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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 02:10 PM Feb 2016

Twitter Explodes When Carson Says He'll Look at 'Fruit Salad of Their Life' to Decide SCOTUS Nominee

http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/ben_carson_will_examine_the_fruit_salad_of_their_life_to_choose_a_supreme_court_nominee_video

Ben Carson was asked at Thursday night's GOP debate what criteria he would use to choose a nominee for the Supreme Court, how he would evaluate the record of a potential candidate.

The question was based on same-sex marriage and choosing a candidate that would be a true conservative. Carson, after his usual attack on same-sex marriage, calling it "extra rights," came up with this response:

"I would look at what a person's life has been," Carson said. "What have they done in the past, what kind of judgments have they made, what kind of association have they had. That will tell you a lot more than an interview will tell you," Carson claimed.

"The fruit salad of their life is what I will look at," he concluded, sparking immediate mockery and hysterics on Twitter.




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Twitter Explodes When Carson Says He'll Look at 'Fruit Salad of Their Life' to Decide SCOTUS Nominee (Original Post) KamaAina Feb 2016 OP
I might actually miss this guy sharp_stick Feb 2016 #1
I hope he's stays in for a LONG time yet. beac Feb 2016 #11
ha has been good for entertainment value restorefreedom Feb 2016 #2
He will have to pry my fruit salad out of my cold dead hands. Rex Feb 2016 #9
lol nt restorefreedom Feb 2016 #12
I ALMOST feel sorry for Carson etherealtruth Feb 2016 #3
Now the only things they'll remember are random weirdness on stage . . . hatrack Feb 2016 #5
I truly think it is sad .... he will only be remembered for the "bat-$hit crazy" stuff etherealtruth Feb 2016 #7
Carson is speaking truth to power AxionExcel Feb 2016 #4
I don't feel comfortable with him looking at the fruit salad of my life. Rex Feb 2016 #6
Good idea, I hear he tosses salad quite well joeybee12 Feb 2016 #8
Someone should just lead him off hifiguy Feb 2016 #10
Stick him in a round room and tell him to go stand in the corner. Rex Feb 2016 #13

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)
1. I might actually miss this guy
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 02:15 PM
Feb 2016

when he eventually wakes up and quits the race.

Then again I think he needs to detox from all the Valium he's ingested during the campaign.

beac

(9,992 posts)
11. I hope he's stays in for a LONG time yet.
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 02:46 PM
Feb 2016

This election cycle desperately needs the comedy relief.

etherealtruth

(22,165 posts)
3. I ALMOST feel sorry for Carson
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 02:29 PM
Feb 2016

He is clearly deranged.

I wish he would have left his legacy as a renowned pediatric neuro-surgeon .... and not done things that will have him remembered as deranged right wing nut job

hatrack

(59,587 posts)
5. Now the only things they'll remember are random weirdness on stage . . .
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 02:40 PM
Feb 2016

And, of course, Klingon Jesus:

etherealtruth

(22,165 posts)
7. I truly think it is sad .... he will only be remembered for the "bat-$hit crazy" stuff
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 02:43 PM
Feb 2016

Poor deranged fellow

AxionExcel

(755 posts)
4. Carson is speaking truth to power
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 02:39 PM
Feb 2016

The entire Republican Party is a freakin
evil "fruit salad" of fear, ignorance,
degenerate ethics, and ignoble motivation.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
6. I don't feel comfortable with him looking at the fruit salad of my life.
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 02:42 PM
Feb 2016

Did he want to toss salad? His jenus has lost me on this one.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
10. Someone should just lead him off
Fri Feb 26, 2016, 02:45 PM
Feb 2016

to a soft room where he can get the meds he so badly needs and play with his mush.

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