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hope your parents pull through their problems.

They will. As awesome as I am, they are even more awesome. They've got it, I know.

I have no dog in this race. I'm just watching. But in reading the thread, a sentence stood out to me, as when considered, it is very profound in these current times.

His predictions are terrible. Don't worry about it.

Wow! I said something profound? Wait while I go wake up the wife!

Just make sure she doesn't put her lips on your penis. That would entail sodomy, and God said the government should make that illegal.

Oh Jack, and you were doing so well.

Am I wrong to assume that you are the same 40 who argued in favor of sodomy laws?

You're a Christian God man, right? You think lips on penis or lips on vagina should be outlawed by the government? Sodomy laws, yes?

now THAT'S a sport I'd pat to watch!

40 is finally getting it! Most of America IS moronic and especially when you surround yourself with Tea Party types! Thanks 40!

Bingo

He now has some competition

That or two corinthians.

Ah, my bad.

The hell does that mean?

Ben Carson defends saying that Obama was 'raised white'

http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/23/politics/b...linkId=21512600

Washington (CNN)Ben Carson defended his recent statement that President Barack Obama was "raised white," saying he meant to draw a sharp contrast between the President's middle-class upbringing and his own rough early life.

Carson had suggested earlier on Tuesday that if elected president he might be the first African-American person to hold the position. And speaking to CNN's Poppy Harlow on "CNN Newsroom" later that afternoon, Carson suggested Obama's upbringing did not reflect the experiences of many other African-Americans.

"I grew up in Detroit, and I grew up in Boston. In Boston, we lived in the ghetto. There were a lot of violent episodes there. There were rats, there were roaches. It was dire poverty," Carson said, speaking of his mother who worked around-the-clock but refused to accept welfare. "Now, let me contrast that to the President, who went to private schools, grew up in a relatively affluent environment, had an opportunity to live in multiple cultures and different countries. I think that's a very different experience."

Carson maintained that he was not "criticizing" Obama. But he had gone further in an interview with Politico's Glenn Thrush on his "Off Message" podcast that aired Tuesday.

"He's an 'African' American. He was, you know, raised white," the retired neurosurgeon said. "So, for him to, you know, claim that, you know, he identifies with the experience of black Americans, I think, is a bit of a stretch."

Obama was born in Honolulu to a white American mother and a Kenyan father. Carson was born in Detroit to two black American parents.

"Like most Americans, I was proud that we broke the color barrier when he was elected, but I also recognize that his experience and my experience are night-and-day different. He didn't grow up like I grew up by any stretch of the imagination," Carson told Thrush. "Not even close."

California Rep. Darrell Issa, who has endorsed Sen. Marco Rubio for president, said Carson's "loose talk" proves that he is not ready for the White House.

"This is the reason that political loose talk by people who are just beginning to do it is always a problem in real statesmanship," he said Tuesday on CNN's "New Day." "The fact is that Dr. Carson is not really ready to represent America around the world."

Ben Carson: Obama was 'raised white'

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Carson also said that "very little" criticism of Obama has to do with the President's race.

"You have to recognize that what President Obama represents is an ideology that is antithetical to the ideology of most people in the Republican Party. And I don't think it has anything to do with race," he said. "I mean, Hillary (Clinton) represents that kind of ideology also, and they'll say it's because she's a woman. I mean, any guy who represents that kind of ideology is going to evoke exactly the same types of criticism."

Most of the racism Carson experiences comes from progressives, he said.

"I think the way that I'm treated, you know, by the left is racism," Carson said. "Because they assume because you're black, you have to think a certain way. And if you don't think that way, you're 'Uncle Tom,' you're worthy of every horrible epithet they can come up with; whereas, if I weren't black, then I would just be a Republican."

Carson, who placed sixth in South Carolina's Republican primary last Saturday, said he's never experienced racism from the Republican Party.

"I don't find any particular problem being an African-American in the Republican Party. The people -- I know that in the progressive side of things, they like to say that the Republicans are racist. I know that. I haven't experienced that," he said.

With GOP nomination looming, Trump slated to take witness stand in fraud trial

https://www.yahoo.com/politics/with-gop-nomination-looming-trump-slated-to-take-191550876.html

Here’s a part of the political calendar that nobody in the Republican Party seems to have noticed: This spring, just as the GOP nomination battle enters its final phase, frontrunner Donald Trump could be forced to take time out for some unwanted personal business: He’s due to take the witness stand in a federal courtroom in San Diego, where he is being accused of running a financial fraud.

In court filings last Friday, lawyers for both sides in a long-running civil lawsuit over the now defunct Trump University named Trump on their witness lists. That makes it all but certain that the reality-show star and international businessman will be forced to be grilled under oath over allegations in the lawsuit that he engaged in deceptive trade practices and scammed thousands of students who enrolled in his “university” courses in response to promises he would make them rich in the real estate market.

Although the case has been winding its way through the courts for the past five years — and Trump has denied all wrongdoing — the final pretrial conference is now slated for May 6, according to the latest pleadings in the case. No trial date has been set, but the judge has indicated his interest in moving the case forward, the pleadings show.

“This is pretty amazing,” said Scott Reed, a veteran Republican Party consultant, about Trump’s upcoming due date in federal court. “Usually, you clean this stuff up before you run for president.”

