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riversedge

(70,322 posts)
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 02:43 PM Nov 2015

Ben Carson: 'We should have a database on everybody'

I missed this yesterday--hard to keep up with the
Crazy--and dangerous crowd


http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/20/politics/ben-carson-donald-trump-database-everybody/index.html
Ben Carson: 'We should have a database on everybody'


By Cassie Spodak and Jedd Rosche, CNN

Updated 3:09 PM ET, Fri November 20, 2015 | Video Source: CNN

Story highlights

"I think we should have a database on everyone who comes into this country," Carson said
Carson added that he didn't think it was a "good idea" to treat any group of people differently

(CNN)While Donald Trump is facing heat for apparently supporting the idea of a database of Muslims in the U.S., GOP primary opponent Ben Carson also wants a database -- of everyone in the country.

"I think we should have a database on everyone who comes into this country," the retired neurosurgeon told reporters from the New Hampshire statehouse Friday, adding later, "Hopefully, we already have a database on every citizen who is already here. If not, we are doing a very poor job."

Trump's comments came Thursday after NBC News asked the real estate mogul if there should be a database to keep track of Muslims in the country.

RELATED: Trump would 'certainly implement' national database for U.S. Muslims

"There should be a lot of systems, beyond databases. We should have a lot of systems," Trump said...............

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Ben Carson: 'We should have a database on everybody' (Original Post) riversedge Nov 2015 OP
We DO have a database on everybody, Ben... PatrickforO Nov 2015 #1
How do I erase that image from my brain???? lindysalsagal Nov 2015 #6
I built that! dixiegrrrrl Nov 2015 #9
As far as I'm can see, the republican pres. candidates (all of them) shraby Nov 2015 #2
I agree. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2015 #10
But you know, we can't make the Nazi comparison. Initech Nov 2015 #3
So he is trying to out-dicktator Trump eh? Rex Nov 2015 #4
He must be getting advice from former Stasi personnel DFW Nov 2015 #5
fuck you benny boy spanone Nov 2015 #7
This won't go over well with Republican primary voters. Ace Rothstein Nov 2015 #8
He's got domestic policy down. Octafish Nov 2015 #11

PatrickforO

(14,593 posts)
1. We DO have a database on everybody, Ben...
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 02:46 PM
Nov 2015

Where have you been. That's what the GIANT NSA data center in Utah DOES, Ben.


dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
10. I agree.
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 04:17 PM
Nov 2015

REading about them ( thank god I do not have to watch them) makes me think we are in some huge satire show, like the Office, only much worse.
I am longing for the commercial.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
4. So he is trying to out-dicktator Trump eh?
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 02:50 PM
Nov 2015

You know the GOP has a few monsters loose they cannot control.

DFW

(54,447 posts)
5. He must be getting advice from former Stasi personnel
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 02:53 PM
Nov 2015

They not only believed that, they DID it. "Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others)" was not a fantasy film. East Germans who saw it said the film was an exact portrayal of how it was.

Ace Rothstein

(3,191 posts)
8. This won't go over well with Republican primary voters.
Sat Nov 21, 2015, 03:22 PM
Nov 2015

Everyone is the problem but them. Why should they be included in a database?

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