Monday, November 09, 2015

Ben Carson is asked to give his medical opinion on addiction, instead blames political correctness. Wait, what?

Courtesy of Think Progress: 

John Dickerson asked Carson about the “human side” of addiction on Face the Nation Sunday after mentioning that 25 percent of New Hampshire voters said drug abuse was the most serious problem in New Hampshire, according to a WMUR poll. 

Carson answered that a lack of values and principles were responsible for serious drug abuse: 

"There are all kinds of addictions and addictions occur in people who are vulnerable who are lacking something in their lives, so we really have to start asking ourselves what have we taken outside of our lives in America? What are some of those values and principles that allowed us to ascend the ladder of success so rapidly to the pinnacle of the world and the highest pinnacle anyone else had ever reached, and why are we throwing away all of our values and principles for the sake of political correctness?"

Did you hear the journalist ask Carson for his opinion "As a doctor?" And yet Carson's response is completely lacking any medical or scientific foundation.

Instead he answers the question as a minister or priest might answer it, framed as if all the ills of society are due to a lack of Jesus in our lives.

At this point I think it is fair to demand to see Carson's medical license and diploma from the University of Michigan.

After all nothing this guy says seems to be true, and his responses to questions seem to be entirely non-scientific or medically informed. 

To be fair Chris Christie, who has never claimed to have a background in psychology or medicine, provided a far more substantive and empathetic response to the question of addiction in this country.

Let's face when your bedside manner is worse than Chris Christie's that raises some serious questions about your medical background.

87 comments:

  1. Anonymous9:17 AM

    As Dubya was jammed down our throat in 2000, one has to wonder why Carson is a supposed front runner.

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    1. Anonymous10:53 AM

      I think in part, as Murdock said, he would be the first black president. If he only makes it for part of the campaign season it gives the GOOPS credibility as not racist.

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    2. Anonymous11:30 AM

      Just like old Sarah was their token female. That went well. Should Carson survive the 50 state vetting process known as the primaries, then what? Then he has to really debate with a skilled and experienced Democratic opponent. That should go well...for the Democrats!

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    3. Anonymous2:02 PM

      Just like old Sarah was their token female.

      Sure thing, They are not finished with him. When they are he will quit or they will have him quit.

      He can go on as Sarah did being a stellar Republican to make more money.

      Is there a pattern with Republican candidates? Not all of them but this one and Sarah for sure.

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  2. Anonymous9:30 AM

    Somewhat off topic: the Christian Taliban is whining that Starbucks "hates Jesus". These people get more and more freaky with every passing day.

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    1. Anonymous10:31 AM

      They can't care about feeding the poor, helping the sick, etc, but they can sure get their panties in a was because of a perceived war an Xmas....

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  3. Anonymous9:30 AM

    "...... as if all the ills of society are due to a lack of Jesus in our lives."

    As if? That right there is the core kernel of the whole nugget at the heart of the matter....

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    1. Anonymous9:35 AM

      You're supposed to say "snark" at the end of saying something so stupid, Oh wait...

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    2. Anonymous9:50 AM

      Should have just gone ahead and ended my sentence in consideration of those with snark deficiency syndrome instead of using the ... thingie.

      ....at the heart of the matter for Carson and his pious ilk.


      Better?

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    3. Anonymous9:56 AM

      Sigh. I thought the IQ level here meant that readers could detect snark with it being highlighted in neon letters.

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    4. Anonymous10:19 AM

      jeebus!


      M'effin grammar dilettantes!

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    5. Anonymous11:29 AM

      We can do neon letters?

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    6. Sigh. I thought the IQ level here meant that …

      We do get visitors, and Anonymous 9:30 AM chose not to give any sort of clue (e.g. a handle) that s/he wasn't one of them.

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  4. Anonymous9:33 AM

    Dud Carson is clearly doped. Without a doubt he is a victim of pharmaceuticals hold on doctors and bad medical techniques, like tossing dope at anyone for any problem they have. Hence more addicts as a result.

