TODAY, THE DREAM IS DEAD.
BEN CARSON HAS ANNOUNCED THAT HIS RUN FOR THE NOMINATION
FOR
CANDIDATE THE FOR THE GOP IS SUSPENDED.
HE SAID HE IS LEAVING THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, HE WILL
STILL JUMP IN WITH TRYING TO SAVE THE NATION.
HE SAID THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LOVE HIM, THEY
JUST WON'T VOTE FOR HIM.
"I DID THE MATH, I LOOKED AT THE STATES AND THE DELEGATE
COUNT, I REALIZED IT WAS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
IF THAT WAS THE CASE, I DID NOT WANT TO INTERFERE WITH THE
PROCESS."
WHICH, OVERALL,
CONSIDERING THE SOURCE,
THAT IS ADMIRABLE.
>> EXCEPT THE STATEMENT, THEY LOVE ME BUT THEY WON'T
VOTE FOR ME.
THAT'S THE ULTIMATE, IT IS NOT YOU, IT IS ME.
DID THEY TELL YOU THAT TOO?
>> I LIKE THAT IN THIS GRAPHIC, MY HEAD IS EXACTLY WHERE BEN
CARSON'S IS.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO STAY THERE AT ALL TIMES.
THIS IS WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY, I THINK IT IS ABOUT TIME, AND WHEN
I FOUND OUT I WASN'T GOING TO WIN, I GOT SO MAD THAT I NEARLY
SMASHED MY MOM WITH A HAMMER.
LOOK DUDE, IF THEY DON'T VOTE FOR YOU, MAYBE THERE IS A
LIMIT ON HOW MUCH THEY LOVE YOU.
>> IT NOW SEEMS IMMENSELY CLEAR WHAT HE WAS DOING
THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK.
HE KNEW HE WAS GOING TO DROP OUT AFTER LAST WEEK'S RACES,
BUT HE WANTED TO GET A BUNCH OF PRESS FOR HIS DROPPING OUT,
SO WE WANTED TO DO IT AT CPAC.
SO HE DID THE, I HAVE NOTHING MORE TO SAY, BUT I'M NOT GOING
TO BE AT THE DEBATE.
>> BUT WITH EVERYTHING HE DOES, IT WAS BUNGLED.
HE WANTED TO HAVE TWO PRESS SEGMENTS OUT OF THIS, FOR
BOOK SALES.
WHERE IS HE GOING TO MAKE A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT?
AT CPAC.
WHAT ELSE IS HE DOING AT CPAC?
SELLING HIS BOOK.
THE WHOLE POINT WAS FOR HIM TO MAKE MONEY.
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>> HE BUNGLED IT BECAUSE HE WAS LIKE, I MIGHT BE DROPPING OUT.
SO NOW HE DOESN'T GET THE TOP OF THE MOMENT, THEN IT IS,
CARSON IS FINALLY DROPPING OUT, IT IS LIKE YOU STAB
YOURSELF IN THE BELT WITH A KNIFE.
ANYWAY, OVERALL, HIS OMISSION WAS, LET ME MAKE MORE
MONEY, AND YOU HAVE TO SAY, OVERALL, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.
HE IS THE ONLY GUY WHO WAS EVER NUMBER ONE OUTSIDE OF
DONALD TRUMP.
HIS WIFE CAME OUT WITH A BOOK IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS
CAMPAIGN, WITH EVEN CRAZIER STORIES THAN HE HAD HIS BOOK.
SO THEY SOLD BOOKS.
THAT WAS THE WHOLE POINT OF HIS CAMPAIGN, SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE
A BLACK GUY, AND THEY SAY, WE LIKE THIS BLACK GUY, THEY ARE
GOING TO VOTE FOR HIM, NO WAY,
BUT WE "LIKE" HIM.
>> WHO GETS LIVE NATIONAL COVERAGE FOR A BOOK SIGNING?
HE DID THAT, AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HIM ON MSNBC.
>> MISSION ACCOMPLISHED, MIKE DROP.
