Deacfreak07
Ain't played nobody, PAWL!
How could anyone not know that HAMS rhymes with "yams"?
This will be the first time I've ever said something in support of Ben Carson, but if you'd shown me that video without prepping me that he pronounced Hamas like hummus, I never would have noticed. I certainly wouldn't have confused it for the chickpea dish, rather just thought it to be an imprecise pronunciation that many Americans would make, even presidential candidates.
Cruz has to be a little concerned. Was inevitable that Carson was going to collapse, but probably starting too early for Cruz. Preference would be a week or two before Iowa, but now gives Trump enough time to whack Cruz if his numbers grow too much. Cruz appears to be the only one still in the race who could be Trump's VP, but Trump is more concerned about not taking any losses than taking the long view.
What struck me from that clip was that he seemed like he was reading that speech for the first time ever.
Exactly.
This is what I just posted about that speech on my FB.
"That speech you give in class when you didn't study ahead of time. "Hummus." LOLOLOLOLOL"
I lol'd when I read this and thought it couldn't be that bad. It's pretty bad.
Who is the odds on favorite to take Iowa at this point?
I suppose I'm so nonplussed due to lowered expectations for Carson.
Amazing that the GOP may nominate a ticket that would minimize Hillary's biggest liabilities: likability (Cruz) and honesty (Trump and Carson). GOP would hold their nose and not overtly trash Cruz, but people from high school, college, and law school won't hold back. Princeton and Harvard aren't exactly conservative bastions. Will be hard for Cruz to balance an elite background with just folks populist policies.
Wait, what? This is exactly the kind of thing we've come to expect from Carson.