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Ben Carson: Names of some childhood victims are 'fictitious'
CNN ^ | 11/5/2015 | Sunlen Serfaty, Maeve Reston and Tal Kopan

Posted on 11/05/2015 6:41:48 PM PST by 20yearsofinternet

Ben Carson said Thursday that the names of two people he has previously identified as victims of his childhood violence are "fictitious."

"I don't like to generally bring them in, the names I used for instance are fictitious names because I don't want to bring people into something like this because I know what you guys do to their lives‎," Carson told reporters in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

Ben Carson's career in politics 13 photos: Ben Carson's career in politics Carson's comments follow a CNN investigation published earlier Thursday that probed his descriptions of his violent past. He has said he attacked a boy named Bob with a knife and hit another child named Jerry with a lock. Carson said Thursday that those names weren't real.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/05/politics/ben-carson-response-violent-past/index.html

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016; 2016election; amnesty; bencarson; camerota; carson; carsoninterview; doublestandard; election2016; elections; gop; obamawasntvetted; obamunism; politicalpurge
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Wow. Shocking. Someone grab me a fainting couch.
1 posted on 11/05/2015 6:41:48 PM PST by 20yearsofinternet
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To: 20yearsofinternet

Those that knew him as a young boy said he was a good kid. Quiet and bookish.

His ‘thug past’ is likely a Brian Williams-type story. It made for good reading.

Of course, not the tight look at Carson’s past while Obama got a compete walk.

In fact, anyone who questioned Obama’s past was quickly called racist at the time.


2 posted on 11/05/2015 6:44:21 PM PST by TigerClaws
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To: 20yearsofinternet

Something about this guy is just kinda strange.


3 posted on 11/05/2015 6:45:47 PM PST by hotsteppa
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To: TigerClaws

This is terrible news - why couldn’t he come up with a composite girlfriend?


4 posted on 11/05/2015 6:45:52 PM PST by Insigne123 (It is the soldier, not the community organizer, who gives us freedom of the press)
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To: 20yearsofinternet
When I was a boy, there was this bully named Bob who hung out in the schoolyard and taunted me for no good reason. One day, I got sick of his crap so I punched him and punched him and punched him until a teacher pulled me off of him.

Bob never bothered me again.

Now Bob is fictitious and never existed. But if he did, I would have whaled on him big time. You can be sure of that.

5 posted on 11/05/2015 6:46:58 PM PST by SamAdams76 (It's time we sent a junkyard dog to Washington to run the low life out)
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To: 20yearsofinternet

The Carson House of Cards should collapse soon. I’m just hoping the lion’s share of his supporters goes to Ted.


6 posted on 11/05/2015 6:48:24 PM PST by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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To: 20yearsofinternet

So his next book could be, “DREAMS OF BOB”.


7 posted on 11/05/2015 6:48:47 PM PST by Gator113 (~~Cruz, OR LOSE~~ Ted Cruz REMAINS the only true Conservative in this race. ~~ just livin' life~~)
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To: 20yearsofinternet
Fake but accurate? Buh-bye, Ben.


8 posted on 11/05/2015 6:48:58 PM PST by sparklite2 (All will become clear when it is too late to matter.)
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To: SamAdams76
When I was a boy, there was this bully named Bob who hung out in the schoolyard and taunted me for no good reason. One day, I got sick of his crap so I punched him and punched him and punched him until a teacher pulled me off of him.

That's nothing, I once strangled a hooker after a night of binging on drugs and booze. Luckily I'm a better person now and am ready to be President.

9 posted on 11/05/2015 6:50:36 PM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: 20yearsofinternet

Before this is all over, we’re going to find out that Carson is really a white guy.


10 posted on 11/05/2015 6:50:39 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: TigerClaws

Carson is a leftist and cultist.


11 posted on 11/05/2015 6:50:46 PM PST by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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To: hotsteppa

He does have a brother who could easily verify his stories. Don’t tell me the MSM can’t find him???? Why hasn’t he been out there campaigning for his brother? You are right - there is something very strange about the good doctor.


12 posted on 11/05/2015 6:50:59 PM PST by Catsrus ( I callz 'em as I seez 'em.)
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To: SamAdams76

I am not really Bob. the fictitious victim of your fictitious assault. I can tell you if you had fictitiously beaten me. It would have hurt. But it would have been a phantom pain really.


13 posted on 11/05/2015 6:50:59 PM PST by Norm Lenhart (Existential Cage Theory - Embrace it)
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To: Norm Lenhart

Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump 21m21 minutes ago
The Carson story is either a total fabrication or, if true, even worse-trying to hit mother over the head with a hammer or stabbing friend!


14 posted on 11/05/2015 6:52:00 PM PST by jennychase
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To: 20yearsofinternet

Didn’t every kid have a 6’ 3 1/2” pooka rabbit as a best friend?


15 posted on 11/05/2015 6:52:18 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: re_nortex

Fm: Obama@WhiteHouse.gov
To: DrBen@AOL.com

Ben,

If ‘fictitious’ doesn’t work, try ‘composite.’
It worked for me.

Beat Trump!
Barry


16 posted on 11/05/2015 6:55:13 PM PST by sparklite2 (All will become clear when it is too late to matter.)
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To: jennychase

I don’t know why so many people are drawn like moths to flame. It never fails that a certain portion of the right will take a complete fruitcake and just insist that he’s ‘the one’ no matter what the guy does or says. It’s complete democrat behavior.


17 posted on 11/05/2015 6:55:32 PM PST by Norm Lenhart (Existential Cage Theory - Embrace it)
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To: 20yearsofinternet

Obama lied about his ‘girlfriends’ and the presstitutes couldn’t give a sh**.


18 posted on 11/05/2015 6:55:46 PM PST by a fool in paradise (The goal of Socialism is Communism. Marx and Lenin were in agreement on this.)
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To: SamAdams76

I had to deal with 2 bullies in school and I’m not afraid to name them => Bob Smith and Jim Thomas.


19 posted on 11/05/2015 6:58:24 PM PST by Ken H
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To: 20yearsofinternet

Wow - they’re really going over Carson’s background - funny - I don’t recall anywhere near the interest in Obama’s history, even with his admitted marijuana use and goof-off attitude during much of his school year time - no interviews, no dramatic questions, no challenges to his veracity - funny......


20 posted on 11/05/2015 7:00:06 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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