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Dr. Carson: Obamacare The Worst Thing That Has Happened Since Slavery

:lamo OMG that is funny right there....:lamo

No, it actually is true, becoming the first ever black person to live in the White House, to become the first black elected president of the United States of America is a tremendous accomplishment.
 
So you feel BHO's accomplishment was becoming President, not anything he has done as President?

Well, staying president was almost just as big of an accomplishment if his opponent had been anybody but Mitt Romney, now it was just a solid accomplishment, not as great an accomplishment as becoming president in 2008 (but still pretty darned impressive, more impressive than anything Carson has achieved even though I still respect his accomplishments as a surgeon too).
 
Dr. Carson became a brain surgeon and then developed new surgical procedures which saved lives all over the world.

That's wonderful. That also doesn't mean he should be taken seriously when it comes to politics.

Barrack Obama became President and added trillions of dollars to the US debt with nothing to show for it. I know of no promise he has kept.

If you are claiming Obama has a 0% success rate of keeping promises, you're out of your tree.

Dr. Ben Carson has real and genuine accomplishments to his credit while Barrack Obama, apart from a title, has none. Unlike Barrack Obama Dr. Carson is internationally respected except, of course, by the American lefties.

"No accomplishments." You truly are little more than a hyperpartisan. Your "independent" lean is laughable.

Obama’s Top 50 Accomplishments by Paul Glastris, Ryan Cooper, and Siyu Hu | The Washington Monthly
 
I have a pretty good understanding what you think are extremely stupid things President Obama has done but I would guess the jury is out on the fact whether they truly are extremely stupid things or not. I do not doubt Obama has said things that are untrue, are somewhat to very stupid or awkward but that is true of most everybody.

Well we can quiblle about whether they are very stupid or extremey stupid but the point has been made. The man is just not very bright.

Saying however that Obamacare is the worst thing in the US since slavery still seems like one of the dumbest and obviously false things ever said in the history of the United States.
That could qualify as well.

Instead of owning up to the fact that Ben Carson said something extremely stupid and that he in fact lies when he says that Obamacare is the worst thing to happen in the US since slavery you attack the president.

I think it was hyperbole in order to make a point but that this comment has created as much fuss as it has says mote about the concern of the leftists rather that the remark itself.
Why? I do not disagree that Obama has not been a great president and that he too has said stupid things, but guess what, this thread is not about Obama for saying something stupid, it is about Dr. Carson, republican golden boy, who has said something that is very very very very very extremely incredibly stupid.

Golden Boy, huh???

You've quoted one thing that you claim was stupid. In fact very very very very very stupid. Which politician do you believe has never said anything stupid? Joe Biden? Hilary Clinton? Bill Clinton? Who?

Finally, do you understand the difference between an opinion and a lie? Have you read the quote in context?
 
LOL!! Did you even bother to read it?

LOL ... you just won me $20 ... I was with a friend and I showed him your post and I predicted your response almost verbatim ... he still can't believe it ... I had to reveal that it's pretty typical for cons to respond the way you did when someone posts something that makes them look like a speed bump ... we're going to go out for some drinks now and because I'm feeling guilty, since it was such an easy $20, I'm buying ... still, thanks ...:rock (BTW, will toast you Grant ... :peace)
 
No, it actually is true, becoming the first ever black person to live in the White House, to become the first black elected president of the United States of America is a tremendous accomplishment.

Why? All he needed was enough voters who believed that America should have a Black President. Of course Geraldine Ferraro was absolutely right when she said that if he wasn't Black he would have been ignored. MLK wanted people to be judged by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin, but that very wise advice was ignored by too many people.
 
Well we can quiblle about whether they are very stupid or extremey stupid but the point has been made. The man is just not very bright.

That could qualify as well.



I think it was hyperbole in order to make a point but that this comment has created as much fuss as it has says mote about the concern of the leftists rather that the remark itself.


Golden Boy, huh???

You've quoted one thing that you claim was stupid. In fact very very very very very stupid. Which politician do you believe has never said anything stupid? Joe Biden? Hilary Clinton? Bill Clinton? Who?

Finally, do you understand the difference between an opinion and a lie? Have you read the quote in context?


The man is not very bright? LOL! Columbia, Harvard Yale, Senator, Prez ... and all you got is a hamster Grant ... LOL ...:sinking: You're drowning Grant ... LOL ...
 
Why? All he needed was enough voters who believed that America should have a Black President. Of course Geraldine Ferraro was absolutely right when she said that if he wasn't Black he would have been ignored. MLK wanted people to be judged by the content of their character rather than the color of their skin, but that very wise advice was ignored by too many people.

all you got is that hamster you named Mitt, Grant ... you got nothing else with these ridiculous posts of yours ... go take Mitt for a walk and stop your silly posting for a bit ...
 
