Dr. Ben Carson claimed in his press conference the media's being unreasonably tough on him

[Delta4Embassy]

Mentioned how they're talking to childhood friends and the like claiming that that's unreasonable scrutiny. But is it? The President has sole authority to launch nuclear weapons. He has security clearence to things others don't. To get a 'top secret' clearence investigators will question everyone you've ever known so I don't think it's unreasonable at all for press to ask about a Presidential candidate's friends to verify claims he's made in his book or during his candidacy at all.

Of course, if you made something up I can see how you'd be saying it's unreasonable scrutiny.

 

[DarkFury]

The press should be able to talk to whoever they want BUT how do you verify a childhood story? That is where the press is failing.

 

[bripat9643]

Mentioned how they're talking to childhood friends and the like claiming that that's unreasonable scrutiny. But is it? The President has sole authority to launch nuclear weapons. He has security clearence to things others don't. To get a 'top secret' clearence investigators will question everyone you've ever known so I don't think it's unreasonable at all for press to ask about a Presidential candidate's friends to verify claims he's made in his book or during his candidacy at all.

Of course, if you made something up I can see how you'd be saying it's unreasonable scrutiny.

Did the media interrogate Obama's childhood friends to determine the accuracy of his autobiography? Did they interrogate any of his mutual friends with Bill Ayers to determine the nature of that relationship? Did they question other members of Reverend Wright's church to investigate Obama's interest in the Reverend's message?

The bottom line is that the media didn't do a thing to vet Obama. Indeed, they did everything they could to conceal his past.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Just about every one of his stories has turned out to be nothing more than a delusion.

But of course, than makes him the perfect RWNJ candidate ... for the moment.

 

[B. Kidd]

It's not called the 'silly season' for nuthin'........

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Did they investigate O? No.

 

[BlackFlag]

Ben Carson is a pussy.

 

[B. Kidd]

We have a Dem candidate under investigation by the FBI and a Repub candidate who's pissed that the media doesn't believe him that he wanted to hammer his mother and attempted to stab someone.
If this shit isn't silly, than I don't know WTF is!!!

 

[MikeK]

Just about every one of his stories has turned out to be nothing more than a delusion.

[...]

Carson does strike me as a very strange fellow in a number of ways.

 

[washamericom]

this has turned out to be a pretty big thing. never too late to vet the prez. open season on transparency. i'm told there are people still working on it.

 

[Vigilante]

• Sorry, Media, You Won’t Destroy Ben Carson
  National Review ^ | 11/06/2015 | David French
  Let's begin with two propositions: There is a difference between an admirable man and a perfect man, and there is a difference between "vetting"and viciousness. The collective goal of the liberal media is now clear — to take one of America's most admired and brilliant men and somehow transform him into a dishonest, stupid extremist. The vetting of Ben Carson has become vicious, and to what end? An admirable man has been exposed as imperfect. The first round of attacks, focusing on Carson's alleged extremism, failed utterly. Under fire — for claiming that it would be better if victims...

 

[whitehall]

Double standard? Actually the president doesn't have the "sole authority to launch nuclear weapons", thank God. The president has the duty to approve the launching of nuclear weapons. It's a slight but important difference. Apparently the radical left wouldn't approve of nuclear weapons being under the care of a pediatric neuro-surgeon but they would approve of the same weapons to be put under the authority of an angry abused shrill wife of a pervert former president.

 

[MikeK]

We have a Dem candidate under investigation by the FBI and a Repub candidate who's pissed that the media doesn't believe him that he wanted to hammer his mother and attempted to stab someone.

If this shit isn't silly, than I don't know WTF is!!!

More than silly, Carson could be some sort of exotic psychopath. Some of the things he's admitted to doing during his adolescence certainly point to that possibility.

Having attained a sophisticated level of achievement in the field of neurosurgery is no assurance of absolute sanity. Especially when one whose primary achievement demands total immersion in an exacting field of physical science expresses a strong belief in the supernatural -- which he believes has redeemed him.

In addition to Carson's questionable persona, his recent angry outburst toward the Press, which occurred in stark contrast to his (un)usually tranquil disposition, is best (and accurately) described as a mood swing, which is not a good behavioral indicator in someone whose ambition is to have his finger on the big red button.

 

[rightwinger]

Given his political positions and complete lack of political experience.....the media is being easy on him

 

[Vigilante]

• Politico Changes Headline On Carson Story, Pretends It Didn’t
  11/7/2015, 1:27:48 PM · by E. Pluribus Unum · 19 replies
  The Daily Caller ^ | 11/06/2015 | Blake Neff
  Politico has already begun to backtrack its explosive story accusing Ben Carson of lying about an acceptance to West Point, deleting its claim that Carson had confessed to “fabricating” his admission.When�it�first published its story Friday morning, the Virginia-based blog aggressively declared that�Carson had admitted to telling a big lie about his past.“Ben Carson’s campaign on Friday admitted … that a central point in his inspirational personal story was fabricated,” Politico’s story originally said.Just hours later, though, this opening line was removed entirely and Politico’s accusation significantly scaled back. “Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Friday conceded that he never applied...

 

[amrchaos]

Did they investigate O? No.

Obama was investigated!!

Reverand Wright, the Weathermen and Ayers, his commie pops, his coke usage---How did you think we got that information?

From Sean Hannity's fortune telling? You're kidding!!

 

[Vigilante]

Did they investigate O? No.

Obama was investigated!!

Reverand Wright, the Weathermen and Ayers, his commie pops, his coke usage---How did you think we got that information?

From Sean Hannity's fortune telling? You're kidding!!

BULLSHIT.... the MSM did NOTHING but try to SAVE the Manchurian muslim EVERY TIME a REAL question of who he was was brought up!

 

[bripat9643]

Just about every one of his stories has turned out to be nothing more than a delusion.

But of course, than makes him the perfect RWNJ candidate ... for the moment.

#4 Lie, lie, lie, and lie again.

 

[bripat9643]

Did they investigate O? No.

Obama was investigated!!

Reverand Wright, the Weathermen and Ayers, his commie pops, his coke usage---How did you think we got that information?

From Sean Hannity's fortune telling? You're kidding!!

Obama was not investigated by the Praetorian media. It did everything possible to cover up his past.

 

[bodecea]

Did they investigate O? No.

Obama was investigated!!

Reverand Wright, the Weathermen and Ayers, his commie pops, his coke usage---How did you think we got that information?

From Sean Hannity's fortune telling? You're kidding!!

BULLSHIT.... the MSM did NOTHING but try to SAVE the Manchurian muslim EVERY TIME a REAL question of who he was was brought up!

So, we didn't find out about all those things until after the election of 2008?