First, there's no doubt that the MSM-Debate folks were trying to screw Dr. Ben Carson at Wednesday's GOP Debate III in Colorado ....
just like the MSM and "Willard" Romney did Herman Cain in 2012 (et al).
It's not "fair", but it's "blood sport politics" (just ask Sarah Palin).
Accordingly, Dr. Ben Carson's campaign staff effectively POLITICALLED KILLED their boss for NOT being pro-active about the question of Mannatech.
Somebody on Dr. Ben Carson's staff should be FIRED.
Period.
It's a "legal fact" that once money or "renumeration" trades hands, the two parties involved have an "association".
That's what the RICO laws are all about.
Quid Pro Quo.
It's my suspicion that the Mannatech product genuinely helped Dr. Ben Carson's medical condition.
That's a good thing.
But Dr. Ben Carson (for reasons I cannot even fathom) labeled questions about his "association" with Mannatech as ...
liberal news media lies and "PROPAGANDA".
WHY did Dr. Ben Carson do something that STUPID ?
Didn't he know the story and evidence (including pictures that I've posted today at Free Republic) were AVAILABLE to EVERYONE ?
Hell, it only took me FIVE minutes at Google to locate a score of images showing Dr. Ben Carson speaking at Mannatech conferences ($ 120,000 for three speeches).
Doesn't Dr. Ben Carson and his Campaign Staff KNOW-REMEMBER the 2012 Herman Cain debacle ?
Haven't they EVER heard of "Google Searches" ?
Holy Mackerel ... what COSMIC incompetence on display.
And folks still believe that Dr. Ben Carson is "intellectualy" (not mentioning the MORAL aspect) of running a SUCCESSFUL presidential campaign against Hillary Clinton ?
Dr. Ben Carson is a BRILLIANT surgeon --- BUT a complete, utter ARROGANT FOOL to think that he can HIDE "anything" during a presidential campaign.
Period.
Doesn't Dr. Ben Carson and his campaign Staff REMEMBER how the MSM interviewed people who had been Junior High School colleages of Mitt Romney in the 2012 campaign ?
Rest assured ... EVERY malpractice lawuit (imagined or real) against Dr. Ben Carson ...
and EVERY traffic stop sign violation ...
and EVERY "scorned" romantic woman in his life ...
and EVERY disgruntled and jealous staffer / nurse / janitor ...
who's ever been within 100 miles of Dr. Ben Carson ...
will be BRIBED to LIE about him ...
and that doesn't include "questionable" donations from Mannatech, Walmart, Captain Kangeroo, or Mother Theresa.
These are the reasons that I consider Dr. Ben Carson's lie (in front of 11 million TV viewers) the "beginning of the end" of his 2016 presidential campaign.
Heck ... Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton's "Opposition Reseach Teams" probably have already collected the serial numbers on the $ 100 bills used in the $ 120,000 total transactions between Dr. Ben Carson and Mannatech.
Finally, Dr. Ben Carson's "nuclear-powered political base" is sincere Evangelical Chrsitians.
They DEMAND 100.0001111 percent honesty, especially from fellow "Christians" running for political office.
I predict the beginning of a "slow-drip" MSM news release process (similar to Hillary's e-mail scandal) ...
secretly financed by Yeb Bush and Marco "Amnesty" Rubio
to slowly DESTROY Dr. Ben Carson's "shield of Christian ethics".
And just like Herman Cain in 2012, the Ben Carson campaign will STUPIDLY release documents slowly, always behind the MSM / Yeb Bush "Scandal Eight Ball" ...
instead of a rapid 100-percent FULL disclosure of "every dime" paid by Mannatech to Dr. Ben Carson.
Meanwhile, back at the 100-million dollar Yeb Bush campaign, TV commercials are NOW being prepared to TELL the whole Mannatech story ...
including TV advertisement interviews with the scores (?) of "innocent victims" of the "greed-driven-alliance" between Dr. Ben Carson and Mannatech.
Yeb Bush and Karl Rove are DESPERATE to DESTROY Ben Carson. They will succeed.
Fox News is 100-percent fighting FOR Yeb Bush.
Soon, we'll see George Will and Dr. Krauthammer and A.B. Stoddard on Fox News ... (falsely) crying in their beer ...
about how "tragic" it is that the Iowa Evangelical Christian base has ABANDONED Dr. Ben Carson because of his "secret ethical flaws".
And Dr. Ben Carson will be polling at a PATHETIC 7.5 percent (Real Clear Politics average) by the time the November GOP Presidential Debate IV rolls around.
Qui Bono ?
Hillary Clinton, Yeb Bush, John Kasisch, Marco "Amnesty" Rubio, Donald Trump, Chris Christy, Mike Huckabee, Carley Fiorina, Rick Santorum, Brett Bair, George Will, Dr. Krauthammer, Michael Murdoch ...
and did I mention Donald Trump ?
Dr. Ben Carson's 2016 presidential campaign is "over".
Period.
.