You hear only the beginning of the ad in that video — as Ramos, after asking Carson about the ad, starts playing it on a mobile phone. You can play the whole ad here. And here's the discussion at Metafilter. Excerpt:
I was hoping for more of the "I'm Ben Carson and I'm here to say..." style rap popular among conservatives and corporate team-building consultants everywhere.
"...store your grain the Egyptian way."
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Isn't it curious how the media completely ignore that fact that a movie was made about Ben Carson's life?
Gifted Hands.
Dr. Carson seems to be the new Obama.
I'm not sure how community organizing, or neurosurgery are relevant to being President.
Clinton Calls for Exxon Probe After Company Cuts Off Foundation Funding
Just another coincidence, I'm sure. What the Clintons do as adults -- all cool. If Ben Carson did something wrong as a child - why - we are going to find out! and then lie and make it worse! Journalism.
"...store your grain the Egyptian way."
In a food pyramid. Carson's a nut.
"...store your grain the Egyptian way."
In a food pyramid. Carson's a nut.
I haven't listened to the ad yet because I am at work, but "...store your grain the Egyptian way" meant to me that you save your surplus for a time of famine. Don't spend away your future. Advice given to the Egyptians by Joseph the Israeli with the multi-colored coat. Or am I remembering my Bible Stories wrong?
sydney said...
I haven't listened to the ad yet
Me neither.
because I am at work,
Not me!
but "...store your grain the Egyptian way" meant to me that you save your surplus for a time of famine.
No, he has some goofy idea that the Egyptian pyramids were built for storing grain, and that "scientists" say aliens helped build the pyramids but you don't need aliens' help when you have God.
"Ben Carson, and Jeb Bush, still sadly stuck in 1991…"
Yes, and Bernie Sanders is clearly stuck in 1967. Hillary is also a 60's thinker, but her people try to shoot her some contemporary phrases to use every once in awhile. She has no idea what it means, and it's always funny to hear and watch.
Two things I don't get: Ben Carson and Jorge Ramos.
"And the Hebrews built store-cities, Pithom and Raamses"
God, some people are so pig-ignorant.
Embarrassing.
Shit-the-Bed Embarrassing.
All Mockery will be deserved.
I am Laslo.
I mean, Hillary Shits the Bed, but that is because she is Blacked Out from Vodka.
She just doesn't send out an ad about it.
Judgment.
I am Laslo.
There are only two reasons I like Carson. The grain storage idea is one, the other when he responded to Trump's rant about vaccines and said Trump would be an OK doctor. Both show that Carson is not going to just accept the conventional wisdom on a subject. But what he thinks about the pyramids built before and after Joseph's time I can't imagine.
AprilApple said...
Why Was Hillary Clinton Laughing About Helping Suspected Child Rapist?
And why is the media incurious about her husband visiting Pedophile Island, where very rich men went to have sex with underage girls. Some of whom have said they were held against their will?
Not one media outlet, in this country, mentioned it. You read about it in the foreign news outlets.
Didn't the billionaire pimp just get a slap on the wrist?
I'm not sure how community organizing, or neurosurgery are relevant to being President.
Neurosurgery is relevant because being a neurosurgeon involves sustained learning over a long period of time as well as making literally life-or-death decisions in very short periods of time.
Community organizing is relevant because being a community organizer involves creating an angry ignorant mob and using it to enrich and aggrandize yourself.
They're not both relevant to the same kind of President, obviously.
Definitely better than "I'm Ben Carson and I'm here to say ..."
Ben Carson is one of the rare conservative blacks who actually knows he's a Republican. Democrats hate to admit it, but there's an enormous strain of conservatism in the black community. Ditto the Latino community. Take identity politics out of the equation and Democrats lose every election.
So it's okay to believe that God became incarnate in his son, Jesus Christ, that Jesus was crucified, that he rose on the third day and sits at the right hand of the father, but you can't have any wacky ideas about the ancient world?
I just heard a Donald Trump ad where a female narrator promises that Trump will "brutally and quickly cut the head off ISIS."
WHAT?
Pyramid schemes and bizarre pyramid theories. Carson us a complete nut job.
garage mahal said...Carson us a complete nut job.
Yeah, take THAT successful neurosurgeon with inspiring life story!
Ooh, garage, be careful, though, "nutjob" might be an othering term, you don't want to play into some racial stereotype of a black man as wild or crazy, now, that's obviously racist and as a Leftist I'm sure you apply the same dog-whistle standards you use against the Right to yourself.
Jorge Ramos goes after Carson for not being up on his Egyptology. CNN goes after Carson for NOT actually trying to stab someone.
