Ben Carson Says He’s ‘Not Crazy’ (Which Is Exactly What A Crazy Person Would Say)
After well-documented remarks made by Ben Carson, such as comparing present-day America to Nazi Germany, the possible presidential candidate insisted to attendees at the Republican National Committee’s winter meeting that he’s “not crazy.”
The National Journal reports:
Carson defended, among other things, his statements about Obamacare being the worst thing since slavery; comparing present-day America to Nazi Germany; and calling last year’s Veterans Affairs scandal “a gift from God” because it revealed holes in the system.
“I stand by those” remarks, Carson told the crowd. “I don’t think there’s anything crazy at all.”
Still, the significant time devoted to explaining and debunking these incidents suggests Carson is keenly aware of the damage they could do to his White House run…
Carson failed to bring the crowd to its feet, save for his entrance and exit from the stage. But some lines drew sporadic applause. He decried the “victimhood” mentality in America; reiterated his staunch opposition to same-sex marriage; and declared that “this is a country that is based on Judeo-Christian values and we should not throw those away.”
“They’ve got the wrong philosophy but they’re willing to die for what they believe,” Carson said of ISIS, “while we’re busily giving away every value and every belief for the sake of political correctness.”
Carson, suddenly realizing the implications of his statement, quickly added that the media would take his remark out of context. “They are just so ridiculous,” he said of the reporters in back of the room.
Quoting Carson verbatim is a “liberal lie” apparently.
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By: Anomaly100
edmeyer_able January 16th, 2015 at 12:35
“They’ve got the wrong philosophy but they’re willing to die for what they believe,” Carson said of ISIS, “while we’re busily giving away every value and every belief for the sake of political correctness.”
And he wants your children to die for what he beleves in….
So glad I’ve never had to say…….. I’m not crazy…….. to anyone.
Larry Schmitt January 16th, 2015 at 17:25
It’s pretty much a given that if you feel the need to tell people you’re not crazy, you’re probably crazy.
edmeyer_able January 16th, 2015 at 13:35
“They’ve got the wrong philosophy but they’re willing to die for what they believe,” Carson said of ISIS, “while we’re busily giving away every value and every belief for the sake of political correctness.”
And he wants your children to die for what he beleves in….
So glad I’ve never had to say…….. I’m not crazy…….. to anyone.
Larry Schmitt January 16th, 2015 at 18:25
It’s pretty much a given that if you feel the need to tell people you’re not crazy, you’re probably crazy.
StoneyCurtisll January 16th, 2015 at 12:54
“I’m not crazy”..
“You’re the one that’s crazy’…
Where have I heard this before?..(Maybe all Ben needs is a Pepsi)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoF_a0-7xVQ
Khary A January 16th, 2015 at 13:28
NICE an ST reference…Pledge your allegiance.
arc99 January 16th, 2015 at 14:10
hmmm, through the haze of my memories of the 1960’s, I think I also heard something similar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5LDNJNL3K8
Firesign Theater – Not Insane
StoneyCurtisll January 16th, 2015 at 14:17
High Five to the Firesign Theater~!
StoneyCurtisll January 16th, 2015 at 14:21
How can you be in two places at once when you’re not anywhere at all~!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCzgdF_WjOg
arc99 January 16th, 2015 at 14:30
Must be a Nowhere Man.
Hey if we keep this up, we can come up with our own Broadway musical salute to the 60’s.
Hirightnow January 16th, 2015 at 14:36
Who am us, anyway?
StoneyCurtisll January 16th, 2015 at 14:58
Shoes for Industry~!
Shoes for the dead~!
Hirightnow January 16th, 2015 at 15:02
“Gee, Mudhead, everyone at Morse Science High has an extracurricular activity except you.”
“Well, gee, doesn’t Louise count?”
“Only to ten, Mudhead!”
StoneyCurtisll January 16th, 2015 at 15:20
High Five~!
chilly1952 January 16th, 2015 at 14:37
Nick Danger, Third eye.
