Ben Carson joins Donald Trump in threatening to leave GOP

[IDemo]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN)Ben Carson on Friday took a page from Donald Trump's playbook by threatening to depart the Republican Party.

Ahead of Tuesday's GOP presidential debate, the retired neurosurgeon slammed the party after reports emerged that Republican insiders were discussing the possibility of deal-making to decide the eventual nominee at the Republican National Convention.

"If the leaders of the Republican Party want to destroy the party, they should continue to hold meetings like the one described in the Washington Post this morning," Carson said in a statement. "If this was the beginning of a plan to subvert the will of the voters and replace it with the will of the political elite, I assure you Donald Trump will not be the only one leaving the party."

It's the first time Carson has suggested the possibility of bucking the GOP -- though he has previously stood with Trump in pressuring the party to meet demands, including on debate structure.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/11/politics/ben-carson-donald-trump-leave-republican-party-threat/index.html

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. This could get interesting.

Would Trump and Carson each run for the nomination of separate third parties, or would they compete with each other for the nomination of a single third party? Would new parties be formed just for them? Will at least one of those parties feature red armbands?

[valerief]

31. Or would they join forces as Prez and VP candies? nt

[Galileo126]

2. Oh...Boo-hoo! - nt

[Jack Rabbit]

3. Hmm . . . A third Party (US Fascist Party?) running Trump-Carson in 2016?

Der Donald is probably stupid enough to think that is all it will take for him to win him 100% of the black vote.

[sufrommich]

4. All aboard the GOP primary train!

[Buzz Clik]

5. Wow!

Great pic.

[sufrommich]

8. Found it on google pic search. I wonder what movie it's from?

[reflection]

11. Disney's Lone Ranger.

TinEye, a reverse image search tool, is very helpful for finding out things like this. Recommend installing it, it's very unobtrusive. You can just right-click any image and it will scour the net for all the places that image shows up.

[sufrommich]

14. Hey thanks. I knew someone would be able

to identify it. Tin Eye sounds interesting,I'll check it out.

[christx30]

15. You can also open google images main page

in another browser window and drag the picture over there. I'll scan the pic and tell you where it's from.

[reflection]

20. very cool.

Didn't know that.

[longship]

28. Brilliant choice of pics.

longship, also from MI. Born and raised in Detroit. And I mean IN Detroit. Proud 1966 Cooley High graduate.



R&

[padfun]

6. Trump/Carson

What a bumper sticker!

And they could use a swastika on that sticker.

[Hekate]

7. You show them, Dr. Carson! You don't have to take any of that elitist crap!

[Shrike47]

9. Nobody will care. Nobody sane, anyway. Carson is sooo last month.

[LongTomH]

12. Carson, Carson, Oh, did he leave???

[IDemo]

10. Jeb? - "So you're telling me there's a chance?" n/t

[Hekate]

32. Oh yeah, Jeb? has just been holding on for this.

[oldandhappy]

13. Bye bye boys.

You have already destroyed what was good about the GOP. So move on and destroy whatever you touch next. Bye.

[Salviati]

24. Nah, Donald didn't destroy the GOP, they did that to themselves over the course of the last 30 years

He's just the first one to openly admit what the party has become and run with it.

[muriel_volestrangler]

16. So does this mean at least one of Carson or Trump will run as an independent?

Oooh, please, please, pleeeeeease ....

[TheBlackAdder]

17. If Carson were on top, he knows that they would game him too, in a NY minute! nt

[packman]

18. The Trump/Carson train leaves the GOP building

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[MariaThinks]

25. Impressive picture

[snooper2]

19. mumble mouth Carson is sad his Santorum is up

[MariaThinks]

21. This would be a hoot and great for Democracy if they both bolted

the wretched GOP

[world wide wally]

22. I double dog dare you both!

[rtracey]

23. The Kiss goodbye

Whenever a candidate for President says he is going to run independent, he/she has zero aspirations of becoming President, but wants to hurt the party they have been screwed by.... Both of these candidates will not be elected if going independent. Why do you think Bernie Sanders didnt? He knows an independent candidate in a 2 party system has 0 - 15% chance of winning......

[yellowcanine]

26. They can call it the Tea and Crumpets Party!

Official Logo of the Tea and Crumpets Party

[IDemo]

35. Or they can revive the Know Nothing Party

http://www.britannica.com/topic/Know-Nothing-party

[Demit]

27. "You can't fire me, I quit!" is about all Carson has left.

[NCjack]

29. Yeah, Ben and Don need to act now to get on as many state ballots as possible.

Maybe the American Fascist Party (Stormfront) will have Don -- probably don't want Ben.

[merrily]

30. Perfect. Let Carson and Trump each run 3rd party, splitting the (R) vote at least 3 ways.

Sounds great to me!

[Maeve]

33. Go, Ben! You show 'em!!!

[olddots]

34. they can start the Ignorance and confusion party

Oh wait the Republican party already exists

[question everything]

36. Buh-Bye (nt)