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"The answer is, 'One who gives advice.'" Ben Carson: "What is I don't know?"

A recent New York Times report let it be known that Ben Carson's foreign policy adviser, Duane Clarridge, thinks the GOP candidate knows less about foreign policy than an elephant knows about frequent-flier miles.

In hilarious fashion, Mr. Carson attempted to refute Clarridge's claims by saying the following in an interview with PBS NewsHour on Tuesday night:

"[Calling Mr. Clarridge an adviser] would be a great stretch. He is a person who has come in on a couple of our sessions to offer his opinions about what was going on..."

So Duane Clarridge was offering Ben Carson some words of advice. In other words, he was an an adviser to the GOP hopeful.

Alex Trebek: "...and the answer is, 'One who gives advice.' Yes, Mr. Carson..."

Ben Carson: "What is a person who has come in on a couple of our sessions to offer his opinions about what was going on?"

Trebek: "Yes, and what is the word we're looking for here?"

Carson: "I, I, I don't know..."

Trebek: "I'm sorry, but that's incorrect. We were looking for, 'What is an adviser?' That'll cost you $1,000 and a legitimate shot at the presidency."

Given Carson's response on PBS NewsHour, expect him to make the following such responses in the future:

Media: "Was he the stabbing victim?"

Carson: "That would be a great stretch, He was just the guy I poked hard with a knife over and over again, and made some really disturbing loud noises whenever I did this."


Media: "Is this woman your dentist?"

Carson: "That would be a great stretch. She just brushes, flosses, and looks closely at my teeth every 6 months."


Media: "Is that man over there your brother?"

Carson: "That would be a great stretch. He's just a person of the same gender as myself who came out of the same woman's vagina."


Media: "Was this woman your history professor back in the day?"

Carson: "That would be a great stretch. She was the person at school who told me about a lot of the things that happened in this country's past."


Media: "Is the person you see in the mirror directly in front of you Ben Carson?"

Carson: "That would be a great stretch. It's just some guy who's mouthing the same words at the same time in the same way at the same place that I am right now."

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34851495

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/advisor
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