    Carson is in denial and he will never deal with addiction or the results of his and Republican denial.

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    1. Anonymous9:47 AM

      He acts like he is doped up all the time.

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    2. Anonymous10:03 AM

      It's hard to believe that the dopey guy with the dopey way of talking and a dopey appearance was once a brilliant surgeon who performed over 500 surgeries a year. At that rate, he was performing two surgeries a day. Who would like to be his 4 PM patient?

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    3. Anonymous10:14 AM

      He is just hanging out and waiting for the Rapture or Jesus to fix him.

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    4. Anonymous10:55 AM

      He preferred children. Pediatric surgery. Parents must have been so thankful their children had good medical attention.

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    5. Anonymous11:28 AM

      I read where he refused to operate on children without insurance.

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  5. Anonymous9:41 AM

    From the French family that speaks for Bristol which means they speak for Sarah Palin when she is cowering and hiding behind something, anything. Sarah just has to hide.

    Sorry, Media, You Won’t Destroy Ben Carson
    http://www.nationalreview.com/article/426728/ben-carson-liberal-media-victim?rURzuzIX7ViiLD6t.01

    WTF with Huckabee mocking Ben? ‘I’ve Never Stabbed Anybody’ Huckabee also weighed in on Carson’s whining
    http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/11/09/mike-huckabee-mocks-ben-carsons-media-scrutiny-ive-never-stabbed-anybody-video/

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    1. Anonymous10:02 AM

      Speaking the the French Family, Nancy was surprised that the Broadway musical "Hamilton" was patriotic. After all, it was written by a Puerto Rican, and its cast is multi-racial. It's also been playing on Broadway for a while, long enough for President Obama and his family to have seen it. Was Nancy surprised because the show is mostly hip hop and rap? It had minorities playing the parts of our white founding fathers? Or did Nancy think that "liberals" wouldn't tell the story of Hamilton accurately?

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    2. Anonymous10:33 AM

      We all know, since McCain, that the GOP does not vet anyone. Unless, they do not want them and need to find a way to get rid of them. GOP has zero respect for high office or they would vet and do a damn good job.

      So this Palin character, named French, thinks the media is destroying anyone that media vets?

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    3. Anonymous11:01 AM

      The French Family, Sarah and Bristol all know Puerto Rico has nothing to do with the USA. In their alternative universe that is.

      Puerto Rico is an unincorporated U.S. territory.

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    4. Anonymous6:06 PM

      Ben Carson endorses statehood for Puerto Rico.

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  6. Anonymous9:42 AM

    He is a FUCKING IDIOT!

    Physical addiction or habituation is a CHEMICAL influence on the body. ANYONE can build an habituation to a chemical. Whether it's pharmaceutical drugs, street drugs, sugar, caffeine, alcohol...it has to do with the way the body responds, the brain receptors respond, it's BIOLOGICAL not spiritual.

    Addiction can also be a psychological process that joins with the physical influence on the body. It has nothing to do with will power, or bad character or one's religious leanings.

    It's so disturbing that his man is being considered in any way, shape or form to be president. He is a FUCKING IDIOT!

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    1. Anonymous10:02 AM

      Yeah, because I am addicted to avocados. Avocados are like a drug to me.

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    2. Anonymous10:08 AM

      Why yes to all your points.

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    3. eclecticsandra10:23 AM

      You can also be addicted to religion.

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    4. Anonymous10:58 AM

      Religion the opiate of the masses.

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    5. Anonymous2:29 PM

      Hello, Idjit Carson, The pleistocene is calling and wants your itty-bitty brain back. Like a lot of other so-called medical professionals, Carson seems to have received his training from Bedrock U.

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  7. Anonymous9:47 AM

    OT-COOL! His cover photo is Alaska!
    http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/barack-obama-facebook-page-215646

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    1. Anonymous10:12 AM

      These are Photos that TELL a story..Starting with this one!

      http://www.politico.com/gallery/2015/09/ben-carson-2016-retrospective-gallery-002108?slide=11

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    2. Anonymous10:41 AM

      10:12, is that Steven Colbert in the background?

