This election cycle has been gloriously atrocious. At times, I haven’t been sure whether to laugh raucously or cry into a tall, stiff whiskey. If it weren’t for the fact that one of these individuals will become our next president and command the world’s largest military and nuclear arsenal, the whole thing would be hilarious.
In an effort to inform you the voter and ridicule these awful candidates, TLR has compiled for you the absolute craziest things this field of candidates has said so far. While a couple of these candidates could have their own lists, we wanted to include other candidates who are equally deserving of ridicule. We’ve included a couple old quotes from candidates that have been unearthed as a result of them running for president, such as our first example….
1. Ben Carson Says Joseph Built the Pyramids to Store Grain
Ben Carson’s ascendance was scuttled in part by a series of media reports regarding possible inconsistencies in Carson’s life story as well as some bizarre quotes. In a speech given at a 1998 Andrews University Commencement ceremony, Carson says he believes the pyramids of Egypt were built by the Bible’s Joseph to store grain. Of course, this was meant by instant criticism when the video surfaced because the theory is so divorced from facts. Most experts believe the pyramids were built as tombs.
“My own personal theory is that Joseph built the pyramids to store grain. Now all the archaeologists think that they were made for the pharaohs’ graves. But, you know, it would have to be something awfully big — when you stop and think about it, and I don’t think it’d just disappear over the course of time — to store that much grain.”
