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(46,337 posts)
Mon Jan 12, 2015, 01:59 PM Jan 2015

Ben Carson is no longer a doctor.

Whenever a doctor endorses obvious quackery, they no longer are a doctor.

Ben Carson Shilled For Notorious Company That Promoted Quack AIDS, Cancer Cures

Submitted by Brian Tashman on Monday, 1/12/2015 12:50 pm

As conservative activist Ben Carson mulls a presidential run, we’re not surprised to start seeing stories like this one from the National Review: “Ben Carson’s Troubling Connection.” Jim Geraghty describes in detail the close ties between Carson and Mannatech, a medical supplement company that misleadingly markets its products to people with diseases such as Tay-Sachs, autism, non-Hodgkins lymphoma and ALS. At one point, the company even boasted of a “miracle cure” for AIDS and cancer. If Carson runs, he won’t be the only 2016 Republican candidate with a record of boosting quack medical companies. Mike Huckabee once emailed his fans a sponsored message from a company promising remedies to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s and another endorsing a biblical cancer cure from the Bible.

- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/ben-carson-shilled-notorious-company-promoted-quack-aids-cancer-cures#sthash.LPzjEecB.dpuf

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Ben Carson is no longer a doctor. (Original Post) Archae Jan 2015 OP
Ben Carson is a gop fad candidate Gothmog Jan 2015 #1
Yep. He won't last. n/t progressoid Jan 2015 #2
You mean that Herman Cain will be running this cycle Gothmog Jan 2015 #5
It's a shame, because he's supposedly a brilliant surgeon. dawg Jan 2015 #3
Opinion does not revoke either a medical degree, or license. Ms. Toad Jan 2015 #4
Very true davidpdx Jan 2015 #6
Congrats on being ABD! Ms. Toad Jan 2015 #7
Thanks davidpdx Jan 2015 #8

Gothmog

(145,338 posts)
1. Ben Carson is a gop fad candidate
Mon Jan 12, 2015, 02:17 PM
Jan 2015

Ben Carson is just the latest in a series of fad candidates floated by the GOP. Remember Herman Cain? Carson has no chance of being the GOP nominee

Gothmog

(145,338 posts)
5. You mean that Herman Cain will be running this cycle
Mon Jan 12, 2015, 07:24 PM
Jan 2015

The GOP float these candidates knowing that these candidates have no chance of being the nominee just to try to look less racist

dawg

(10,624 posts)
3. It's a shame, because he's supposedly a brilliant surgeon.
Mon Jan 12, 2015, 05:43 PM
Jan 2015

Maybe he should just stick to doing that.

Of course, in my line of work, I often see doctors who seek out their own level of incompetence. Great physicians, lots of earnings potential in the medical field, but what they really want to do is manage their own Arby's franchise.

Ms. Toad

(34,076 posts)
4. Opinion does not revoke either a medical degree, or license.
Mon Jan 12, 2015, 06:03 PM
Jan 2015

I didn't see anything in the article to suggest either has happened. Until one or both does, he is still a doctor. Like it or not.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
6. Very true
Mon Jan 12, 2015, 08:07 PM
Jan 2015

Even though he is a vile human being he still earned the title doctor whether or not he is licensed to practice by virtue of his degree. The same thing will be true for me soon (although it will be academic not a medical doctor) when I finish my dissertation.

Ms. Toad

(34,076 posts)
7. Congrats on being ABD!
Mon Jan 12, 2015, 08:19 PM
Jan 2015

I expect you will not be a vile human being, so no one on DU will try to take your title away!

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