That's wonderful. That also doesn't mean he should be taken seriously when it comes to politics.
Neither should Barrack Obama.
If you are claiming Obama has a 0% success rate of keeping promises, you're out of your tree.
Which percentage do you think he kept? Maybe you like the one about a transparent government, or the exile of lobbyists. How about voting on a bill before anyone knows what's in it? Did you like that precedent? PolitiFact | The Obameter: Campaign Promises that are Promise Broken
"No accomplishments." You truly are little more than a hyperpartisan. Your "independent" lean is laughable.
So you think he accomplished something? What to think you the country got for the trillions of dollars spent?
 
The man is not very bright? LOL! Columbia, Harvard Yale, Senator, Prez ... and all you got is a hamster Grant ... LOL ...:sinking: You're drowning Grant ... LOL ...

Have you seen his grades from any of those institutions or how he advanced through Affirmative Action?
 
all you got is that hamster you named Mitt, Grant ... you got nothing else with these ridiculous posts of yours ... go take Mitt for a walk and stop your silly posting for a bit ...

I see you had that drink.
 
Dr. Carson became a brain surgeon and then developed new surgical procedures which saved lives all over the world.

Barrack Obama became President and added trillions of dollars to the US debt with nothing to show for it. I know of no promise he has kept.

Dr. Ben Carson has real and genuine accomplishments to his credit while Barrack Obama, apart from a title, has none. Unlike Barrack Obama Dr. Carson is internationally respected except, of course, by the American lefties.

Ben Carson has done great things as a surgeon but he is not the president of the USA last time I checked (the highest and most honorable position in the USA), that accomplishment has been achieved by Barack Obama.

Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize, has 2 grammy's, more than once won the Jerald Washington Memorial founders award, I think there were some book awards, book sales, etc. etc.

And there have been plenty of political achievements too, you might not like them but that is not my problem;)
 
Ben Carson has done great things as a surgeon but he is not the president of the USA last time I checked (the highest and most honorable position in the USA), that accomplishment has been achieved by Barack Obama.

Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize, has 2 grammy's, more than once won the Jerald Washington Memorial founders award, I think there were some book awards, book sales, etc. etc.

And there have been plenty of political achievements too, you might not like them but that is not my problem;)

He deserved the Nobel Peace Prize as much as he deserved the Presidency. I'll give you that.

Political achievements yes. I agree with that as well. I was thinking more along the lines of how he might have improved the country.
 
Have you seen his grades from any of those institutions or how he advanced through Affirmative Action?

Well have you? I've been to both Pratt and New York University and from first hand experience I know they don't let slackers in.
 
Well have you? I've been to both Pratt and New York University and from first hand experience I know they don't let slackers in.

So you are aware of Barrack Obama's scholastic achievements then? What were they?
 
So you are aware of Barrack Obama's scholastic achievements then? What were they?

Don't you guys ever get tired of ****in' that chicken?

I remember when conservatives used to claim George W. Bush's grades "didn't matter." Oh, the good old days.
 
Have you seen his grades from any of those institutions or how he advanced through Affirmative Action?
I just won another $10 (he refused to bet $20) ... I told him, no matter how distinguished a black man or woman is, if a con doesn't like them, everything they accomplished was affirmative action. He said, "Maybe 20 years ago, but not any longer." I said - "Watch." And then you posted this ... BINGO!!!
 
Don't you guys ever get tired of ****in' that chicken?

I remember when conservatives used to claim George W. Bush's grades "didn't matter." Oh, the good old days.

Maybe you should share your reminiscences with the poster who first mentioned Obama's scholastic record.
 
Maybe you should share your reminiscences with the poster who first mentioned Obama's scholastic record.

I don't really care who it was. I also don't really care about Obama's grades. Or Bush's. Or Dr. Carson's. Or anyone else's, for that matter.
 
He deserved the Nobel Peace Prize as much as he deserved the Presidency. I'll give you that.

Political achievements yes. I agree with that as well. I was thinking more along the lines of how he might have improved the country.

Well, that's kinda really the point isn't it? Solve problems and improve the standing of the country both domestically and internationally.

No time to look at all 50, but about the top 5.
  • Passed Health Care Reform - Saddled with a legislative monstrosity, a failing policy that is going to bail out insurance companies to the potential tune of $ Trillions, and a failed technology roll out due to careless lack of management
  • Passed the Stimulus - Little more than political payback at the people's expense when you examine to whom the stimulus payments went, with little economy improvement if any at all
  • Passed Wall Street Reform - Another legislative monstrosity that won't even accomplish it's primary goal of ending too big to fail, and also increased costs of excessive regulatory compliance, including the BS minorities financial sector job set aside
  • Ended the War in Iraq - True he did. As of yet to be seen if a stable, non Muslim extremist regime will be able to survive or not
  • Began Drawdown of War in Afghanistan - Isn't this the same as the one above? I'd consider drawing down troops certainly part of ending a war

So like I'm not seeing stellar achievement here.
 
I don't really care who it was. I also don't really care about Obama's grades. Or Bush's. Or Dr. Carson's. Or anyone else's, for that matter.
They care because they think he got through school because he's black.
 
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