The big excitement this afternoon on Twitter is that HUD Secretary Ben Carson is being made out to be an idiot. At a hearing this morning, Carson was asked about REO's. REO is a term used in the mortgage industry. Carson heard it as Oreo, and he was confused. What do cookies have to do with his job? Anyway, Carson asked the congressman if she meant Oreos and she said no.
A few questions later a different congressman asked Carson about the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion at HUD. The congressman called it "OMWI". Carson didn't know what she was talking about. That makes Carson a dope, right? Of course, the problem is that there is no Office of Minority and Women Inclusion at HUD. There is an office that covers the same territory, but it has a different name and, therefore, different initials.
Twitter is scandalized, however, that Carson is so dumb as to not have heard REO instead of Oreo and to not know the acronym for a group that doesn't exist within his department. It's such nonsense, such utter nonsense.
You can say what you want about Ben Carson, but you really can't call him stupid. The guy was one of the premier neurosurgeons in the country for many years. He's a hell of a lot smarter than all those congressmen who questioned him today. Of course, if you think about it, being smarter than those congressmen doesn't mean he is not stupid. After all, that committee was like a meeting of Morons Anonymous.
A few questions later a different congressman asked Carson about the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion at HUD. The congressman called it "OMWI". Carson didn't know what she was talking about. That makes Carson a dope, right? Of course, the problem is that there is no Office of Minority and Women Inclusion at HUD. There is an office that covers the same territory, but it has a different name and, therefore, different initials.
Twitter is scandalized, however, that Carson is so dumb as to not have heard REO instead of Oreo and to not know the acronym for a group that doesn't exist within his department. It's such nonsense, such utter nonsense.
You can say what you want about Ben Carson, but you really can't call him stupid. The guy was one of the premier neurosurgeons in the country for many years. He's a hell of a lot smarter than all those congressmen who questioned him today. Of course, if you think about it, being smarter than those congressmen doesn't mean he is not stupid. After all, that committee was like a meeting of Morons Anonymous.
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