In 95-minute tirade, Trump flips belt buckle to mock Carson

[brooklynite]

Source: CNN

Donald Trump on Thursday told Iowa's voters that those who support Ben Carson are "stupid" to believe the "crap" that is his life story, part of a stunning 95-minute tirade that included his most aggressive attack yet on his closest competitor.

The real estate mogul's pugnacious demeanor was a stark departure from the far more restrained Trump on display at Tuesday's debate, when he declined to attack Carson while standing right next to him. He criticized the retired neurosurgeon repeatedly, said Hillary Clinton is playing the "women's card big league," ridiculed Marco Rubio as "weak like a baby" and vowed to "bomb the s*** out of (ISIS)."

Toward the end of his wide-ranging complaints about the country and competition, Trump mocked Carson's narrative about his violent temper as a youth that was calmed only when he prayed to God and asked for deliverance, an event that Carson describes as a miracle. That story of redemption has underpinned much of Carson's support in the Hawkeye State.

At one point, Trump walked away from the podium and flipped his belt buckle up and down to ridicule what Carson has described as a key event in his life: that Carson, as a boy, once tried but failed to stab someone only to have the knife broken by a belt buckle.


Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/12/politics/donald-trump-ben-carson-iowa-belt-stupid/index.html

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Hmm...this is going to be an interesting shift to the Republican campaign...

Now, Trump pledged to support whomever the nominee was, right?

[Paladin]

1. Serves you right, Republicans. (nt)

[olegramps]

18. I think their campaign is hilarious.

I doubt that many of the Republicans will think that these misfits are out of control. They will think it is normal behavior. Especially the crackpot evangelicals who eat up this type of crap preached weekly in their mega churches by some charlatan who is fleecing them.

[Person 2713]

22. I agree they see this crap every Fundie Sunday . Cruz hasn't even really started his crazy yet

[nruthie]

23. It isn't funny.

It's scary and repulsive to see this country lose its' collective mind. Too many people think this is all just fine and dandy. It makes me very sad.

[olegramps]

37. In ironic way it is funny. It it a clown car full of jerks.

[Ducksworthy]

2. What are they going to say about him?

What are they going to say about him? What? Are they going to say he was a kind man? He was a wise man? He had plans? He had wisdom? Bullshit, man!

[VanillaRhapsody]

3. They are going to try to convince Romney

To try and kick that goat off the top of the mound...

[denbot]

16. Brokered Convention!!!!

I am now coming to the conclusion that TPTB will force this farce into a brokered convention to try and Hail Mary a win out of this train wreck!

[yeoman6987]

27. I don't know about that

Not a vote yet. The GOP will have some establishment candidate like always. They have proportional points for southern states and winner takes all for blue states.

[alcibiades_mystery]

34. Oh my Gawd I might actually prefer Mitt at this point!

[CTyankee]

38. And Ann in her red dress saying "You people aren't getting any more information."

I'm scared of those two...

[hatrack]

9. I watched a candidate crawl along the edge of a straight razor . . .

The heads! You're looking at the heads. Sometimes he goes too far. He's the first one to admit it.

[alcibiades_mystery]

33. "That's my dream...it's my nightmare."

[bulloney]

4. Trump's really been unhinged since the last debate. He's an equal opportunity offender.

He doesn't care what your political party is, he's just ripping everybody.

He must have gotten his feelings hurt or he must have felt he hasn't gotten enough attention lately.

Having said that, it's about time somebody called out Carson on all of the BS he's been spewing about his past and his views on history and government.

[cynzke]

19. TRUMP AND CARSON...

Are on opposite sides of the SAME pathological coin! What is wrong with Iowan voters indeed!

[Fred Sanders]

40. What is wrong with Iowa? That is the question, not what is wrong with Carson, Cruz and Trump!

[calguy]

41. I.O.W.A.

I. diots
O. ut
W. andering
A. round

[Codeine]

5. . . .

[Kurska]

6. ....

[JackRiddler]

7. Wow, Trump has managed to do the unthinkable.

Create the feeling that Carson is being treated unjustly!

[Javaman]

8. if he gets elected we would be treated to this on a weakly basis...

the Il Duce CEO.

[hatrack]

10. Il Douche

.

[Javaman]

12. I was going to write that but chose not to,

However, it's more accurate.

[alcibiades_mystery]

32. Hahaha

I didn't see your post when I called him Mussolini below. He really does have the strut of the guy!



Il Duce CEO. Love it.

[tanyev]

11. I knew it was going to be entertaining when they drew enough contenders to field a rugby team,

but I never dreamed it was going to be this entertaining.

[livetohike]

13. How embarrassing. Aren't people sick of this yet?

I know I am.

[Geronimoe]

14. Endorsing sugar pills to cure cancer

Dr Ben shouldn't be running for President rather, leader of the cell block.

Let's face it Iowan's always vote for most lunatic candidate in the Republican primaries.

[thesquanderer]

15. Trump's pledge

re: "Now, Trump pledged to support whomever the nominee was, right?"

IIRC, he pledged not to run as a third party or independent in November if he weren't the Republican nominee. I don't think he went so far as to say he would "support" the nomineee. Also, I think he even allowed himself an out on running independent, by saying something along the lines of "as long as the Republican party treats me fairly."

[bemildred]

17. We really need Brando or Nicholson to do this justice.

[alcibiades_mystery]

31. ROFL

That made me laugh so hard!

[bemildred]

35. Thank you.

[cynzke]

20. GRAB YOUR HARD HAT AND SOME POPCORN!

[spiderpig]

21. Can you believe this group of nutjobs are regarded seriously as candidates?

I am amazed.

Still makes for entertaining theater. (Puts feet up on Lazy Boy recliner and watches the show)

[truthisfreedom]

24. Can you believe this group of nutjobs are regarded seriously as VOTERS?

It's the base they're pandering to. Fundie Gundies who need to see a knock down drag out brawl to believe that they're making the right choice.

[homegirl]

25. The truth shall set you free

The truth is they are both mentally disturbed. Alas, Babylon.

[M.G.]

26. Only thing funnier than the Republican freakshow...

Only thing funnier than the Republican freakshow's degenerate spectacle of generalized idiocy is that Trump is largely right in his attacks on Carson here. His language and oratorical tactics are excessive and obnoxious, but the gist is true.

Iowa would be indeed be "stupid", as Trump puts it, to vote for Carson. They'd be stupid to vote for Trump, too. That both front runners are, by any fair analysis, totally unsuited in every imaginable way for the job they seek, is one of the great joys of the contest - unless one actually wins the office...

[PatSeg]

28. Voters just love being

called stupid. This should work out really well for Trump.

[flamingdem]

29. Loos lie Trump is flaming out

He can't stand being a few points down.

On the other hand at least he calls out bs religion, he's probably an atheist. Maybe he believes in a Roman god or two.

[alcibiades_mystery]

30. He's gone Mussolini

Trump be like, "Belt buckle, motherfucker? I really ain't hearin' it!"

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

36. Or Fidel Castro

Castro's longest timed speech before the U.N. General Assembly in 1960 was 269 minutes.

At 95 minutes Trump would just be a warm up act.

[Todays_Illusion]

39. Considering all things he has said up to this, it can only mean his polling numbers will go up.nt