There's the smell of JournoList in the air.....
There is something special about elections. The silly season.
People just know Carson is a nutjob, because a pretty person behind a camera told them so.
This is yet another reason I like Trump. If Carson, or Cruz r even Rubio can stand up to the attacks, they can win the general. But first they have to show that they won't be othered by the Democrats with bylines.
yet the hundreds killed by fast and furious weapons don't interest ramos,
He lied about getting into West Point.
Presidential campaign over.
Goodbye, Dr. Carson
Carson is also a vegetarian who especially shuns evil pork. He is a perfect man who wants the animals to eventually become safe from being eaten.
Can we just go ahead and build a Temple for his Statue now. Then we can skip having to hear about his goodie, goodie habits that make him the one most qualified to to rule over ordinary men in a Saturday only Theocracy.
It's amazing to me how the media are vetting all the R candidates. D candidates get nothing.
Blogger St. George said...
He lied about getting into West Point.
Presidential campaign over.
Goodbye, Dr. Carson
You lied about Dr. Carson lying. Don't ever run for President.
Oh, and be sure to read past the headlines in the future.
it's like that episode where Homer was framed for something,
Nichevo said...
"And the Hebrews built store-cities, Pithom and Raamses"
No wait, "scientists" say that aliens, not Hebrews, built them. Here's the skull of one of the aliens, so that's totally possible, dude. I couldn't find any pictures of scientists' skulls, so maybe they don't exist.
God, some people are so pig-ignorant.
No kidding! Here's another example "I personally believe that this theory that Darwin came up with was something that was encouraged by the adversary, and it has become what is scientifically, politically correct."
I hope Dr. Carson has learned from Trump when it comes to this round of attacks from the left.
He shouldn't go around saying anything like, I didn't lie. Instead, he should laugh at them and double down. Yes, I was offered a scholarship, that's the exact words used, and I turned it down. They are just upset I turned them down. They don't offer scholarships because its all free? Then they shouldn't have offered a 17 year old kid a scholarship, yes?
eric said...
He shouldn't go around saying anything like, I didn't lie. Instead, he should laugh at them and double down. Yes, I was offered a scholarship, that's the exact words used, and I turned it down.
So he should keep lying?
They don't offer scholarships because its all free?
Scholarships
"Each year West Point cadets compete for and win many prestigious scholarships, most of which are listed below."
Scientists say aliens offered him a scholarship...and he accepted.
Yes, Carson is inspiring. Inspirational life stories about pyramids, magical tree bark cures, and a fictional military scholarship!
friends don't let friends take politico seriously,
http://www.dailywire.com/news/960/no-ben-carson-didnt-lie-about-west-point-its-ben-shapiro
garage mahal said...Yes, Carson is inspiring. Inspirational life stories..."
Here's a link to Ben Carson's Wikipedia page with his actual life story, you filthy racist.
It's sad how far we still have to go as a nation; you can see the racism bubble up when people like garage attack people just for the color of their skin. There's no other explanation for the animus and derision people like garage pour onto this black man, obviously in reaction to Carson's black body.
Shameful, really; I hope others on the Left are as clearly racist as garage.
Ugly.
Good comment, Garage. Does this mean that you support The Trump? He did scare Walker out of the race, so you owe The Donald a favor..
I want to hear all about his luncheon with General Westmoreland and how he was offered a full scholarship to West Point. I guess he doesn't know that everyone who is admitted to West Point is given a full scholarship. According to numerous news reports he never applied to West Point. I think this guy doesn't take the commandment regarding "bearing false witness" seriously.
Ben Carson: West Point Scholarship Story Was Fabricated. Fortune Magazine
West Point does not charge tuition.
RASSIS!
Ferdy,
It would be tiresome to draw your attention to the fact that Carson did not endorse the scientists who explain the pyramids with alien technology,
(as I seem to remember was big in the 70s. Remember a book with a scarab that looked a bit like an airplane)
He merely referenced their existence.
I have no particular interest in Darwin as he had nothing to say to technology or finance. Whatever Carson thinks of Darwin, does not seem to have stop him from successfully practicing medicine.
I certainly hope whatever bushwah about West Point is quickly sorted.
And I think we can safely avoid the rush and declare Georgia Ghana a lying sock puppet now, based on the hidden profile. If the story is being lied about, seems safe to assume that he did nothing wrong.
I don't see General Westmoreland in this picture...what up?
Georgiana writes
According to numerous news reports he never applied to West Point. I think this guy doesn't take the commandment regarding "bearing false witness" seriously.
