did they honestly think this would help them look more “presidential” whining that some moderators were being mean to them?

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Correct. Combined with a relatively rare moment of collective awareness that everyone on both sides of the aisle is openly mocking this stunt.

But it REALLY hurts Carson’s show of “leadership”. His first public attempt at leading on anything, is being rejected by the very people he is trying to lead.

The questions start to rise “If he can’t even get people to back him on standing up to liberal moderators, how is he ever going to get Congress to do anything? How will he ever lead a coalition against Putin?”. And then, when he inevitably drops his demands “How will he ever negotiate with Russia or China??”. If his supporters are a bit slow to make those connections, Mr. “Dealmaker” Trump will be right there to point it out.

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The irony here is amazing. The very people who no one wants to see in a debate are the ones making demands…with the “consequences” being that they won’t come to the debates.

Proceed, guys (note I did not say “gentlemen.”

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Thus confirming my longstanding belief that doctors, all doctors, but especially surgeons, HATE having their pronouncements questioned or challenged. Their whole training prepares them to be in charge of things and it’s hard to adapt to an environment where someone else calls the shots.

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I would LOVE to know why he dropped out of medicine. That is just not at all typical. Problem is that the medical community is very insular and rarely do they rat on one another publicly. Getting sued for slander is expensive even if it isn’t slander. Malpractice insurance wouldn’t cover it either.

Isn’t there SOMEONE who knows and can let the rest of us know too?

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“I thought they’d be find with collective bargaining if a black guy was running things”.

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The list of demands is shrinking down to a size that can be washed in the back pocket of your jeans.
In the end it will be something like, OK, we want to go back to right where we were at, that was actually juuuust about right. We got to mock Megyn and dis on women without regard for real women and we got to have pissing matches on stage, which was cool and, we ripped on the ‘liberal/not ultra conservative’ media and that kept us from having to, you know, debate.

Carson, the feared one, has nearly completed his first circle jerk and we haven’t gotten to Iowa yet.
This stage prop of a candidate has taken the clown team and advanced them to being a high speed, oval track, downhill, clown racing team.
Clowns going in circles in the wrong direction, that is the visual of Carson’s leadership.

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So let’s see, Jindal will have his tongue sticking out like a four year old when he signs. Huckabee will likely sign with a big X. And Miz Linz’s pen will be a gigantic plume made from a peacock feather.

How’d I do?