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    3. Anonymous11:12 AM

      9:47 AM:
      Like the page, but sadly the trolls are out in numbers,

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  8. Anonymous9:56 AM

    After watching and listening to this lying sack of shit, I really question his background as a medical doctor. Who said he was outstanding at it - what nurses have come forward and talked about his abilities - his surgical nurses that have stood supposedly right next to him in the operating rooms?

    He has made himself the jokester and has proven himself to be just ANOTHER lying Republican! He's a mess and has no chance of ever being POTUS!

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    1. Anonymous11:33 AM

      He had his medical license pulled, too many mistakes in the operating room.

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  9. Anonymous9:59 AM

    Nicotine is addicting.
    Opiates are addicting.
    Some people cannot control their alcohol intake, and it has nothing to do with political correctness. It might have something to do with their genes.
    I wonder what kind of medication Ben Carson is on. Someone should ask him.

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    1. Anonymous11:03 AM

      Sugar is addicting.
      Salt is addicting.

      Eat processed food. Eat at McDonald's. Eat potato chips, you can't have just one.

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  10. Anonymous10:02 AM

    Jesus doesn't have anything to do with someone sitting in their doctor's office - who they also have faith in - and being prescribed pain killers then getting hooked on the pills. From my view point, doctors are the biggest drug pushers in the country. Maybe the good doctors should put patients before profits. A doctor in California was recently convicted of murder because 3 of her patients overdosed and died. That was good news.

    A nationwide database monitoring patients' prescriptions and the doctors who prescribe them would be 100 times more effective than prayer. Jesus appears to be too busy when the faithful pray for rain to end droughts. I don't think Jesus will fix the drug problems either.

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    1. Anonymous10:41 AM

      I am 10:02. I meant it was good news that the doctor was convicted of murder. Certtainly didn't mean it was good news that her patients overdosed and died.

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  11. OK, being that I am 11 years sober, am currently an Addictions counselor and social worker, I believe I can weight in on his comment; BULLSHIT
    The most ignorant, self righteous, hypocritical Dbags always, always attack an addicts character. Considering 1 in 3 people you will know in your lifetime will have abuse/dependence issues, well Dr. Token, that must be it. I hate that asshole, lying grifter con-man

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  12. Anonymous10:16 AM

    Well since his medical license got yanked from him I don't know if he can give medical advice "as a doctor".....teeheehee

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    1. He has not had his likened yanked. The Huff Post article was a joke. But he is under investigation for several 8) malpractice suits in the state of Maryland alone. But then brain ops are very tricky business.

      Ben Carson Loses Brain Surgeon License After Making Numerous Brainless Comments: Huffington Post.

      http://www.huffingtonpost.com/flora-nicholas/ben-carson-loses-brain-su_b_8295908.html

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    2. his medical license got yanked from him … .....teeheehee

      In case anyone missed the joke: http://www.snopes.com/ben-carson-brainless-surgeon/

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  13. Anonymous10:16 AM

    What makes Carson's and Trump's supporters think a doctor and a businessman, (both having never held an elected office, or had any political experience whatsoever) qualifies to be the President of the US, Leader of the free world.

    If a Demcorat who was a doctor or a businessman with no political experience, or having never been elected to public office, was running for president, the media would be having a field day dragging them though the mud.

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    1. Anonymous11:21 AM

      My take is that in a Republican world these men are accomplished due to their brilliance and intelligence. Smart people like smart people. Who better to lead than an intelligent successful man? They want to claim their choices are smarter than a Democrat like President Obama. What could he know? He is Washington establishment.

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    2. Anonymous5:24 AM

      They think successful "businessmen" are gods and that a rich person knows how to make the country (and voters) rich.

      Ben Carson is about bringing their own Black guy to the race, someone who is willing to tell them they're not racist.

