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Wed Mar 11, 2015, 11:10 AM Mar 2015

The Peter Principle, Ben Carson edition...

The "Peter Principle" is the theory that people are promoted to their level of incompetence.

In Ben Carson's case, a good neurosurgeon has been "promoted" to Presidential candidate who is kissing up to any and every Teabagger group out there, and showing just how incompetent he is at even reading the news.

Ben Carson Upset Obama Hasn't Formed A Coalition To Fight ISIS, Which He Has

Submitted by Brian Tashman on Wednesday, 3/11/2015 10:50 am

While Ben Carson ended his column at the conservative Washington Times after he announced the formation of a presidential exploratory committee, the Tea Party icon remains a columnist at WorldNetDaily, the conspiracy theorist’s outlet of choice.

Carson uses his WND platform today to declare that the U.S. should use “every military apparatus we have: banking facilities, sanctions, you name it,” against ISIS, adding that he “would not hesitate to put boots on the ground, because nothing should be off the table.”

Carson, who once said that he would allow U.S. troops to commit war crimes, suggested that President Obama should launch an anti-ISIS coalition: “We need to be the leader and take serious action. I am extraordinarily concerned about the fact that we are not responding to the barbaric acts that are taking place, as there is a tremendous leadership void. A coalition will form if it has a leader.”

Carson joins a growing right-wing chorus that seems completely unaware that Obama has already created a multinational anti-ISIS coalition which has pounded the group with thousands of airstrikes. If he cared to, he could easily find a daily list of U.S.-led airstrikes and news reports about U.S. support for the effort that has blunted the terrorist group’s momentum.

- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/ben-carson-upset-obama-hasnt-formed-coalition-fight-isis-which-he-has#sthash.qYCQcFZD.dpuf

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The Peter Principle, Ben Carson edition... (Original Post) Archae Mar 2015 OP
Carson reminds me of the concerned group of angels COLGATE4 Mar 2015 #1

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1. Carson reminds me of the concerned group of angels
Wed Mar 11, 2015, 11:15 AM
Mar 2015

who were desperately searching for a psychiatrist in heaven. When finally located, the shrink asked what the problem was. They answered: "It's God - he thinks he's a neurosurgeon".

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