That's correct, he never applied to Westpoint. As Dr. Carson wrote in his book, he only ever applied to one college. It wasn't Westpoint.
Now that you know Political lied, will you move the goalposts, or apologize?
Concern is duly noted.
Yes Garage, racist. Ugly.
Georgianna,
None of the service academies charge tuition in the way most colleges do; most likely Carson's recollection was that Westmoreland or someone else told him he could have a tuition-free ride at West Point if he applied (he had good grades, was the highest-ranking cadet in his JROTC, etc) and in retelling this he referred to that "deal" as a "full scholarship." That, of course, is giving him a very basic benefit of the doubt and treating in good faith him like an actual human being with a normal, imperfect, memory.
You and Garage are going with the theory that Yale graduate Dr. Ben Carson (head of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins for almost 3 decades) is an idiotic crackpot liar. Obviously you have the Media with you, but the truth...oh well, what does that matter?
HoodlumDoodlum said...
Here's a link to Ben Carson's Wikipedia page with his actual life story, you filthy racist.
More lying and nutjobbery from that page:
"On August 7, 2002, Carson underwent surgery for prostate cancer,[37] and in an interview in November of that year, he stated that the surgery had successfully removed all cancerous tissue and that he was completely cured of the disease.[38] However, in a 2004 speech at a Mannatech event, Carson credited the company's products for the disappearance of his prostate cancer symptoms.[33][34] Carson's relationship with Mannatech continued after the company paid $7 million in 2009 to settle a deceptive-marketing lawsuit in Texas over claims that its products could cure autism and cancer.[39][40][33] Carson's most recent paid speech for Mannatech was in 2013, for which he was paid $42,000; his image appeared on the corporation's website as recently as 2014,[33] and in the same year he praised their “glyconutrient” supplements in a PBS special that was subsequently featured on the site.[41]"
++
"As a surgeon, I find Ben Carson particularly troubling. By pretty most[sic] reports, he was a skilled neurosurgeon who practiced for three decades, rising to the chief of neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins. Yet, when he ventures out of the field of neurosurgery—even out of his own medical specialty—he routinely lays down some of the dumbest howlers I’ve ever heard. For example, he denies evolution, but, even worse, he’s been a shill for a dubious supplement company, Mannatech. Worse still, when called out for his relationship with Mannatech in the last Republican debate, Carson lied through his teeth about it. The pseudoscientific views he relates have been so bad that he led me to resurrect some old schtick that I had abandoned years ago about physicians denying evolution leading me to put a paper bag over my head in shame for my profession."
Ben Carson Shattering Stereotype About Brain Surgeons Being Smart
The one thing Democrats have always said about Republicans, without fail, is that they are dumb. Even before Dan Quayle. Always with the dumb, backwoods, hillbillies.
Along comes Ben Carson, a brilliant man by any measure. What are the Democrats to do? Well, they are one trick ponies. So, they've got to insist he is dumb.
Too funny.
Fernandinande said...I know, I can't stand it when politicians are involved in business transactions and gain wealth through their personal prestige and connections; plus if they're going to do it they ought to at least be good...like Hillary Clinton-level tens of millions of dollars good.
But yeah, of course, Yale-graduate-neurosurgeon-Chief-of-Pediatric-Neurosurgery-at-Johns-Hopkins Dr. Ben Carson is stupid, that'll play.
I mean, when people questioned candidate Obama's smarts, or religious sincerity, or patriotic devotion I remember being told those questions were just because the people asking them were racist, since obviously this was a smart, accomplished guy. Sure, he had some kooky friends/pastors, some odd statements and some convenient (self-reported) autobiographical episodes, but focusing on those to the exclusion of his obvious intelligence and person achievement was prima facie evidence of racism.
But this...this is entirely different. This is a Republican!
Pathetic.
By the way, Carson's not my guy and I'm not all that interested in defending every belief he might choose to articulate. Plenty of people, Left and Right, believe things I find silly. Weirdly enough the Media only demands that SOME of those people defend their silly beliefs...and the SOME has a distinct ideological bias, as I'm sure everyone can see. If Dr. Carson was on the Left I'm sure he could just say "Black Liberation Theology" and wave his hands--problem solved. Since he's not on the Left that's not an option so he has to deal with much more scrutiny, and it's fair to judge him (as a candidate) on how he deals with that.
Stating or implying that he's generally stupid, though, is patently ridiculous given the man's life, work, and personal achievements.
Ferd, you obvi have it in for him. What's the real reason?