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  14. Anonymous10:20 AM

    I am wondering if he is an idiot savant? I have seen peole who sit down and play the piano like experts, who never took a lesson in their lives. People who can sculpt or paint expertly, yet are deficient in regular life activities. I wonder about Carson. Yes, I would like to see if his medical degree is like his scholarship to West Point, a figment of his imagination.

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    1. I have been thinking that as well. He might be good at only one thing (brain surgery) and nothing else.

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    2. Anonymous11:12 AM

      Something like idiot savant. You might want to include physchopathic. There are those that are gifted impostors. Catch me if you can!

      Hailed as a "miracle doctor"
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Impostor#Plot

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    3. Anonymous11:25 AM

      I hardly think he would have been hired to perform neurosurgery with no verifiable degrees. Seriously. I just think he's legend in his own mind, and did this whole "I wanna Be President" thing to sell books. No one is more surprised at him leading than he must be...I doubt he planned to even be around for a debate. The GOP built this; now they can tear it down.

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  15. Anonymous10:32 AM

    Is this surprising?

    http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/11/04/ben-carson-was-sued-for-malpractice-at-least-eight-times.html

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    1. Is this surprising?

      It should be noted that the linked article concludes as follows:

      Despite the MRI malpractice case, though, most experts agree that Carson had a very small amount of blemishes for a job that is as hard as it gets.

      “It doesn’t seem outrageous to me, to be honest with you,” Karten said. “This is a very risky area that you’re operating in, the brain. There’s a lot of questions on what a patient is told. But that doesn’t mean it’s malpractice. You have to do something or deviate from the standard of care. I don’t think this is a tremendous amount of malpractice over the years he’s been practicing.”

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  16. Anonymous10:40 AM

    The Man Who Pretended to Be Ben Carson for 21 Years

    On stage, he plays the famed neurosurgeon. But he doesn’t recognize the man on the trail.

    http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/11/the-other-ben-carson-213333

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    1. Anonymous11:26 AM

      How long has the Carson myth machine been targeting innocent children for their propaganda?

      He likes working on kids but he was not much as a father. Left his wife to raise the boys while he was mostly gone.

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  17. Anonymous11:01 AM

    OT: Gryph, Look at Alaska!

    How does your state rank for integrity?

    http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/11/03/18822/how-does-your-state-rank-integrity

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  18. Anonymous11:06 AM

    "What are some of those values and principles that allowed us to ascend the ladder of success so rapidly to the pinnacle of the world and the highest pinnacle anyone else had ever reached".......

    Clearly Carson doesn't understand the gospel. His views are contradictory to what the NT teaches. He thinks that 'values' bring people like him to rapidly ASCEND the adder of success to the pinnacle the world. That's not what Jesus taught. He taught that the Kingdom of God was not of this world.

    Satan tried to tempt Jesus in the wilderness, offering him the world and all the riches of the world if Jesus would bow to Satan. Clearly Jesus did not. He gave Himself up so people in the world would follow a world of eternal life through Him, rather than be disillusioned by the worldly gain and affluence and power that one can't take with them in the next life.

    Carson seems to be preaching dominion theology and he also has a huge ego problem, considering that he thinks the winking Jesus in the portrait is very proud of him.

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  19. Anonymous11:07 AM

    Yeah, this asshat won't ever be president, but he sure has his backasswards opinions on what it takes...whatever happened to separation of church and state, anyway?

    Ted Cruz: An Atheist 'Isn't Fit To Be' President

    Presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said Friday that he believes anyone who wants to be president must fear God and pray daily.

    Speaking at the National Religious Liberties Conference in Iowa, Cruz joined other GOP presidential candidates for a discussion about the persecution of Christians in the U.S. and around the world. After some very extreme, very weird comments about homosexuality, right-wing pastor Kevin Swanson introduced Cruz to the stage to ask him how important it was for candidates to submit to Jesus Christ as "the king of the President of the United States."

    "Any president who doesn't begin every day on his knees isn't fit to be commander-in-chief of this country," responded Cruz.

