Who Runs This Campaign? Really

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I’m going to ask this again. Who runs Ben Carson’s campaign? And is it a campaign or a direct mail scam that improbably had its “candidate” turn into the national frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination. Ben Carson now says that even he questions the wisdom of creating a Ben Carson rap ad to target African-American voters.

Here’s what Carson’s Communications Director Doug Watts said about the rap strategy: We are “Reaching [young black voters] on a level they appreciate and follow and see if we can attract their consciousness about the election. They need to get involved and express their voice through their vote.” We are “reaching out and talking to them in a language that they prefer and in a language that, and in a cultural format that they appreciate.”

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