Antelope Freeway 1/4 mile, Antelope Freeway 1/8 mile…
Loved those guys!
StoneyCurtisll January 16th, 2015 at 14:49
Remember this record came out in 1969-70…
And the voice GSP wasn’t even on the drawing boards back then~!
Way ahead of their time…
Hirightnow January 16th, 2015 at 15:05
I was introduced to them in the 80s, with that very album
The way the “voice” of the signs moved from left to right on my stereo as our hero drove past them…I was sold.
StoneyCurtisll January 16th, 2015 at 15:31
I know the words too…
Can recite then in my sleep…
chilly1952 January 16th, 2015 at 15:08
Ed aims to please and so does Louise at Aim’s Guns.
Oh, Nicky, Nicky, Nicky you’re such a tool!
Hirightnow January 16th, 2015 at 15:22
“We’re going to Greece!”
“And swim the English Channel?”
“No, no. To Ancient Greece, where burning Sappho loved and sang and stroked the wine-dark sea, in the temple by the moonlight, wa da doo dah… “
bpollen January 16th, 2015 at 15:51
That’s the first thing that ran through my head too…
StoneyCurtisll January 16th, 2015 at 13:54
“I’m not crazy”..
“You’re the one that’s crazy’…
Where have I heard this before?..(Maybe all Ben needs is a Pepsi)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoF_a0-7xVQ
The last of the Thousad Sons January 16th, 2015 at 14:28
NICE an ST reference…Pledge your allegiance.
arc99 January 16th, 2015 at 15:10
hmmm, through the haze of my memories of the 1960’s, I think I also heard something similar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5LDNJNL3K8
Firesign Theater – Not Insane
StoneyCurtisll January 16th, 2015 at 15:17
High Five to the Firesign Theater~!
StoneyCurtisll January 16th, 2015 at 15:21
How can you be in two places at once when you’re not anywhere at all~!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCzgdF_WjOg
arc99 January 16th, 2015 at 15:30
Must be a Nowhere Man.
Hey if we keep this up, we can come up with our own Broadway musical salute to the 60’s.
Hirightnow January 16th, 2015 at 15:36
Who am us, anyway?
StoneyCurtisll January 16th, 2015 at 15:58
Shoes for Industry~!
Shoes for the dead~!
Hirightnow January 16th, 2015 at 16:02
“Gee, Mudhead, everyone at Morse Science High has an extracurricular activity except you.”
“Well, gee, doesn’t Louise count?”
“Only to ten, Mudhead!”
StoneyCurtisll January 16th, 2015 at 16:20
High Five~!
chilly1952 January 16th, 2015 at 15:37
Nick Danger, Third eye.
Antelope Freeway 1/4 mile, Antelope Freeway 1/8 mile…
Loved those guys!
StoneyCurtisll January 16th, 2015 at 15:49
Remember this record came out in 1969-70…
And the voice GPS wasn’t even on the drawing boards back then~!
Way ahead of their time…
Hirightnow January 16th, 2015 at 16:05
I was introduced to them in the 80s, with that very album
The way the “voice” of the signs moved from left to right on my stereo as our hero drove past them…I was sold.
StoneyCurtisll January 16th, 2015 at 16:31
I know the words too…
Can recite then in my sleep…
chilly1952 January 16th, 2015 at 16:08
Ed aims to please and so does Louise at Aim’s Guns.
Oh, Nicky, Nicky, Nicky you’re such a tool!
Hirightnow January 16th, 2015 at 16:22
“We’re going to Greece!”
“And swim the English Channel?”
“No, no. To Ancient Greece, where burning Sappho loved and sang and stroked the wine-dark sea, in the temple by the moonlight, wa da doo dah… “
bpollen January 16th, 2015 at 16:51
That’s the first thing that ran through my head too…
Suzanne McFly January 16th, 2015 at 12:55
Poor Ben, always chastising victim as he lives in constant victim hood.