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ted-cruz-atheists_5640b613e4b0411d30719f52

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  20. Anonymous11:10 AM

    So much for pro life, eh?

    Jeb Bush On Whether He'd Kill Baby Hitler: 'Hell Yeah, I Would!'

    "You gotta step up, man."
    Have you ever wondered whether, if given the opportunity, Jeb Bush would go back in time to kill Adolf Hitler in his crib?

    Well, wonder no more.

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeb-bush-on-killing-baby-hitler_5640e1b6e4b0411d3071da54

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    1. Anonymous2:07 PM

      Jeb! is a pussy and full of false Bushit!.

      He doesn't have the balls to do anything except drone him from far away.

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  21. Anonymous11:16 AM

    Team Carson has also used his public Facebook page to offer up three pieces of "evidence" to back up the stories now under scrutiny.

    http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/ban-carson-evidence-stories

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  22. Anonymous11:44 AM

    Ooops! Psychology Today magazine was not yet available when he had been reading it for a year*?

    http://gawker.com/is-ben-carson-lying-about-reading-psychology-today-as-a-1741482781

    *(according to some crappy right wing ghostwritten book)

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  23. Anonymous11:48 AM

    Gryphen I think you were right on in your assessment about his having had affair(s)...

    Why Has Ben Carson Repeatedly Claimed He Was Sued For Paternity Years Ago?

    Presidential candidate and Holocaust comic Ben Carson held a gonzo press conference on Friday to answer questions about his alleged full scholarship to West Point (and perhaps get people to believe he might actually stab a fool), and while most of the focus on that presser has been on Carson’s uncharacteristic anger, there was something else that piqued my interest. Aside from his newly-disclaimed description of meeting General William Westmoreland, Carson weirdly foreshadowed the media’s next quest for dirt on him (emphasis mine):

    VIDEO


    Why Has Ben Carson Repeatedly Claimed He Was Sued For Paternity Years Ago?
    by Tommy Christopher | 1:25 pm, November 9th, 2015
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    Presidential candidate and Holocaust comic Ben Carson held a gonzo press conference on Friday to answer questions about his alleged full scholarship to West Point (and perhaps get people to believe he might actually stab a fool), and while most of the focus on that presser has been on Carson’s uncharacteristic anger, there was something else that piqued my interest. Aside from his newly-disclaimed description of meeting General William Westmoreland, Carson weirdly foreshadowed the media’s next quest for dirt on him (emphasis mine):


    Ben Carson says he'll probably be accused of… by tommyxtopher

    “There’s gotta be some scandal, there’s gotta be some nurse he’s having an affair with, there’s gotta be something. They are getting desperate. So, next week, it’ll be my kindergarten teacher who said I peed in my pants.”

    The “peed in my pants” line was good for a laugh, but it was that nurse line that caught my attention because I thought to myself that if this had been any other candidate, I’d have thought it sounded like getting out ahead of something. Picture Bill Clinton saying at a press conference “Next thing you know, they’ll be saying I’m getting blown by an intern in the Oval Office, HAHAHA!”

    But say what you will about Ben Carson, it’s extremely difficult to picture him as an unrepentant snatchhound, maybe even more so than a knife-fighting berserker with hammers for hands.

    As it happens, though, I was also researching videos for my epic slideshow of weird Ben Carson pronouncements, and I ran across a clip that’s on point with this issue. At a commencement speech in 2003, Carson told the crowd that he had been sued for paternity by a Florida woman who claimed to have given birth to his love child:

    http://www.mediaite.com/online/why-has-ben-carson-repeatedly-claimed-he-was-sued-for-paternity-years-ago/



    http://www.mediaite.com/online/why-has-ben-carson-repeatedly-claimed-he-was-sued-for-paternity-years-ago/

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  24. I think that Carson's lies are all related to his idea of 'testimony'. His stories have a before (problems), how (an event causing his conversion) and since (what a better person he is now). There must be a strong sense of rage behind the soft manner and quiet voice. One day the rage will break free; hope a camera is nearby when it does.

