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“That’s what America is about, a land of dreams and opportunity,’’ he said. “There were other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships, worked even longer, even harder for less. But they too had a dream that one day their sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughters, great-grandsons, great-granddaughters, might pursue prosperity and happiness in this land.” – Ben Carson, Address to Housing and Urban Development staff, 3/6/17

• Valuable.
• Outdoorsy.
• Hard-working.
• Grateful for their shoes.
• At-will employees.
• Republicans. (Perfectly true–slaves would have certainly supported the Republican party of the 1800’s–but misleading.)
• Treated just like family.
• Southern by the grace of God.

On Meet The Press this morning, there was this from Dr. Ben Carson:

…the retired neurosurgeon said, “I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation. I absolutely would not agree with that.”

Other people who should not be put in charge of America, according to Ben Carson:

• Atheist.
• Communist.
• Contortionist, metaphorical or actual.
• Foreigner.
• Someone who doesn’t love America the way she wants to be loved.
• Slowly.
• Gently.
• But: firmly.
• An unmarried person.
• Hindu.
• Jain.
• Zoroastrian.
• Druid.
• Pagan.
• Wiccan.
• Wrong kind of Jew.
• Like, one of those guys who’s never been out of Brooklyn, yet has a foreign accent?
• Let’s just set the yarmulke as the over/under: if you wear it all the time, you can’t be President.
• Wrong kind of Christian.
• Obviously, Unitarians can go fuck themselves.
• Any of those Orthodox churches.
• As far as I–Ben Carson, world-renowned brain surgeon–am willing to say on television for some reason, Greek Orthodox or whatever may as well be Muslim, and I do not advocate allowing another Muslim to be President.
• I meant a Muslim.
• America has never had a Muslim President.
• …
• …
• …
• I’ve been told.
• I also would not advocate letting a lady be in charge.