Suzanne McFly January 16th, 2015 at 13:55
Poor Ben, always chastising victim as he lives in constant victim hood.
StoneyCurtisll January 16th, 2015 at 13:03
Ben is just crazy enough to be a potential GOPee candidate..
StoneyCurtisll January 16th, 2015 at 14:03
Ben is just crazy enough to be a potential GOPee candidate..
ChrisVosburg January 16th, 2015 at 15:08
“They’ve got the wrong philosophy but they’re willing to die for what they believe,” Carson said of ISIS…
“Say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it’s an ethos.”
–Walter Sobchak, The Big Lebowski
ChrisVosburg January 16th, 2015 at 16:08
“They’ve got the wrong philosophy but they’re willing to die for what they believe,” Carson said of ISIS…
“Say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it’s an ethos.”
–Walter Sobchak, The Big Lebowski
tiredoftea January 16th, 2015 at 15:11
“I stand by those” remarks, Carson told the crowd. “I don’t think there’s anything crazy at all.”, Isn’t this the Ben equivalent of the white racist claiming he has black friends?
tiredoftea January 16th, 2015 at 16:11
“I stand by those” remarks, Carson told the crowd. “I don’t think there’s anything crazy at all.”, Isn’t this the Ben equivalent of the white racist claiming he has black friends?
bpollen January 16th, 2015 at 15:54
I won’t even address Ben’s relative sanity, but I don’t have high hopes for anybody who actually votes for this pisher.
Larry Schmitt January 16th, 2015 at 17:33
Even if you don’t know what a pisher is, (I didn’t until I looked it up) it just sounds like an insult, and it sounds like it fits him perfectly.
bpollen January 17th, 2015 at 15:10
The wonders of Yiddish! I’m not Jewish, don’t speak Yiddish, but I find myself using a number of Yiddish words. Shmuck, kvetch, kvell, kibbitz, meshugenah, momser, pisher, shtick, tuchus, mensch, and so on.
bpollen January 16th, 2015 at 16:54
I won’t even address Ben’s relative sanity, but I don’t have high hopes for anybody who actually votes for this pisher.
Larry Schmitt January 16th, 2015 at 18:33
Even if you don’t know what a pisher is, (I didn’t until I looked it up) it just sounds like an insult, and it sounds like it fits him perfectly.
bpollen January 17th, 2015 at 16:10
The wonders of Yiddish! I’m not Jewish, don’t speak Yiddish, but I find myself using a number of Yiddish words. Shmuck, kvetch, kvell, kibbitz, meshugenah, momser, pisher, shtick, tuchus, mensch, and so on.
OldLefty January 16th, 2015 at 19:17
“I begin to suspect quite seriously that Dr. Ben Carson honed his very legitimate skills as a gifted neurosurgeon by practicing on himself. I further suspect that whatever portion of the human brain is dedicated to the study of history is hanging on the wall of Ben’s office, next to the diploma.”
Charlie Pierce
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/Why_Ben_Carson_Should_Run_For_President
OldLefty January 16th, 2015 at 20:17
“I begin to suspect quite seriously that Dr. Ben Carson honed his very legitimate skills as a gifted neurosurgeon by practicing on himself. I further suspect that whatever portion of the human brain is dedicated to the study of history is hanging on the wall of Ben’s office, next to the diploma.”
Charlie Pierce
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/Why_Ben_Carson_Should_Run_For_President
allison1050 January 16th, 2015 at 19:42
Out of the mouth of the idiot.
allison1050 January 16th, 2015 at 20:42
Out of the mouth of the idiot.
Obewon January 16th, 2015 at 20:07
Surely birther Ben will prove his claim by submitting to a 3 day psych ward HC review??
William January 17th, 2015 at 15:20
Or Canada
Obewon January 16th, 2015 at 21:07
Surely birther Ben will prove his claim by submitting to a 3 day psych ward HC review??
William January 17th, 2015 at 16:20
Or Canada