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    1. "There must be a strong sense of rage behind the soft manner and quiet voice."
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      Like a neighbor always says after the mass murderer/serial killer is caught: "He was a quiet man."

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  25. I've always been a fan of affirmative action, but I've feared from my first hearing of this guy's opinions that he'll be the death knell for it.

    Even if he wasn't admitted on that basis.

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  26. Anonymous12:08 PM

    Ben Carson’s Mother Completely Contradicts the Entire Point of the Stabbing Story

    http://www.alan.com/2015/11/09/ben-carsons-mother-completely-contradicts-the-entire-point-of-the-stabbing-story/

    Now Carson Blaming Co-Author For Inaccuracies

    Said Carson :“You know, when you write a book with a co-writer and you say that there was a class, a lot of time they’ll put a number or something just to give it more meat. You know, obviously, decades later, I’m not going to remember the course number.”

    http://www.wsj.com/articles/carson-criticizes-media-for-questioning-his-biography-1447027581

    Carson Admits His Timeline On Meeting Westmoreland Is Wrong

    http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/dr-ben-carson-brushes-more-controversy-n459431

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  27. Anonymous12:09 PM

    Why has he sealed his transcripts? What is he hiding?
    66gardeners

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  28. Anonymous12:10 PM

    Do we know Carson was not admitted because of affirmative action?
    66gardeners

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  29. Anonymous12:13 PM

    In his 1990 autobiography Gifted Hands, Carson describes how he briefly attended fourth grade at a small private church school when his mother, Sonya, moved him and his older brother, Curtis, to live with relatives in Boston after the Carsons’ father moved out. His mother thought the boys would get a better education there than at the public schools. She was wrong.

    "Though Curtis and I both made good grades, the work was not as demanding as it could have been, and when we transferred back to the Detroit public school system I had quite a shock," Carson wrote.
    http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2015/11/ben-carson-is-asked-to-give-his-medical.html#comment-form

    66gardeners

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    1. Anonymous3:00 PM

      I am looking forward to the sequel. Grifted Hands. If Sarah doesn't beat him to it. He wouldn't want to plagiarize the the humble Palin. Not after Newsmax gave her such high honors, poor Sarah felt so unworthy of all their praise.

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  30. Anonymous12:14 PM

    "By the time I went into ninth grade, Mother had made such strides that she received nothing except food stamps," he wrote. "She couldn't have provided for us and kept up the house without that subsidy."
    same link as above
    66gardeners

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  31. Anonymous12:18 PM

    Yes, this guy is a major right winger who at one time was hugely a Palin fan, later to jump ship, but with that in mind, I read his article and this is what stood out for me...

    ...What will happen from here? More stories of Carson’s exaggerations will trickle out and his fans, aided by the conservative media telling them that this is all the left’s attempt to destroy a dangerous conservative black man, will ignore reality until there is no other choice. This “Brian Williams Virus” will not kill Carson’s campaign immediately and it may never destroy it completely. But he is never going to president and it is nearly impossible to see how he gets the Republican nomination.

    The only question left is whether he hangs around long enough to help another conservative media favorite who has no business being the nominee, Donald Trump, storm to victory at the GOP convention, before handing the presidency to Hillary Clinton.

    http://www.mediaite.com/online/why-is-the-conservative-media-so-unwilling-to-admit-that-carson-has-a-brian-williams-problem/

    Much of the article is in the typical whining conservative vein, but that paragraph was very revealing overall.

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    1. Anonymous1:52 PM

      Carson is a Tea Bagger like this creepy old guy that dyes his hair too dark and loves Sarah Palin. He must be father of the year, his daughters are obsessed and love him so much. Carson had sons, that was hopefully fortunate for his kids.

