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Mon Jul 7, 2014, 01:18 PM Jul 2014

Ben Carson says pot use is to distract from Benghazi...

If Benghazi didn't exist, the right-wing would invent a scandal about it.
Oh wait, they did.

Ben Carson Thinks Politicians Are Promoting Pot Use To Make People Dumb, Distract From Benghazi

Submitted by Brian Tashman on Monday, 7/7/2014 12:05 pm

Ben Carson sat down yesterday with WorldNetDaily editor Joseph Farah to promote his new book “One Nation” and his potential presidential bid. It was quite amusing to watch Carson and Farah lament on WorldNetDaily — which regularly runs articles about how Democrats are literally demonic — that political activists too often “demonize” their opponents. Carson told Farah that he worried politicians like President Obama and Eric Holder are surreptitiously encouraging marijuana use in order to create a dumb citizenry. That way, doped-up Americans will be distracted by controversies like the name of the Washington Redskins instead of focusing on stories about Benghazi and Fast and Furious.

- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/ben-carson-thinks-politicians-are-promoting-pot-use-make-people-dumb-distract-benghazi#sthash.axxT5rq4.dpuf

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Ben Carson says pot use is to distract from Benghazi... (Original Post) Archae Jul 2014 OP
I've lost respect Jamaal510 Jul 2014 #1
He's funny....wait, he's serious? Comrade Grumpy Jul 2014 #2
Pot use = Bong hazy n/t KurtNYC Jul 2014 #3
I use it to distract from cretins like Carson bigtree Jul 2014 #4
"...Obama and Holder are surreptitiously encouraging marijuana use..." factsarenotfair Jul 2014 #5
What has Ben Carson been smoking? B Calm Jul 2014 #6
I never smoked pot before Beghazi. Now I smoke it constantly. Damn you Hillary egold2604 Jul 2014 #7
Ben Carson been sampling ... GeorgeGist Jul 2014 #8
... NuclearDem Jul 2014 #9

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
1. I've lost respect
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 01:22 PM
Jul 2014

for Carson. Any objective person would know that not only has the President discouraged weed usage and said that it is a bad idea, he has also continued to enforce the federal drug laws.

factsarenotfair

(910 posts)
5. "...Obama and Holder are surreptitiously encouraging marijuana use..."
Mon Jul 7, 2014, 01:27 PM
Jul 2014

That's just insane on so many levels I don't know where to start.

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