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Siwsan

(26,266 posts)
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 07:27 AM Aug 2016

If Dr. Bornstein was my physician I'd be looking for a new one and here's why

This is a direct quote, from him:

“I get rushed and I get anxious when I get rushed, so I try to get four or five lines done as fast as possible,” Bornstein explained. “In a rush, I think some of those words didn’t come out exactly the way they were meant.”

I seriously would NOT want a physician treating me who gets anxious when he gets rushed, and when rushed, things don't turn out exactly the way they were meant.

Are we sure this guy is actually a physician, and not someone who just plays one for propaganda purposes?

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If Dr. Bornstein was my physician I'd be looking for a new one and here's why (Original Post) Siwsan Aug 2016 OP
that is the physician of the smartest, richest man in the world 6chars Aug 2016 #1
The best physician. Believe me. nt msanthrope Aug 2016 #11
Dr. Ben Carson yortsed snacilbuper Aug 2016 #2
Don't even get me started on Carson - something about him doesn't add up Siwsan Aug 2016 #3
Maybe Ben was illegally doing lobotomies to create more Republicans. Koinos Aug 2016 #6
HAHAHA!!! Siwsan Aug 2016 #10
Funny!!!! Nt PCIntern Aug 2016 #15
LOTs of things don't add up! Lol. It wouldn't seem Hortensis Aug 2016 #12
My favorite is the "poverbs" tile Siwsan Aug 2016 #13
Oh, I forgot about that. :) Hortensis Aug 2016 #17
Even when I was a believer awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #29
Too close a relationship with God? Hortensis Aug 2016 #31
One look at that man and I would run katmondoo Aug 2016 #4
A gastroenterologist too. Not getting near me either. Hortensis Aug 2016 #19
I wonder if he's lost patients after the full display of his nuttiness. tanyev Aug 2016 #5
I haven't been able to watch the interview Dale Neiburg Aug 2016 #21
Bornstein looks like he belongs in a 1950's B horror movie. Koinos Aug 2016 #7
Seems to be an odd guy. dawg Aug 2016 #8
Are you kidding me??? That's him?? PCIntern Aug 2016 #16
Oh, him! They guy they don't let out of Area 51... JHB Aug 2016 #26
I think Dr. Bornstein is just another alter-ego for Trump KittyWampus Aug 2016 #9
See #8 above. Bornstein has better hair... JHB Aug 2016 #25
Who was that woman who seemed to be his minder? DURHAM D Aug 2016 #14
I wondered if maybe she is his wife and/or office manager Siwsan Aug 2016 #18
THAT was interesting, all right. Hortensis Aug 2016 #20
I was wrong...Andy Kaufman isn't Trump--he's this guy... First Speaker Aug 2016 #22
Off topic Zing Zing Zingbah Aug 2016 #23
Napoleon Solo is shilling for Joe Bornstein Siwsan Aug 2016 #24
Aliya Kuryakin , yeah. I had me a Man from Uncle lunch box. FYI Aliya is on one of those zonkers Aug 2016 #27
David McCallum is on NCIS. I tuned in, just to see him Siwsan Aug 2016 #28
OOh, me too. He was my early... 3catwoman3 Aug 2016 #30

Siwsan

(26,266 posts)
3. Don't even get me started on Carson - something about him doesn't add up
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 07:59 AM
Aug 2016

Yea, he performed some remarkable surgeries, but why does such a gifted surgeon retire COMPLETELY away from medicine, at such a young age? If it was due to something that compromised him, physically, he could still teach and/or consult. But to cut him self off from something he must have loved, I just don't get it.

My suspicion is he was given a hard choice to leave completely, or face some sort of consequence for something that went very wrong. I have absolutely zero proof or example of this, but I credentialed physicians, for years, and his specialty is not the most common, but it is one of the most sued.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
12. LOTs of things don't add up! Lol. It wouldn't seem
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 09:15 AM
Aug 2016

incredible that such an extremist dingdong could have gotten himself in trouble, and it's interesting that your background makes you wonder. But I'm thinking Carson's issues may simply have lead him away from medicine. I'd love to read a psychologist's formal evaluation, but of course we'll never see that.

