Ben Carson is going Brittany Spears on live TV.

[blm]

Turn on a TV - this will get replayed on every network except for FOX, who did not cover it.

[notadmblnd]

1. Yeah but he sounds like he's running against Obama

Was asked about his West Point lie and he comes out with..." why isn't anyone asking the President why his school records are sealed?" I don't understand why no one pointed out that he wasn't running against the current President.

[6000eliot]

2. A real journalist might ask him what that has to do with the question he was asked.

[blm]

3. He sounded disconnected from reality. He's toast.

.

[notadmblnd]

5. Chris Matthew just said that Evangelicals and African Americans love him

and implied that they'll love him even more now.

IMO, he's not the only one disconnected from reality.

[randys1]

7. Chris is right. White America pretends to like Ben as a way to deflect their deep racism.

So they will pretend to like him even more now that he is officially a lunatic.

[arcane1]

11. Wait till they find out what he thinks about people who attend church on Sunday n/t

[darkangel218]

13. He is not fit to be a running candidate, let alone the future POTUS.

He needs to go get help.

[DinahMoeHum]

4. "Oops, I did it again. . .I played with your heart. . ."

". . .I'm not. . .that. . .innocent. . ."

[blm]

20. heh

; )

[Joanie Baloney]

6. Awww, man

That's unfair to Brittany!!

I can't wait until he goes full-on bonkers, hopefully on the debate stage.

Now Chris Matthews is losing it over Steve Kornacki!

Is it a full moon???


-JB

[OffWithTheirHeads]

8. Bennie the knife must write his own prescription for Qualudes.

Jesus Christ! This guy is an actual candidate for President. We have fallen a loooong way.

[darkangel218]

9. As someone who moved here from Europe

Albeit, many years ago, I still scratch my head at WHY would anyone vote for likes such Carson or Bush( either of them). It's a mystery which I could never understand.

[valerief]

10. I've been here my whole life and don't get it either. It has to do with Jesus and early

sports training to root for your team, no thinking involved. I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I don't think I was ever that stupid.

[darkangel218]

12. The thought that the majority is still sane is what keeps me going

I love United States. Hell, I've been here longer than I've been in my home country. But those fringes who equate patriotism with waving a flag, and supporting war and the death penalty at the same time, make me sick. Or waving a flag, but voting against basic human rights and against raising the minimum wage. It makes no sense to me. I just look at it as the big American enigma.

[valerief]

14. Yeah, but the sane ones (most) have given up. The bullshit and violence dished out by

this empire is disheartening.

[darkangel218]

15. This country has saved my life.

I will never give up to it.

[smirkymonkey]

16. Trust me, neither do we.

We're not all idiots. Where did you move from?

[darkangel218]

17. East Europe nt

[smirkymonkey]

19. Just asked because I am fascinated with the opinions of people who

have moved here from other places about their impressions of American culture vs. their home culture.

BTW, I love Eastern Europe. It is one of my favorite travel destinations. I have been to Prague, Budapest, traveled through Yugoslavia when it was Yugoslavia, lived in Vienna for a while. Do you mind saying exactly where you are from?

What do you think of everything? I would so love to hear your opinion.

[Kali]

21. but what about Ronald Reagan?

you would have voted for him, right?

[darkangel218]

22. I couldn't say, I wasn't here when RR was president

I only judged him by what he did to end the Cold War and free us ( in Eastern Europe)
Now go try to flamebait someone else, Kali. Have a great day.

[Kali]

25. ...

[NutmegYankee]

18. AND WE HAVE VIDEO!

[Oneironaut]

23. Oh my gosh. So much cringe.

We're watching a campaign imploding before our very eyes. It's possible his campaign may survive this, but he looked totally frazzled on the podium. He was sweating, anxious, and totally desperate-looking. That was very hard to watch.

[blm]

26. He's acting like a teenager who's been caught in the wrong.

Or a typical fraud hiding behind the religious wall they built around their fragile egos.

[ibegurpard]

27. I don't believe this will dent his support

Thankfully it will give us some real ammunition if he manages to pull off a primary win. Right wing fanatics demonstrated long ago that the truth is unimportant to them.