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Trump confuses Barack Obama for Ben Carson
Politico ^ | 2-16-2016 | BEN SCHRECKINGER

Posted on 02/16/2016 9:51:07 PM PST by Citizen Zed

Donald Trump can't keep his Midwesterners straight.

At a campaign stop in South Carolina on Tuesday, Trump repeatedly referred to retired neuosurgeon Ben Carson as "Obama."

"What Ted Cruz did to Obama, where he said that Obama had quit the race and take our votes," Trump began to say before being corrected by his audience.

In fact, he was referring to an incident in which members of Cruz's campaign spread reports suggesting that Carson was dropping out of the race on the day of the Iowa caucuses. People in the crowd started yelling that it was Carson.

"Right? Is that right?" asked Trump shrugging, before realizing his mistake.

"I'm sorry. Carson. Carson. He said that -- Obama. Obama should've quit the race," Trump said, catching himself.

Trump's dig at President Obama prompted laughter and applause from the crowd. "Wouldn't that have been nice," Trump said.

Obama hails from Chicago and his mother was from Kansas. Carson was born in Detroit. Both men are African-American.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: alzheimer; crackup; oops; trump; trumplies; trumpvalues
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To: Citizen Zed

If Trump had also been able to work Bill Cosby into the story, it would have been epic.


41 posted on 02/16/2016 10:27:38 PM PST by matt1234 (Note to GOPe lurkers: I and thousands like me will NEVER vote for Jeb Bush)
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To: jennychase

English isn’t your first language?


42 posted on 02/16/2016 10:28:41 PM PST by piasa
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To: Califreak
She probably doesn’t want to be dragged all over hell’s half acre.

That may be part of it, but it sure looks bad to observers. If she just doesn't want to be there, he should leave her home with relatives, so she can attend school, etc. BUT, Teddy Bare is all about appearances, not always substance.

He is probably a good lawyer. They get paid to speak for those that pay them. At least he is following through with that!

What do thinks the excuse for his wife doing the same? She turned away from his kiss, too!


43 posted on 02/16/2016 10:29:57 PM PST by WVKayaker (What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate -D.Trump)
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To: Citizen Zed

Well that does it! I’m voting for Obama!


44 posted on 02/16/2016 10:30:57 PM PST by adaven
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To: WVKayaker

Maybe he’s a miserable so and so at home.


45 posted on 02/16/2016 10:31:00 PM PST by Califreak (Madeleine Albright says I'm going to hell)
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To: GodGunsGuts

This idiot will never be elected to much. This entertainment is just bread and circuses for the masses while we await the coronation of Hillary.


46 posted on 02/16/2016 10:35:32 PM PST by plain talk
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To: Catsrus

He corrected himself. Dear God - this is a nothing burger.I love the smell of desperation in the morning.

Yea He corrected himself alright after he called Mr Carson Obama several times. Then he corrected himself when the audience corrected him!!!! The guy is losing it!! Twitter tantrum time!!!


47 posted on 02/16/2016 10:51:15 PM PST by tallyhoe
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To: Citizen Zed

Meh... We all look alike. /sarc

Oopsie for Trump. I’ll give him a Mulligan.


48 posted on 02/16/2016 10:51:30 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: WVKayaker

My daughter was just like that at that age. It wasn’t cool to get a kiss from daddy.


49 posted on 02/16/2016 10:54:52 PM PST by o-n-money (We should rename California to Newer Mexico.)
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To: WVKayaker

Yikes!


50 posted on 02/16/2016 10:55:35 PM PST by JoSixChip (Ted Cruz (R-Goldman Sachs) - DC Values)
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To: Citizen Zed

The MSM will rip Trump apart on the race issue when they decide to go after him in the general election. He’s given them too much ammunition.

http://fair.org/take-action/media-advisories/ignoring-trumps-record-of-racism/


51 posted on 02/16/2016 11:00:08 PM PST by FreedomForce (Face it. Trump is a nut.)
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To: Aria
If I talked all day long for months I'd say something that people could pick apart.

Try doing it on camera for 40 years. Then hand that footage to a bunch of rabid hyenas. There you have the msm and cruz supporter's bases for anti-Trump arguments in a nut shell.
52 posted on 02/16/2016 11:00:27 PM PST by JoSixChip (Ted Cruz (R-Goldman Sachs) - DC Values)
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To: Citizen Zed

He repeats himself a lot.

Now this.


53 posted on 02/16/2016 11:01:22 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Citizen Zed

If that’s all you got....pretty lame....


54 posted on 02/16/2016 11:04:44 PM PST by illiac (If we don't change directions soon, we'll get where we're going)
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To: DrewsMum

-—dementia maybe

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I heard those same attacks against Reagan once the opposition ran out of anything substantial.


55 posted on 02/16/2016 11:05:49 PM PST by Bubba Gump Shrimp (noob)
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To: Williams

Boom!


56 posted on 02/16/2016 11:06:07 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Windflier

But the ladies say you’re the best lookin’ ;)


57 posted on 02/16/2016 11:06:55 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: WVKayaker
What do thinks the excuse for his wife doing the same? She turned away from his kiss, too!

It may be a case where cruz just has a case of the "zactlies". You know, where your breath smells zactly like your ass.
58 posted on 02/16/2016 11:11:47 PM PST by JoSixChip (Ted Cruz (R-Goldman Sachs) - DC Values)
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To: Citizen Zed

After hundreds of speeches even Trump makes mistakes. No one is immune. Obama has made some major gaffes and Biden is a gaff machine.


59 posted on 02/16/2016 11:16:04 PM PST by kabar
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To: tumblindice

doesn’t drink or smoke.


60 posted on 02/16/2016 11:16:40 PM PST by kabar
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