Besides being a religious zealot (lay terminology ), though, Carson obviously has big issues with ego and attention seeking. His home is filled with glorified images of himself, awards to himself, etc. Hospitals and research labs are such introverted environments, that I suspect Carson may simply have "outgrown" such a small and hidden stage. So far he's written at least 10 books, all either specifically about him or featuring him as shining examples.

His buddy Jesus's body language may dominate in this painting, but compared to the big guy in the foreground Jesus seems to be suffering from severe microcephaly.

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What's so amazing is how many...strange people are running for president now that the the Republican Party has moved farther right than it has ever been in history. And the presidential candidates were almost all positioned on the far right of that range!

I feel sure several of these weirdos have to clinically diagnosable. Carson's only one of those who ran for president to bask in the spotlight, build their resumes, and grab the opportunity to hawk merchandise. Several discussions I've read of Newt have suggested he's a psychopath based on his behavior. Cain and Huckabee are almost literally snake-oil salesmen, and Gingrich is also a direct-mail huckster. And, of course, there's Trump. Oh, and definitely possibly others who have to be wondered about, like Cruz. The entire meltdown syndrome is fascinating, and I'm hoping for a couple really good books before long.






Siwsan

(26,266 posts)
13. My favorite is the "poverbs" tile
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 09:27 AM
Aug 2016


Why the heck doesn't he just take that down and get a new one, sans the typos???

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
31. Too close a relationship with God?
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 03:14 PM
Aug 2016

Didn't know there was such a thing.

Reminds me, I once was appraising in a neighborhood with a very nice Buddhist temple. A view of it was considered a spiritual plus and very desirable. People paid substantially more for houses like mine with a view across a large sand wash toward its comparatively plain sides and back. Except for one house that sold very low, across the street from its beautiful entrance and court and in full view of IT. Worthless as a comp because that was definitely too much of a good thing.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
19. A gastroenterologist too. Not getting near me either.
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 09:52 AM
Aug 2016

Even if his license shouldn't be at very least suspended for signing The Donald's letter.

tanyev

(42,564 posts)
5. I wonder if he's lost patients after the full display of his nuttiness.
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 08:38 AM
Aug 2016

Of course, that could be offset by an uptick in patients looking for signatures on pre-written letters and maybe even prescriptions on demand.

Dale Neiburg

(698 posts)
21. I haven't been able to watch the interview
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 10:16 AM
Aug 2016

But I suspect, as "out-of-register" as the signature is, that he signed a blank piece of paper and the letter was written over it later.

Did anyone ask him why he claimed to be in a non-existent department of a non-existent section of a hospital where nobody knows him?

DURHAM D

(32,610 posts)
14. Who was that woman who seemed to be his minder?
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 09:37 AM
Aug 2016

Why does he need a minder?

Why didn't someone talk about his apparent need for a minder?

Zing Zing Zingbah

(6,496 posts)
23. Off topic
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 10:44 AM
Aug 2016

but the name reminds me of Joe Bornstein commercials in Maine. The law offices of Joe Bornstein.... LOL.. decades ago they had a commercial.

"Who's representing them?"

"Joe Bornstein."

"Joe Bornstein... let's settle this one."

Yeah, all you have to do is say "Joe Bornstein" and the other lawyers want to settle immediately. I always thought that was comical.

And then the actor Robert Vaughn, whom everyone in Maine thinks is Joe Bornstein (LOL!), says "Tell them you mean business. Call the law offices of Joe Bornstein."

Siwsan

(26,266 posts)
24. Napoleon Solo is shilling for Joe Bornstein
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 11:00 AM
Aug 2016

Yea, I'm old enough to identify Mr. Vaughn with that role. Although I was a much bigger fan of Illya Kuryakin.

 

zonkers

(5,865 posts)
27. Aliya Kuryakin , yeah. I had me a Man from Uncle lunch box. FYI Aliya is on one of those
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 11:21 AM
Aug 2016

crime shows how, looks pretty good for eighty-is!

Siwsan

(26,266 posts)
28. David McCallum is on NCIS. I tuned in, just to see him
Sat Aug 27, 2016, 11:40 AM
Aug 2016

And he does look very good. Robert Vaughn has aged well, too. He was, briefly, on a soap I watch, out of England called Coronation Street and he did quite a few appearances on Law and Order.

I had, and pretty much do still have, a major crush on David McCallum.

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