>> I'M GLAD HE HAD THE SUPPORT HE DID, BECAUSE WHILE MANY OF
THE THINGS HE BELIEVES ABOUT POLITICS ARE ABSURD, MANY OF HIS
BELIEFS ABOUT HISTORY AND RELIGION ARE ABSURD, HE DID
STILL REPRESENT THE CONSERVATIVE
CHRISTIAN VERSION OF JOHN KASICH.
WE'VE HAD LOTS OF CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN REPUBLICANS
BEFORE, AND THEY TEND TO BE LIKE TED CRUZ, WHERE MY RELIGION
IS A BLADE AND I'M GOING TO CUT YOUR HEAD OFF WITH IT, BUT
BEN CARSON WASN'T LIKE THAT.
HE WAS MORE OF THE COMPASSIONATE CHRISTIAN CONSERVATIVE, MY
RELIGION SAYS I AM SUPPOSED TO HELP PEOPLE, WHEN I AM NOT
STABBING THEM.
IN ALASKA HE GOT TEN PERCENT OF THE VOTE, WHICH SHOWS
THAT THERE ARE REPUBLICANS OUT THERE WHO WANT SOMEBODY WHO
SHARES THEIR VALUES, AND THOSE VALUES ARE JUST THAT
HOMOSEXUALITY IS WRONG.
>> I THINK YOU ARE WAY TOO GENEROUS TO HIM.
PEOPLE THINK HE IS COMPASSIONATE BECAUSE HE WAS MUTTERING
INSTEAD OF SPEAKING LOUDLY.
>> HE WANTED TO TAKE HEALTHCARE AWAY ñ
>> STILL MORE COMPASSIONATE THAN THE OTHERS.
>> DIDN'T HE SAY IT WAS SLAVERY?
>> HE SAID OBAMA CARE WAS WORSE THAN SLAVERY.
THE GUY WAS A FULL-BLOWN LUNATIC.
WE BROKE THE STORY, BUT IT WAS AN AMAZING STORY, SOMEBODY HAD
HIM ON TAPE TALKING ABOUT THIS, HERE IS A FUNDAMENTALIST
SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST, THERE WAS A REVELATION THAT TWO GREAT
BEASTS WOULD RISE AND LEAD TO ON-AGAIN.
THE TWO GREAT PIECE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, AND THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
SO THIS GUY BELIEVES THAT THE UNITED STATES IS GOING TO
DESTROY THE WORLD, AND HE IS TRYING TO BECOME PRESIDENT.
THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS SO SCARED AND DID NOT WANT TO
TOUCH THEM, SO SCARED TO TALK ABOUT ANYBODY'S RELIGION,
UNLESS THEY ARE GRILLING BERNIE SANDERS ABOUT WHETHER OR
NOT HE IS ACTUALLY RELIGIOUS.
BUT IF YOU BELIEVE THAT THE UNITED STATES IS GOING TO END
THE WORLD THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO GET CONTROL OF THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT, NO LET'S TALK ñ LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT THAT.
SO YES, TED CRUZ'S BLADE MIGHT HAVE BEEN SHARPER, BUT THERE IS
A CHANCE THAT BEN CARSON WAS A BIGGER RELIGIOUS LUNATIC THAN
EVEN TED CRUZ.
>> YEAH MAYBE.
LIKE I SAID, MANY THINGS HE WOULD SAY WERE CRAZY, BUT
THE WAY HE WOULD SPEAK ABOUT IT WERE AT LEAST MORE ñ
>> THE QUESTION IS, WHERE DO THESE SUPPORTERS GO?
THEY SAY THAT HIS TWITTER FOLLOWERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO
FOLLOW DONALD TRUMP.
YOU WOULD THINK HIS WE GO TO JOHN KASICH MAYBE, BUT JOHN
KASICH GAVE PEOPLE HEALTHCARE, AND
THEY HATE THAT.
>> I THINK IT WILL MORE BE MARCO RUBIO AND TED CRUZ.
>> IMPORTANTLY HE DID NOT ENDORSE ANYBODY TODAY.
MAYBE HE WILL ENDORSE DONALD TRUMP, LIKE CHRIS CHRISTIE,
AND STAND BEHIND HIM LIKE HE IS DOING WITH ME RIGHT NOW.
