Discussion: Trump Video On Carson: He's Either 'Violent Criminal' Or 'Pathological Liar'

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What’s really great about this is that Big Door could have been standing in front of a mirror when he said it.

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“We don’t need either as president.”

Pretty much America’s take on both Carson and Trump.

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As the GOP tries to figure out how to get tRump and Carson out of the way of the “real” candidates you have tRump looking to get rid of his biggest competitor. I don’t know if tRump can succeed in getting rid of Dr. Stabby but he should be charging the GOP to do it.

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I thought the key words were “lawless” and “feckless”?

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“He’s Either ‘Violent Criminal’ Or 'Pathological Liar’”

…or more likely, a serial exaggerator.

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“I had a large hunting knife, and I tried to stab him in the abdomen,” Carson says in the footage.
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Gifted hands I guess…

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Well done, Donald. Trolltacular.

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Even in this Donald misses the mark. Why can’t Carson be BOTH?

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Instagram huh? No one in the tRump campaign need dip into any PAC money to get their message out I see. If anyone gets free stuff by way of messaging thus far, its sure to be The Donald.

Carson should run an Instagram with tRump saying “How stupid are the people of Iowa?” on a constant loop. Hah. Come on Ben, up your game…

FOOD FIGHT!

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To Donald…HELLO POT

About Ben, regarding Donlald’s comment., MAYBE Ben is both.

Neither of thise men are FIT to be President.

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He can’t be both?

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Its going to depend on just how soft or solidified Carson’s support is. Obviously there is a core group that will never abandon Carson no matter what. But, as I suspect, there are a number of people on the outside margins of that core that are merely parking their vote with Carson for now because he is a “nice” guy, then this sort of tact will raise questions with them. Questions that aren’t apparently being raised now.

That being said, I am not convinced that attacks on his testimonial are going to be the winning approach. I think the ground is much more fertile in attacking him on his complete ignorance on every policy position. Not only is he ignorant, he has repeatedly committed the cardinal sin in the GOP…he backs off/changes his position entirely when he receives push back. He surrenders.

I get they feel burned because now they have the House and the Senate and nothing has changed. That the Establishment won’t fight the righteous fight that they have been promised. But Dr. “Charlie Brown” Carson won’t, either. He wanted to abolish Medicare entirely…till Kasich brought up, just once, that its a horrible idea. Carson dropped that idea on a dime. Even on non Presidential points, like vaccinations, he backed off his original position when Trump pushed him, and accepted the notion that “layering” vaccinations in over several years is probably a good idea.

That is Carson’s Achilles heal. Challenge him every time he stakes out a policy position, and watch him back off. Be unrelenting in that approach. Because one thing the GOP cannot stand, is a wishy washy coward. Attacking his testimonial is the only thing that he WILL stand up and fight back on…and the GOP likes that.

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i’m thinking a very large hunting knife does not break off when striking a belt buckle. unless, of course, miraculous, divine intervention was involved.

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Trump knocking Carson for not having POTUS temperament is like
Michael Vick criticizing Romney for how he treats his dog..

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Trump has a point, no?

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Big Door demanded to see his birth certificate too.

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I’m no fan of Ben Carson, but Trump has no filters.

Pathological narcissist with Tourette Syndrome…America does not need either as president.

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Trump can hurt Carson but it is unlikely that the Teavangelicals are going to support the Donald instead.

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He’s neither. He just dumb as hell.

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