Ben Carson is incapable of telling a lie. Here's why: (Reply #73)

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73. Ben Carson is incapable of telling a lie. Here's why:

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76 replies	Author	Time	Post
Carson's Lie about being named Honest Student came from Yale Parody Paper [View all]	M.G.	Nov 2015	OP
Stop picking on Ben	liberal N proud	Nov 2015	#1
My mom had a friend like that once, I guess the woman couldn't help herself	notadmblnd	Nov 2015	#15
We have had pathological liars running the country before	liberal N proud	Nov 2015	#17
dont worry...Bernie Sanders will save him!	VanillaRhapsody	Nov 2015	#27
I had a very close friend who was super intelligent, but a pathological first class fabricator.	olegramps	Nov 2015	#62
delusional	weissmam	Nov 2015	#2
Funny it was a class called "Perceptions," as, yep, Carson's perceptions are clearly delusional.	stuffmatters	Nov 2015	#6
Sssshhhh We are not supposed to discuss this on DU.	DURHAM D	Nov 2015	#3
I love Bernie, but....	M.G.	Nov 2015	#7
I agree.	DURHAM D	Nov 2015	#12
Nope, sorry. This guy's lies are not of the same sort as those of other politicians. Carson's	tblue37	Nov 2015	#9
Exactly	M.G.	Nov 2015	#11
I totally agree.	DURHAM D	Nov 2015	#14
Not according to Bernie Sanders....Carson is just misunderstood.	VanillaRhapsody	Nov 2015	#28
What does it say about you and your criticism...	kristopher	Nov 2015	#34
It says that Sanders shouldn't have handed him a lifeline...	VanillaRhapsody	Nov 2015	#53
It seems that Carson's many claims stem from the same place as Clinton's "taking sniper fire" story.	xocet	Nov 2015	#51
we have two pathological liars on the Republican ticket	Brainstormy	Nov 2015	#49
His whole campaign is built on his personality	Maeve	Nov 2015	#50
Rejecting Carson because we as a people reject his reactionary ideas is a win for the voters and	Attorney in Texas	Nov 2015	#52
Can't we reject him for both reasons?	M.G.	Nov 2015	#60
If you can't believe a guy when he tells a story about how honest he is...	Kalidurga	Nov 2015	#4
“The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson	Fumesucker	Nov 2015	#8
He reminds me of Uriah Heep	Kalidurga	Nov 2015	#16
Thanks for the earworm...	Fumesucker	Nov 2015	#30
Great quote! <eom>	dorkzilla	Nov 2015	#25
Ben Carson is incapable of telling a lie. Here's why:	trusty elf	Nov 2015	#73
Omg that explains so much	Kalidurga	Nov 2015	#74
So the Record is the Yale equivalent of the Harvard Lampoon	starroute	Nov 2015	#5
This guy's something else."	3catwoman3	Nov 2015	#10
Truly taking up Reagan's mantle, ...	Babel_17	Nov 2015	#13
His pants are a five alarm blaze.	kairos12	Nov 2015	#18
Baron Munchausen can't believe what comes out of Carson's mouth.	Half-Century Man	Nov 2015	#19
I disagree with Sanders. Being a pathological liar and extremist religious zealot like Ben B Stabby	Fred Sanders	Nov 2015	#20
I'm looking forward to former9thward's defense	alcibiades_mystery	Nov 2015	#21
I cannot wait!	VanillaRhapsody	Nov 2015	#29
The defense will be rational full of critical thought, supporting evidence and...	LanternWaste	Nov 2015	#71
This is really sad. The guy obviously needs help. nt	Live and Learn	Nov 2015	#22
There have been many versions of this story going around in higher education forever.	6000eliot	Nov 2015	#23
Possibly true, but...	M.G.	Nov 2015	#24
People really need to be concered about this person running for President, and his mental stability.	still_one	Nov 2015	#26
Not minor details	Johnny2X2X	Nov 2015	#31
He's also running purely on the basis of character	M.G.	Nov 2015	#32
wonder what the lt colonel putin	w0nderer	Nov 2015	#33
The article says a real test WAS given	kristopher	Nov 2015	#35
The parody story does not line up with Carson's telling	M.G.	Nov 2015	#41
"likely to backfire"--today a pundit showed a poll w/Doc leading by even more pts.	wordpix	Nov 2015	#68
He's such a turkey he thought it was true.	GeorgeGist	Nov 2015	#36
Next it will be sniper fire	Politicalboi	Nov 2015	#37
I still haven't got over that one	Jarqui	Nov 2015	#56
Transference	Johnny2X2X	Nov 2015	#38
Carson is a modern day snake oil salesman, but the snake oil is him.	WestSeattle2	Nov 2015	#39
I doubt this gave Carson the idea: I think he got it from UFO broadcasts to his dental fillings	struggle4progress	Nov 2015	#40
Where's Jon Lovitz when we need him?	NBachers	Nov 2015	#42
Pathological liar. I covered a local candidate like this once.	Liberty Belle	Nov 2015	#43
Of 150 students, surely there is at least one that would know the details.	patricia92243	Nov 2015	#44
Scarborough to Carson "You're lying ... admit it"	Jarqui	Nov 2015	#45
No fan of Scarborough, but....	M.G.	Nov 2015	#47
haha, dead intern Joe is so moral in his own character	wordpix	Nov 2015	#65
with all the stories he's making up about himself...	Javaman	Nov 2015	#46
It's a dumb story to begin with	Maeve	Nov 2015	#48
Carson has issues with telling the truth	Gothmog	Nov 2015	#54
As one of the articles pointed out with this, he most certainly does	Jarqui	Nov 2015	#57
sadly this will help his con man career	olddots	Nov 2015	#55
Unfortunately true	M.G.	Nov 2015	#59
George Washington: "I cannot tell a lie". Ben Carson: "I cannot tell the truth". n/t	jtuck004	Nov 2015	#58
Where's "You lie!" Alito When You Need Him?	houston16revival	Nov 2015	#61
Early onset Alzheimer's sounds increasingly plausible.	JackRiddler	Nov 2015	#63
no way, my mom was a classic case and NEVER made up shit like this	wordpix	Nov 2015	#66
Okay, but some kind of neurological illness	JackRiddler	Nov 2015	#67
I agree he seems "slow" but someone posted that on medical/brain surgery issues,	wordpix	Nov 2015	#70
It seems to have been an embellishment, not a fabricarion	M.G.	Nov 2015	#64
My guess is that the concept of parody	TexasBushwhacker	Nov 2015	#72
His next whopper	Mendocino	Nov 2015	#69
Is there anything he is not lying about?	Helen Borg	Nov 2015	#75
It seems to me that some of these tales were written some time ago...	Grammy23	Nov 2015	#76

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