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Ben Carson To Drop Out

By Jeralyn, Section Elections 2016
Posted on Wed Mar 02, 2016 at 10:09:41 PM EST
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Ben Carson says he sees no path forward and will forgo Thursday's Republican debate:

Mr. Carson stopped short of suspending his campaign and said he would provide more details on Friday, but after his dismal showing on Super Tuesday, his campaign is effectively over.

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    Ben Carson To Drop Out | 35 comments (35 topical)

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    And with that... (5.00 / 1) (#1)
    by CoralGables on Thu Mar 03, 2016 at 07:32:42 AM EST
    possibly the longest running for president pyramid scheme comes to an end. Congratulations to his staff for sucking a nice income from the gullible for this long.

    He was still in the race? (none / 0) (#2)
    by jbindc on Thu Mar 03, 2016 at 07:45:44 AM EST


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    Only by way of the donate now button (5.00 / 1) (#3)
    by CoralGables on Thu Mar 03, 2016 at 08:03:51 AM EST
    but even that has now been taken down, which officially means the jig is up.

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    Darn (5.00 / 1) (#4)
    by jbindc on Thu Mar 03, 2016 at 08:11:34 AM EST
    I was waiting to hear more about fruit salad.

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    you can (5.00 / 1) (#10)
    by KeysDan on Thu Mar 03, 2016 at 10:51:10 AM EST
    Still buy grain from the pyramid scheme, l heard.


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    Well Played Sir (5.00 / 1) (#11)
    by CoralGables on Thu Mar 03, 2016 at 10:56:05 AM EST


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    I (none / 0) (#5)
    by FlJoe on Thu Mar 03, 2016 at 08:15:43 AM EST
    think Huckabee might still be the champion grafter.

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    very sad (5.00 / 1) (#7)
    by pitachips on Thu Mar 03, 2016 at 08:55:03 AM EST
    For many African Americans of my generation Dr. Carson was always held up as a black man that we could/should look up to and admire. Everyone I knew growing up had a copy of Gifted Hands. I imagine for many people his campaign has changed that view for good.

    FWIW, I believe Dr. Carson's handlers (5.00 / 1) (#30)
    by Mr Natural on Thu Mar 03, 2016 at 03:33:29 PM EST
    are the real problem here.  Professional parasites manage and manipulate every aspect of a candidate's life and campaign.  When the money dries up and Dr. Carson's vampires scutter away, the reality distortion field will collapse.  

    When he realizes what happened, he may have something interesting to say about the experience, but he'll have to write it himself.


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    It is (none / 0) (#8)
    by Ga6thDem on Thu Mar 03, 2016 at 10:01:13 AM EST
    sad. He really had a good reputation until he ran for president.

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    Well, every book tour (5.00 / 1) (#13)
    by Towanda on Thu Mar 03, 2016 at 11:48:05 AM EST
    has to come to an end.

    True, and (none / 0) (#16)
    by KeysDan on Thu Mar 03, 2016 at 12:47:54 PM EST
    a beginning and a middle.  The middle was particularly good, suspending a side-job--running for the Republican presidential nomination at a time when he was running the best.  Must have been scary for him to think that he might win.  But, yes, the end is best.

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    We Will Never Have Another... (5.00 / 1) (#17)
    by ScottW714 on Thu Mar 03, 2016 at 12:56:21 PM EST
    ... presidential candidate who openly admits to trying to stab a friend and using it to garner support even though it's probably not true.

    Ditto for the Great Pyramids of Grainza.

    Ben Carson is one for the books.

    The middle was fricken awesome.

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    Yes, (none / 0) (#23)
    by KeysDan on Thu Mar 03, 2016 at 01:39:10 PM EST
    and then their were those other unforgettables: that gunmen incident at a "Popeyes Organization<" and, of course, his inclination toward hitting his mother on the head with a hammer.

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    I wish that I could erase (5.00 / 1) (#25)
    by Towanda on Thu Mar 03, 2016 at 01:41:35 PM EST
    the mental image of that huge portrait in his home of Ben and Jeebus.

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    Oh yes, (none / 0) (#27)
    by KeysDan on Thu Mar 03, 2016 at 01:51:15 PM EST
    that Architectural Digest-like photo tour of his house. That photo was afavorite, too. But, a runner-up was the inspirational inscription chisled above the fireplace mantle:  "By Humility and the Fear of the Lord are Riches, Honor and Life."   Poverbs 22:4.     (sic).

