Discussion: There's Been A Mass Exodus Of Senior Staff From Ben Carson's Campaign

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What a surprise. The guy with hare-brained ideas on what makes people gay and who never ran for office does not know his ass from his elbows in the area of political campaign management.

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SuperPAC One: Send money for OUR ni(clang!) to me.

SuperPAC Two: Send money for OUR ni(clang!) to me.

SuperPAC One: Hey, Iā€™m collecting money for the ni(CLANG!)

SuperPAC Two: No, Iā€™ve got the ni(clang!) money!

SuperPAC One: Aw fuck it, the ni(CLANG!) doesnā€™t have a hope in hell anyway.

SuperPAC Two: Quitter!

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Is anyone surprised? Anyone? Bueller?

Carson really never had much chance in this and he really isnā€™t as popular as he thought, and then thereā€™s the race issue- guess what Carson, being the Conservative Black who tries to prove just how not-racist the GOP is doesnā€™t amount for diddlysquat.

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If not for that, heā€™d probably have, like, 98% of the primary votes by now.

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*ā€œThe Carson campaign, thatā€™s now mostly about ballot access, communications, social media, and getting Dr. Carson around the country,ā€ Giles said. "Thatā€™s about it. "

Translation: We. Are. Toast.

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Or, you know, drumming up $40k speaking gigs.

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ā€œHe said to me many times personally, ā€˜Iā€™m not sure Iā€™m cut out for this in Washington, D.C.,ā€™ā€ Watts said of Rubino. Watts seat Freberg, the general counsel, had gotten tired of politics and is now ā€œin Africa on a safari.ā€

Creative new variants on the ĀØheā€™s resigning because he wants to spend more time with his familyĀØ excuse.

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If nothing else, Ben Carson and his campaign are living up to the clown car legacy and providing me with a ton of entertainment. The only thing thatā€™s missing is a big olā€™ bowl of popcorn.

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Some things are actually kind of demanding and just thinking it might be fun without being at least a little serious about it will lead to a lot of frustration. Fly fishing, playing the piano, running for President, that sort of thing. Maybe the likes of Carson, Trump et al. will come away from their humiliating defeat with a new-found respect for a certain guy who actually won twice? HA HA HA just kidding that will never happen.

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All Is Not Well With Dr. Ben Carsonā€™s Campaign

Shorten that to:

All Is Not Well With Dr. Ben Carson. Any additions are superfluous.

LD

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The headline:

WaPo: All Is Not Well With Dr. Ben Carsonā€™s Campaign


ā€¦went a word too long.

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GMTA.

Beat me to it.

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a Carson campaign spokesman, described Run Ben Run as a rogue operation: ā€œWe spend a great deal of time explaining to our supporters, ā€˜Theyā€™re them, weā€™re us.ā€™

Isnā€™t that a tacit admission that the campaign is indeed coordinating?

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But wait, I doubt this is about helping Ben Carson in any way. These people are fighting about getting money into their own pockets while Ben Carson is still a name that gets dumb people to give away their money. So, all you social conservative types, please give until it hurts to the Grifter Gravy Train PAC today. Maybe by the time the election comes around you wonā€™t have any money left to give to Scott Walker.

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Green Throated Mango A or Gas Turbine Materials Associates?

Wry grinā€¦

LD

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Greenwich Mean Time Always.

:wink:

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Itā€™s like a mashup of Blazing Saddles, The Producers and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

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"They are going after the same small donors and we've simply got to figure this out or else we are going up against each other the whole time," Giles said. "I'm planning to sit down with them and explain that."

Quick translation: ā€œThe whole world is eating off the same salami.ā€

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