      "Best boss ever!!! Also love my coworkers!!"
      https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10204872952438987&set=a.1583733108632.2073752.1094874374&type=3&theater


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  32. Anonymous12:22 PM

    the day he announced his run for president Carson said, "Many people are critical of me because they say, ‘Carson wants to get rid of all the safety nets and welfare programs even though he must have benefited from them,’ " he said, according to a Politico account. "This is a blatant lie. I have no desire to get rid of safety nets for people who need them. I have a strong desire to get rid of programs that create dependency in able-bodied people
    same link as above

    Carson directly benefitted from programs to help the poor. One must ask, what programs create dependency in able bodied programs, other than the programs Carson directly benfitted from? These are known to include public housing, food stamps, and Pell grants as well as medical assistance.
    66gardeners

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  33. Anonymous1:20 PM

    Seems to me Carson was grateful to have grown up on a democratic plantation of government subsidies.

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  34. Anonymous1:32 PM

    Good thing St. Ronnie closed the mental institutions or the GOP would not have any candidates !!


    Carson could have gotten into U of M on affirmative action and graduated last in his class.

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  35. Anonymous1:36 PM

    Here's another right wing idiot spewing crap:

    Tom Cotton: People 'Spiral Downward' Into Heroin Addiction Because Of Social Security Benefits

    http://crooksandliars.com/2015/11/tom-cotton-people-spiral-downward-heroin

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    1. Anonymous4:50 AM

      So all of these new heroin addicts are past the age of 65? Golly.
      Beaglemom

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  36. Anonymous1:42 PM

    A Pattern of Embellishments That Matter: Why The Media Should Be Investigating Ben Carson

    http://www.politicususa.com/2015/11/08/media-crucifying-ben-carson-embellishments.html

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  37. Anonymous3:03 PM

    Yep.

    https://www.facebook.com/ThePoliticalGarbageChute/photos/a.265353916907559.55505.207544652688486/797590487017230/?type=3

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  38. Anonymous4:03 PM

    Flashback to 2014: Ben Carson defended birtherism on Alan Colmes’ Fox News radio show in May of 2014, and said if Obama didn’t want people to be suspicious of him, he should release all of his records. Carson called having past records exposed “reasonable” if someone is running for office. Yes, this is the same Carson that is now claiming no other candidate has ever been vetted like he is being vetted.

    http://www.politicususa.com/2015/11/09/ben-carson-demands-obamas-college-records-refusing-release.html

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  39. Anonymous4:38 PM

    Now It Looks Like Ted Cruz And His Dad Made Up Family Stories Of Cuba

    Ted Cruz has often told a story about his father, Rafael, fighting for freedom alongside Fidel Castro then coming to the realization that he is a repressive Communist dictator. Cruz has used this story to refer to the Obama administration and what he claims is government overreach.

    But the New York Times investigated and it turns out the story of the elder Cruz fighting against the dictatorial Fulgencio Batista regime at Castro’s side may be a lie.

    http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/11/09/now-it-looks-like-ted-cruz-and-his-dad-made-up-family-stories-of-cuba/

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  40. Anonymous4:40 PM

    When Heroin Addiction Hits White America, The War On Drugs Suddenly Goes Soft

    ...Heroin is wreaking havoc in mostly white communities all over the country. The number of addicts and overdoses is higher than it has been for decades. HIV is spreading like wildfire through shared needles. This is where the police start frisking every white person they see and arresting everyone with a needle or the tiniest bit of meth on them, right?

    Hellllllll no! The War on Blacks Drugs is not supposed to crack down on white people. Are you insane? Those people are victims that need our help!

    http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/11/09/when-heroin-addiction-hits-white-america-the-war-on-drugs-suddenly-goes-soft/

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  41. Anonymous4:49 AM

    Maybe Carson doesn't understand the difference between "addiction" and "political correctness"? Has anyone asked him what drugs he takes or would that be being "politically" incorrect?
    Beaglemom

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    1. Anonymous5:18 AM

      I think the "political correctness" line is that nobody is allowed to say that people are addicted because there's not enough gawd in our lives.

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