I mean, when people questioned candidate Obama's smarts, or religious sincerity, or patriotic devotion I remember being told those questions were just because the people asking them were racist, since obviously this was a smart, accomplished guy. Sure, he had some kooky friends/pastors, some odd statements and some convenient (self-reported) autobiographical episodes, but focusing on those to the exclusion of his obvious intelligence and person achievement was prima facie evidence of racism.
But this...this is entirely different. This is a Republican!
Pathetic.
Exactly.
Asking Republicans what they read is unfair.
Asking Republicans about the books they write is unfair.
The entire media is unfair to Republicans.
Everything is so infair!
And RASCIST (tm)
Like where did the solon read fdr gave fireside chats in 1929 as president?
Or the us and French kicked Hezbollah out of lebanon, ifill just nodded at that.
Whose ideas can really affect you?
The President who believes that humanity has evolved so that the aggressive use of force no longer works because “this is the 21st Century” or one who believes that the pyramids were used to store grain.
The President who believes that the color of his skin will transform his country’s enemies into friends or one who believes that the pyramids were used to store grain.
The millions who believe that Barack Obama will improve race relations or those who believe that the pyramids were used to store grain.
The President who believes that his election would stop the rise of the oceans and heal the earth or one who believes that the pyramids were used to store grain.
The President who welcomes millions of illegal immigrants into the country or one who believes that the pyramids were used to store grain.
The President who thinks that shipping thousands of guns to Mexican drug cartels is a good plan or one who believes that the pyramids were used to store grain.
The President who thinks that one in five college co-eds are raped or one who believes that the pyramids were used to store grain.
The President who begin a criminal investigation of Exxon Mobil to determine whether the company lied to the public about the risks of climate change or one who believes that the pyramids were used to store grain. (Whoops, that’s the New York attorney general)
The President who thinks that man is responsible for global warming or one who believes that the pyramids were used to store grain.
People who don't believe 97% of scientists, that man made global warming is real, might as well be flat earthers, or birthers, or truthers.
"Asking Republicans what they read is unfair.
Asking Republicans about the books they write is unfair.
The entire media is unfair to Republicans."
How many books have you written, asshole ?
I only have two but people like them and are buying them. How are yours going ?
Carson I like a lot but there are a lot of land mines in his future. The leftist press is hiding them, hoping he could get nominated. That supplement company is the only one I care much about but there are others. Of course, there were lots in Obama's story but nobody was interested.
a fair point, there has been some issues like the second amendment, where he hasn't been entirely solid, however that doesn't excuse the pile on,
https://twitter.com/morgenr/status/662699371541065728/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Blogger Georgianna said...
People who don't believe 97% of scientists, that man made global warming is real, might as well be flat earthers, or birthers, or truthers.
People who believe that false 97% statistic are sheep.
The Democrats are trying for another high tech lynching of a black man. They're not going to get away with it this time. Go burn your crosses on your own lawn.
@Georgianna - do you have any idea where that 97% statistic came from? Once you find out you may never want to mention that phony statistic again. Not if you have any integrity.
Nichevo said...
Ferd, you obvi have it in for him. What's the real reason?
From the looks of his avatar, Fernandinande enjoys a good three-pronged skull-fucking and only Satan will satisfy.
Georgianna: "People who don't believe 97% of scientists, that man made global warming is real, might as well be flat earthers, or birthers, or truthers."
Truthers? Wrong team. Go back and check yer talking points.
Meanwhile, lies, damn lies, and *statistics.*
STATISTICS... they lie.
Actually, I will say that the Anthropogenic Global Warming thesis deserves full fledged (can't think of the proper scientific-sounding word) analysis. I first became aware of it in the late 1970s, when it was known as the "Greenhouse Effect." So I've been paying attention a long time.
But I can't get over the fact that since the advent of fossil fuels technology and use of "cheap energy" (i.e., the industrial revolution) took off, the lot of the common man (and woman) has vastly--VASTLY--improved. I'm concerned that messing with that is asking for a return to life as lived when it was "poor, nasty, brutish and short." Raising costs of energy is only going to hurt the poor. And furthermore, third worlders have a legitimate gripe to say that, "hey, now that you richies have yours and have burned that shit at will for a couple hunnerd years, now you want to shut down the spigot and leave us hangin'." They have a point.
Meanwhile, the "science"... well, it's fishy, in'it? It's not like global climate hasn't changed on it's own throughout planetary history without anthropogenic "guidance."
But even so, I think if bad things does happen, mitigation is the route to take. And it'll put people to work building damns and whatever, real "public projects" as they say (well, robots probably, but I have hopes for the third world that actual humans will still have jobs). So...
Hell, whatever. All this might be the least of our worries anyway.
Warm is better than cold, I always say.
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