...Dr. Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon, joked last year during a book tour that many Americans "are stupid."
Mother Jones on Tuesday flagged the remark from Carson's Oct. 19, 2014 speech at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library. After an audience member asked Carson about running as an independent—Carson said he wouldn't "want to fracture" the GOP by doing so—the retired neurosurgeon referred to an ambiguous "they" who he accused of infiltrating the American media and school system with the goal of "fundamentally changing this nation."
"Everything was perfect. Except they underestimated the intelligence of the American people," Carson said. "The people are not as stupid as they think they are."
"Many of them are stupid, okay," he added to laughs from the audience. "But I'm talking about overall."
Carson also credited social media and Fox News with enabling him to spread his message outside of the mainstream media...
Tuesday, November 03, 2015
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but he seems to be very polite. you can't say that about any of the others, democrat or republican.
he's polite like buffalo bill from silence of the lambs.
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