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    I do laugh out loud thinking of the Popeys thing (none / 0) (#31)
    by ruffian on Thu Mar 03, 2016 at 06:44:56 PM EST
    That was truly priceless. thanks Ben!

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    I will miss (none / 0) (#6)
    by CaptHowdy on Thu Mar 03, 2016 at 08:35:36 AM EST
    The SNL guy

    I hear he's also... (none / 0) (#9)
    by Dadler on Thu Mar 03, 2016 at 10:20:46 AM EST
    ...tuning in and turning off. (Yes, I am convinced he was heavily medicated the whole time.)

    We know it ain't uppers... (5.00 / 1) (#14)
    by kdog on Thu Mar 03, 2016 at 11:57:22 AM EST
    As a surgeon, I wonder if he's sitting on the last known cache of Lemmon Quaaludes...in which case, if I had known, I might have volunteered!

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    He did give the ... (none / 0) (#15)
    by Robot Porter on Thu Mar 03, 2016 at 12:14:16 PM EST
    race my favorite bit of Internet comedy this cycle.

    One little historical footnote, is he the first African American Republican to win delegates in a presidential nominating contest?

    No (none / 0) (#18)
    by CoralGables on Thu Mar 03, 2016 at 12:59:00 PM EST


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    Did Herman Caine get ... (none / 0) (#19)
    by Robot Porter on Thu Mar 03, 2016 at 01:08:19 PM EST
    some delegates too?

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    I Am Guessing Keyes in the 90's (none / 0) (#20)
    by ScottW714 on Thu Mar 03, 2016 at 01:12:55 PM EST


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    Keyes would be correct (5.00 / 1) (#21)
    by CoralGables on Thu Mar 03, 2016 at 01:14:37 PM EST
    both 1996 and 2000 and in 2000 he got more than double what Carson has managed thus far.

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    Frederick Douglass (5.00 / 2) (#22)
    by jbindc on Thu Mar 03, 2016 at 01:20:41 PM EST
    Got one vote at the RNC in 1888.

    Shirley Chisolm won 28 delegates in 1972.

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    May the ghost of the good (5.00 / 2) (#24)
    by Towanda on Thu Mar 03, 2016 at 01:40:32 PM EST
    Shirley St. Hill Chisholm haunt you for counting her as a Republican.

    But she would be a fun and friendly ghost.

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    Ah, I was just counting (none / 0) (#26)
    by jbindc on Thu Mar 03, 2016 at 01:42:24 PM EST
    Black candidates in toto

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    Shirley Chisolm ... (none / 0) (#28)
    by Robot Porter on Thu Mar 03, 2016 at 03:04:49 PM EST
    got Republican delegates?!?

    Didn't know that.

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    I'd completely ... (none / 0) (#29)
    by Robot Porter on Thu Mar 03, 2016 at 03:24:21 PM EST
    wiped Alan Keyes from my memory.

    Not glad to have him back in there.

    ;)

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    Ben Carson landed a new job, (none / 0) (#32)
    by KeysDan on Sat Mar 05, 2016 at 03:14:41 PM EST
    he is Chairman of a new non-profit "My Faith Votes." MFV has a mission "to inspire and motivate Jesus follower to vote."  Sounds like they picked the right guy to energize those Christian voters.

    A new path for Ben, and no regrets.  After all Jesus wanted him to run for president, but did say he wanted him to win.   But, it is important to get out the vote since, as he said, in his CPAC/suspension speech, Hillary Clinton must be defeated.  "She is going to get two to four SC picks. Now that is, that's going to I think the future of our children, our grandchildren, all of our progeny.  I think that's just as bad as taking a knife and stabbing them with it , think about that.  So let's not do that."

    Yes, let's not do that--the stabbing part, especially without a belt buckle in defense. Onward Grifting Soldiers!

    Holy hell (none / 0) (#33)
    by CaptHowdy on Sat Mar 05, 2016 at 05:29:49 PM EST
    Did he really say that

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    Yes, (none / 0) (#35)
    by KeysDan on Sun Mar 06, 2016 at 10:56:58 AM EST
    in his CPAC speech.  I can't look at it again.

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    Could we dispel with the notion (none / 0) (#36)
    by CaptHowdy on Sun Mar 06, 2016 at 10:59:00 AM EST
    This is a smart person?

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    Soooo, ah.... what kind of private jet (none / 0) (#34)
    by Mr Natural on Sat Mar 05, 2016 at 06:13:04 PM EST
    will the Charity be flying?

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