Trump’s new lead lawyer in the case, Daniel Petrocelli, best known for representing one of the slain murder victims in a civil suit against O.J. Simpson, did not respond to emailed questions about Trump’s upcoming testimony, including how long he expects his client to be on the witness stand.

As noted by Yahoo News last week, the Trump University case has already intruded on Trump’s political schedule. On Dec. 10, 2015, during a day he was making international headlines over his pledge to ban Muslim immigrants from the United States, Trump managed to escape any press attention and give a closed-door pretrial deposition in the case, according to court filings reviewed by Yahoo News. Exactly what he said in the deposition remains under seal, but lawyers for Tarla Makaeff, a California yoga instructor who is the lead plaintiff in the case, cited portions of his testimony (blacked out in her pleadings) to support their contention that Trump has threatened to ruin her financially for bringing the lawsuit and that she needs protection from his “retaliation.”

But the upcoming civil trial could be a much bigger burden on Trump’s time. If it takes place in May, that would put it in the middle of the final phase of the GOP primary schedule: Nebraska and West Virginia vote on May 10, Oregon on May 17, and Washington state on May 24. Then on June 7, the biggest prize of all: the California primary (with 172 delegates at stake). New Jersey, Montana, New Mexico and South Dakota vote the same day.

While it is unclear how long the trial over Trump University will take, both sides have submitted lengthy witness lists: 72 individuals have been identified as prospective witnesses by the two sides. The case shows little sign of being settled. Trump just last December hired Petrocelli, a master litigator, and he recently identified 965 trial exhibits he expects to use at trial, including PowerPoint presentations, course curriculums, emails, letters, videos and other material. Picking jurors who have neutral views on Trump could present another time-consuming hurdle.

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Real estate mogul and TV star Donald Trump, left, listens as Michael Sexton introduces him to announce the establishment of Trump University at a press conference in New York, Monday, May 23, 2005. (Photo: Bebeto Matthews/AP)

The core case revolves around the operations of a school Trump launched in 2005 with a promotional You Tube video, as well as ads that proclaimed, “I can turn anyone into a successful real estate investor, including you,” “Are YOU My Next Apprentice?” and “Learn from my handpicked experts how you can profit from the largest real estate liquidation in history.” The plaintiffs, former students at Trump University, allege they were misled into maxing out their credit cards and paying up to $60,000 in fees for seminars in hotel ballrooms and “mentoring” by Trump’s “hand-picked” real estate experts. The lawsuit against the school, which is no longer in business, alleges the seminars turned into little more than an “infomercial” and the Trump mentors offered “no practical advice” and “mostly disappeared.” New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a separate suit in 2013 alleging fraud on the part of the “university,” which was never an accredited institution and awarded no degrees.

Trump’s lawyers have adamantly denied the charges. “None of it is true. No one was defrauded,” said Alan Garten, the Trump Organization’s general counsel, in an interview about the allegations last year. “The people that take these classes go into it with their eyes open. A lot of people did very well [with Trump University]. A lot of people enjoyed it. But like everything else, if people don’t put the effort into it, they don’t succeed.

It means he had privileges and opportunities that Carson didn't have...

Wow on Trump! lol... Trump vs. Clinton may be a do-over if they both get jail time! lol

If Hillary had a penis, she would be Donald Trump.

She doesn't?

I didn't want to speculate.

I don't want to be the one who has to check and confirm one way or the other!

jc

If she does it's probably bigger than yours.

Hell in the cell cage match!!!

Just saw this on Facebook! "Donald Trump Quits (Full CNN Interview)"

Trump is already projected to win Nevada.

it doesn't even matter anymore. Welcome every to your GOP nominee.

What a party in turmoil. I think Mitt Romney stands a better chance than Trump.

It's very quiet in this conservative dominated board.

I remember most of them saying trump wasn't gonna last.

Lol, this train wreck is amazing to watch.

I understand that you have a preconceived liberal bias (and I'm not faulting you for that since I still sometimes have to suppress preconceived conservative reactions), but I really don't think this board is "dominated" by conservatives.

If anything, I think it's dominated by common sense, which is something you really can't find employed by either party anymore. You'll find more intelligent political discourse on this board, in this forum, than you will in any debate (I know that doesn't say much). Sure, there are some whackadoodle posts from both extremes, but I think they, for the most part, are the outliers.

That's because most of don't know which to fear more, losing.. or winning.


I will confess to saying that. I assumed he was providing some early primary entertainment but eventually he would step in it too deep and get run out of town.. seems the deeper he steps in it, the more popular he becomes. I have no answers for how this is happening.

Tonight is the night I make my final decision on who I will be voting for come Tuesday!

I will watch the Debate closely.

Final decision? That seems premature. What's the rush?

What if the person you choose ends up being a rapist?

rubio is taking trump to work over immigration.

'bout time!

Please Donny answer a question! With details if you please!

yea man, omg rubio is bringing straight fire tonight. trump is on ice skates right now.

Selling watches in Manhattan! God that was good!

BRRROOOOO did you hear rubio on trump right now?

"if trump didn't inherit 200 million dollars, he'd be selling watches on the streets in manhattan"


good god lmaaaoooooo