Is Ben Carson starting to look even more weird?

[CathyA]

I realize that many people who are interested in non-politician people for president are mostly just fed up with the status quo.

But Ben Carson.........he makes me nervous. When he talks, it feels like he's a hypnotist. (or a psychopath)
But the stuff that has surfaced about his "white lies" (about being offered a scholarship to West Point; having met General Westmoreland; having had a pathological temper when younger; having tried to stab his mother, etc.)........is getting disconcerting. Plus, he said it's just a matter of semantics, and the media is out to get him.
(Not that I had planned on voting for him!).

But isn't it getting a bit..........well, bizarre?

[Williamsmith]

It's going to get worse before it gets better.

[CathyA]

I just realized that Ben is being talked about over the the "GOP debate" post. Sorry I didn't notice that.
But still........very weird.....

And who knows if he has a chance to be elected? There's millions of crazies in the U.S., so I would never say never. But.....I am going to keep my passport current.

It's funny, on the news this morning (CBS), one political reporter said that it's very strange to have someone create bad things from their past.....(like his pathological temper, trying to stab his mom, etc.). They couldn't find anyone to substantiate these things. Curious that Carson wanted to look so tough, and out of control. Where has truth gone?? Untruths are everywhere with almost everyone.

[rodeosweetheart]

I just realized that Ben is being talked about over the the "GOP debate" post. Sorry I didn't notice that.
But still........very weird.....

And who knows if he has a chance to be elected? There's millions of crazies in the U.S., so I would never say never. But.....I am going to keep my passport current.

It's funny, on the news this morning (CBS), one political reporter said that it's very strange to have someone create bad things from their past.....(like his pathological temper, trying to stab his mom, etc.). They couldn't find anyone to substantiate these things. Curious that Carson wanted to look so tough, and out of control. Where has truth gone?? Untruths are everywhere with almost everyone.

Admittedly, Cathy, I don't really follow the news closely, internet or tv, but what are you talking about? What are these rumors, and where are you hearing them--esp. stabbing his mom? What?

[JaneV2.0]

It's all over the news. http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/05/politi...hood-violence/

Interestingly, surgeons are on the list of "most psychopaths per capita profession" or some such (which makes me much less sanguine about a knee operation...) And I can't help thinking of Percy Dovetonsils everytime he opens his mouth. Many of his beliefs strike me as beyond the pale; apparently they are mainstream among Seventh Day Adventists. Apparently too, he was a good brain surgeon.

[rodeosweetheart]

thanks, Jane, here are quotes from the article:
"The violent episodes he has detailed in his book, in public statements and in interviews, include punching a classmate in the face with his hand wrapped around a lock, leaving a bloody three-inch gash in the boy's forehead; attempting to attack his own mother with a hammer following an argument over clothes; hurling a large rock at a boy, which broke the youth's glasses and smashed his nose; and, finally, thrusting a knife at the belly of his friend with such force that the blade snapped when it luckily struck a belt buckle covered by the boy's clothes."
Goodness.
Then, the article goes on the question whether these are true or not?
Huh? Are you suggesting this is an attempt by the candidate to look "tough"? Huh? I am really confused by this, as I know you are, Cathy.

[nswef]

We have a Ben Carson reading room at our school. I assume it is funded by his foundation. There are biographies of him for the kids to read and many, many other books. Before he started running for president I had great admiration for him, his skills, his compassion and his charity work. It now looks as if he has cracked....I just wonder how many other Ben Carson rooms there are around the nation.

[rodeosweetheart]

Well, there are many Carnegie libraries across the nation, and still history recalls the Homestead strike, where he authorized the Pinkertons to create mayhem. In the words of Eugene Debs, 1901:

Let honest workingmen everywhere protest
against the acceptance of a gift which condones
crime in the name of philanthropy. Let them put
themselves upon record in terms that appeal to
the honor of their class and the respect of all mankind.
We want libraries and we will have them in
glorious abundance when capitalism is abolished
and the workingmen are no longer robbed by the
philanthropic pirates of the Carnegie class.
Then the library will be as it should be, a
noble temple dedicated to culture and symbolizing
the virtues of the people.

[Float On]

He spoke here a few years ago and I was not impressed. I think he used the word "I" more than any other word. Very egotistical.

[nswef]

Philanthropic pirates indeed.