The 2016 Presidential Election Trainwreck

[Eddie]

Yes it is. It's worse than Palin's. I know you hate democrats, blah blah blah, but Carson's foreign policy idiocy is in a league of its own.

I wasn't aware that Palin HAD a foreign policy. I figured she just knew what was foreign, because she could see it from her front porch, right?

It has nothing to do with me loving Sanders and everything to with Carson being a dipshit when it comes to world affairs. You have plenty of other GOP candidates who have a strong grasp of the outside world. He isn't one of them.
Carson thought China has soldiers in Syria and he was unaware that the Baltic republics are in NATO. Those are just a few examples. You aren't alarmed at all with his lack of basic knowledge?

I'm not sure what to make of Carson. He must be smart to get where he's gotten. But he sure says some crazy things at times. Among the crazy things he has said - it's difficult to blame him on things like Chinese soldiers in Syria when you read that a private contractor operating in the region told him that Chinese soldiers were there, on the ground, advising. He needs to do a better job of confirming what he's hearing before he speaks - but let's not pretend he's the first one to spout off and state something as fact when it hasn't been confirmed yet.

Just listen to most of what Hillary said about Benghazi when that first occurred if you need an example from the other side. (Though I'm not sure that's a good example. Hillary may have been straight out lying - while Carson may have actually believed what he was saying...)

[BlueK]

true. That's why I said GOP populism. "Populism" right now pretty much means the lower common denominator idiot faction of each party.

[BlueK]

This article I think makes several good observations about the republican campaigns.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-gop-clown-car-rolls-on-20151117

[old_gregg]

This article I think makes several good observations about the republican campaigns.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics...ls-on-20151117

matt taibbi is dumb

[creekster]

Knock it off. Sanders has probably forgotten more about foreign policy than Carson ever knew.

As for me I was not making a comparison. But the fact is that sanders tried to refuse taking about the Paris attacks, which had just happened, because he wasnt prepared on foreign policy. Who wants a guy as president who can't handle unexpected events? Isn't that why we look for guiding principles In a candidate? Sanders might be better than Carson, but it doesn't really matter because on his own merits he is terrible.

[myboynoah]

Weird. Are we really talking as if Sanders or Carson could become president of the United States?

[old_gregg]

This article I think makes several good observations about the republican campaigns.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics...ls-on-20151117

no seriously this might be the worst article ever written

[frank ryan]

I wasn't aware that Palin HAD a foreign policy. I figured she just knew what was foreign, because she could see it from her front porch, right?



I'm not sure what to make of Carson. He must be smart to get where he's gotten. But he sure says some crazy things at times. Among the crazy things he has said - it's difficult to blame him on things like Chinese soldiers in Syria when you read that a private contractor operating in the region told him that Chinese soldiers were there, on the ground, advising. He needs to do a better job of confirming what he's hearing before he speaks - but let's not pretend he's the first one to spout off and state something as fact when it hasn't been confirmed yet.

Just listen to most of what Hillary said about Benghazi when that first occurred if you need an example from the other side. (Though I'm not sure that's a good example. Hillary may have been straight out lying - while Carson may have actually believed what he was saying...)

I don't believe Carson's story about some "contractor" telling him that. That's pretty silly.

[TripletDaddy]

no seriously this might be the worst article ever written

Worse than the one about coloring Barbie dolls with a sharpie so they will be modest?

[old_gregg]

Worse than the one about coloring Barbie dolls with a sharpie so they will be modest?

maybe man i'm not sure i haven't read that article maybe you can send a link

[Clark Addison]

Worse than the one about coloring Barbie dolls with a sharpie so they will be modest?

My SIL uses nail polish or paint or something. Better coverage and looks more professional.

[Jeff Lebowski]

As for me I was not making a comparison. But the fact is that sanders tried to refuse taking about the Paris attacks, which had just happened, because he wasnt prepared on foreign policy. Who wants a guy as president who can't handle unexpected events? Isn't that why we look for guiding principles In a candidate? Sanders might be better than Carson, but it doesn't really matter because on his own merits he is terrible.

They are both nuts and highly unlikely to win the election, but Sanders has been in congress since 1990 (senator for the last 9-10 years). His ideology is extreme, but he is intelligent and hard-working and has been immersed in foreign policy issues for much of his career. Carson has been doing surgery and pimping snake-oil quack medicine products. There is no comparison.

[imanihonjin]

They are both nuts and highly unlikely to win the election, but Sanders has been in congress since 1990 (senator for the last 9-10 years). His ideology is extreme, but he is intelligent and hard-working and has been immersed in foreign policy issues for much of his career. Carson has been doing surgery and pimping snake-oil quack medicine products. There is no comparison.

That is what I thought about Trump, too. However, it looks like he has a decent shot at winning.

[Dwight Schr-ute]

That is what I thought about Trump, too. However, it looks like he has a decent shot at winning the Republican nomination.

FIFY

[imanihonjin]

FIFY

Yeah, that is what I meant.