BUT IT IS LOGICAL THAT HIS VOTERS WILL GO TO THE
EVANGELICAL SIDE, WHICH WILL BE TED CRUZ.
IT IS ALSO LOGICAL THAT THEY WOULD LIKE THE OUTSIDER ASPECT,
SO THEY WOULD GO TO DONALD TRUMP.
IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THEY WOULD GO WITH MARCO RUBIO.
THE FLIPSIDE IS, IN MY YEARS OF COVERING POLITICS, THINGS
NEVER WORK OUT THE WAY YOU THINK THEY'RE GOING TO WORK OUT,
AND IT IS PARTLY BECAUSE THE VOTERS DON'T KNOW WHAT
THEY'RE DOING, ESPECIALLY ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE.
THE GUYS YOU ARE VOTING FOR BEN CARSON, WHO KNOWS WHAT'S IN
THEIR CRAZY MIND.
>> IT TAKES A SPECIAL SORT OF PERSON TO SUPPORT HIM.
>> LIKE OKAY, I'M GOING FOR CHRIS CHRISTIE, WHO KNOWS,
SOMEBODY ELSE WHO IS ALREADY OUT OF THE RACE.
SO IT IS VERY HARD TO DETERMINE, AND AT THIS POINT, HIS
SUPPORTERS WERE SO FEW, GENERALLY AROUND FIVE PERCENT
IN ALL THE RACES, THAT IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER THAT MUCH.
>> DONALD TRUMP IS UP ABOUT FIVE POINTS OVER JOHN KASICH IN
RECENT POLLS IN OHIO, IF THOSE
GO TO KASICH, IT MAY BE ENOUGH TO SWING.
>> WELL BEN CARSON, HE SAID HE WANTED TO SPEND MORE TIME
ON NAPPING WITH HIS FAMILY.
>> WE DO KNOW WHAT HE WILL DO NOW, HE IS BECOME THE NATIONAL
CHAIRMAN OF MY FAITH VOTES, AND HE PUT OUT A STATEMENT
SAYING THAT NOTHING IS MORE IMPORTANT TO HIM THAN HIS FAITH.
"I BELIEVE CHRISTIANS IN THIS COUNTRY CAN EASILY DETERMINE
INTEREST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND ALL OTHER NATIONAL
AND LOCAL LEADER, SHOULD THEY
SIMPLY SHOW UP
AT THE POLLS."
HE IS SAYING THAT IF THE 25 MILLION CHRISTIANS WHO DON'T
VOTE JUST ABOUT, THEN CHRISTIANITY DOCTORS DETERMINE
WHAT EVERY LEADER IN THE COUNTRY IS, WHICH MAKES SENSE BECAUSE WE
DON'T HAVE A WALL BETWEEN POLITICS AND RELIGION.
>> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN THAT CHRISTIANS GET TO DECIDE, THAT
WE CAN SHUT UP THOSE NO GOOD
JEWS, MUSLIMS AND BUDDHISTS?
PEOPLE DON'T TALK ABOUT THE DISCRIMINATORY ASPECT OF THAT.
>> BARACK OBAMA PRETENDS TO BE A CHRISTIAN.
>> YEAH, HE PRETENDS ALL THE TIME THAT HE IS CHRISTIAN.
>> IMAGINE IN A MUSLIM COUNTRY IF THE LEADERS SAID, IF
ENOUGH MUSLIMS SHOW UP TO VOTE, THEN THE MUSLIMS WILL RULE.
WE WOULD BE LIKE, GOD DEMO WE KNEW IT, SHARIA LAW!
>> REMEMBER WHEN PEOPLE WERE PISSED OFF THAT BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU SAID AT A RALLY, THERE ARE A LOT OF MUSLIMS WERE
GOING TO GO VOTE, THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE TO SHOW UP AND OFFSET THEM.
PEOPLE GOT UPSET BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO USE THAT KIND OF
DIVISIVE LANGUAGE ABOUT
RELIGION, WE DON'T WANT IT IN AMERICA.