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Ben Carson: Trump And Cruz Are ‘The Status Quo’
Daily Caller ^ | 2/12/2016 | Alex Pappas

Posted on 02/12/2016 10:51:08 AM PST by Fhios

Seeking to regain momentum by portraying himself as the true outsider in the race, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Thursday accused Donald Trump and Ted Cruz of having “substantial connections to the status quo.”

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TOPICS: Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: carson; cruz; trump
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I guess Trump and Cruz didn't have any good offers to offer Carson.

As for being Status quo? Well he's half right. There is nothing status quo about Trump.

1 posted on 02/12/2016 10:51:08 AM PST by Fhios
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To: Fhios

Ben. Really?


2 posted on 02/12/2016 10:53:03 AM PST by stocksthatgoup (Trump for me. I want to see Hillary, Bernie or any demoncrap crushed)
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To: Fhios

Carson must still have some book inventory to move before bailing out. The next word I want to hear from his mouth is, “Geronimo!”


3 posted on 02/12/2016 10:53:04 AM PST by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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To: Fhios

Yep. Funny, Carson is more of the status quo than Trump. There’s always a few also-rans who only get in it to sell books, and put no serious effort or organization into getting out the vote.


4 posted on 02/12/2016 10:54:03 AM PST by 20yearsofinternet
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To: Fhios

I hope Ben is ready for The Trump “your a child molester” sleeze attack again.


5 posted on 02/12/2016 10:54:19 AM PST by VRWCarea51 (The original 1998 version)
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To: Fhios

Trump and Carson are the clear outsiders remaining.

Cruz is an outsider in the sense that, even though a Senator, he’s not been well-received.


6 posted on 02/12/2016 10:54:26 AM PST by xzins (Have YOU Donated to the Freep-a-Thon? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Fhios
ed false prophet




Ted Cruz Lies; His Mom Reacts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zDmURYy2hs
7 posted on 02/12/2016 10:55:10 AM PST by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: Fhios
Carson is now officially as delusional as Bush is.
8 posted on 02/12/2016 10:55:22 AM PST by builder (I don't want a piece of someone else's pie)
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To: Fhios

Just go home Ben.


9 posted on 02/12/2016 10:58:30 AM PST by Durbin
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To: dynoman

and has highjacked my cellphone with endless text messages. ARGH!


10 posted on 02/12/2016 10:59:55 AM PST by georgiegirl
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To: VRWCarea51
I hope Ben is ready for The Trump “your a child molester” sleeze attack again.

Sadly , this could be so. I had forgotten that was just one of many disgusting Trump slams at another candidate.

But in all honesty, I doubt he will this time, because now Carson has no chance whatsoever at defeating Trump. Trump got his mileage out of Carson. His campaign has been over for more than a month. But if Carson were to somehow rise in the polls again - I am sure Trump would bring out that vile stuff again and maybe worse.

11 posted on 02/12/2016 11:00:19 AM PST by builder (I don't want a piece of someone else's pie)
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To: VRWCarea51

Trumps going to send his sister over to kick his butt.


12 posted on 02/12/2016 11:07:59 AM PST by Fhios (circa 2016: Truth will be outlawed unless pre-approved.)
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To: Fhios
Sorry to confirm that Ben's reason for staying in this 2016 campaign is what I've suspected all along - money!

He has absolutely no other reason to remain: support going down; blowing through his donor's money faster than other candidates who are drawing much higher percentages not only in polls but even in Iowa and NH!

Scammers like Huckabee stay long enough and take sniper shots from the sidelines to pump up one of his rivals, while tearing down the reputations of others (anyone who is still fooled into believing Huck is anything other than a scam artist, choose to do so on the basis of no evidence.)

13 posted on 02/12/2016 11:16:03 AM PST by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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To: Fhios

Yeah, technically he is an “outsider”. He’s “outside” the primary state doing his laundry.


14 posted on 02/12/2016 11:18:17 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: Fhios

Trump is the status quo. Cruz has proven he is not.


15 posted on 02/12/2016 11:20:17 AM PST by SeaHawkFan
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To: Fhios

Trumps going to send his sister over to kick his butt.
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Is she gonna do a partial birth abortion on him?


16 posted on 02/12/2016 11:21:53 AM PST by Leto
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To: Fhios

Come back in 4 years Rafael!


17 posted on 02/12/2016 11:23:02 AM PST by Daniel Ramsey (You don't have to like Trump, his enemies certainly don't.)
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To: Fhios

I think Ben is still looking for the grain storage in the Pyramids.


18 posted on 02/12/2016 11:39:44 AM PST by Parley Baer
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To: Fhios

I worry that status quo is precisely what Trump will be once in power. I don’t see him doing as much damage as Obama is or Clinton or Sanders would do, but on most fronts he’s not that different from “moderate” Republicans like Bush.

I don’t see any evidence he plans to head the nation back in the direction of the Constitution, for instance, or otherwise disempower the government. At best, I think he might be a Regan, who improves things short term and slows the death spiral considerable, but doesn’t make any fundamental changes that might reverse direction.

Although to be honest, I haven’t seen any Trump plans that will significantly improve the economy. Clearing out illegal aliens and changing the rules for legal immigrants to make it harder for them to take jobs will not create jobs, just change who holds the current ones. And if it adds governmentally required paperwork, it could even hinder job creation.


19 posted on 02/12/2016 12:19:25 PM PST by Amity
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To: Leto

Being a U.S Senator is about as status quo as you get.


20 posted on 02/12/2016 12:30:13 PM PST by Fhios (circa 2016: Truth will be outlawed unless pre-approved.)
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