Well, That Sounds Reasonable
Dr. Ben Carson is plenty upset this morning and you can tell because he’s raised his voice to an audible level.
Carson is claiming that Cruz’s supporters told caucus goers that Carson had dropped out of the race. He presents this evidence.
That was tweeted (or in King’s case, Twited) at 7:20 pm last night – as the caucuses were being called to order.
Carson says he has not, absolutely not, dropped out. Yes, he did go home to Florida yesterday before the caucuses, but it was an emergency.
He needed to change clothes.
“Dr. Ben Carson is not suspending his presidential campaign, which is stronger than ever,” a statement sent out to reporters read. “After spending 18 consecutive days on the campaign trail, Dr. Carson needs to go home and get a fresh set of clothes.”
Heretofore little known fact: they do not have washing machines in Iowa.
Thanks to Bryan for the heads up.
Was Mental Ben sleeping when he donned his last clean shirt? While none of us would expect this special snowflake to find his way to anything as plebeian as a washing machine, one might expect the next CIC to dispatch an aide-de-camp to a store for some purchases.
1Those wondering whether King was just misinformed, or malicious, remember those two things aren’t mutually exclusive.
2I did hear last night that Carson had left to change clothes.
Didn’t realize that he’d need a 1,500-mile trip to do it.
Too bad he’s not one of those guys who can only go potty at home; he’d never make it farther than Governor.
3Yeah, he could use some of those tens of millions of dollars he has collected for his campaign and buy some clothes. I’ll bet WalMart is open 24/7 even in Iowa.
4Lunargent, that’s just Mental Ben displaying his fiscal conservatism with a little jaunt for a fresh shirt.
5Or he could throw his shirt in the snow, stomp on it and shake it good. But it doesn’t give hugs.
6Didn’t he have the little woman along, if so, isn’t that her job?
7Since his painting says he’s a good buddy of Jesus, couldn’t he just have the clothes miraculously cleaned?
8I thought Carson had a selfie with Jesus hanging in his home outside of DC in Maryland. Why did he then fly to Florida for clean clothes? Were they at his girlfriend’s house? Inquiring minds want to know. Or not. I don’t really care one way or the other. I heard he’s dropping out anyway.
9Carson’s use of Florida just for changing clothes reminds me of Bushlet’s prediliction of using the White House only for changing clothes in between jaunts to Maine and Texas. Must be some kind of Rethug thing.
10And to think, before they sent them out, they used to make Maytags in Iowa.
11@W. C. (Pete) Peterson
Re “I heard he’s dropping out anyway.” Did Canadian Raphael tell you that? He lies y’know!.
12Steve King got into politics stemming from his career owning an earthmoving business after he bombed out of college. He should have stayed with his original calling – an avocation more in keeping with his intellectual limits and mental capacity.
13Mental Ben? Let me introduce you to technology’s latest triumph: the phone.
Use phone to call wife. You do remember you have one right? Got her number?
Ask wife to send/bring fresh garments to you in Iowa. Be nice and provide an address/location.
Believe it or not, millions of Americans use the “phone” everyday to deal with pesky problems such as yours.
Have a nice time campaigning. Glad I could help.
14Sorry, but this whole story smells pretty fishy. He has a whole staff of people to take care of his needs. That trip to Forida on caucus night was something he doesn’t want to talk about.
15Hope it comes out anyway.
Now Cruz’ campaign is formally apologizing for their “mistake.” Too late now, but those votes could have meant that Trump would have won after all. Bet The Donald is pretty steamed about now.
16maryelle, it would be wrong not to speculate. Maybe a flight in the night to catch his drug connection before he went all stabby stabby? No, wait. Wasn’t Marco in Iowa, too? His family has drug connections and could have hooked up Mental Ben. Plus, both Pervangelists Cr-ooze Sr & Jr were in Iowa; certainly they could have prayed for Ben.
Of all the snacilbupeR mysteries this one demands solving. This and that conversation between Jebra and $Rmoney that passed the baton to the st00pid Bush son.
17So Cruz cheats. And this surprises people because . . . ?
18This is still one of the funniest factoids in political news lately. Iowa has no laundromats or clothing stores or possibly phones. I still think he just needed a hug.
19Ge, imagine born-again Cruz using dirty tricks…
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