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yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)This is all about setting himself up for fame and fortune as a conservative pundit.
yuiyoshida
(41,836 posts)malpractice lawsuits against him. Surely he had to botch up one or two operations! I wouldn't trust him to remove a thorn from my finger!
libodem
(19,288 posts)And why if you discontinued your surgerical practice could you not retrain and just practice something noninvasive like general neurology? Or teach?
Just because he's educated and can conjugate verbs doesnt mean he has one ounce of political acumen.
He really is the 'house negro' Uncle Tom character, you've been warned about. If you thought GWB was just a puppet mouth piece, you ain't seen nothing yet.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,827 posts)That ratio is typical in Carsons field, experts say, but a number of Carsons former patients and their families involved in the claims offered the Guardian a conflicting account of his near-perfect medical path toward presidential politics, detailing their continued suffering from paralysis, seizure, an uncontrollable bladder and more life-altering ordeals....
Since he was doing some high-risk procedures it's likely not all of them were successful, and such procedures also tend to result in a certain number of malpractice claims, and confidential settlements are common. He may have been a good surgeon, but his skills in that area obviously have not carried over to his intended political career.
jkbRN
(850 posts)And its pretty rare when doctors are actually convicted or have a settlement. Probably why he retired early, he was probably too much of a liability.
libodem
(19,288 posts)Better to keep your mouth shut rather than to remove all doubt...
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progressoid
(49,996 posts)SoapBox
(18,791 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Never underestimate the organizational capability of the Republican political machine, no matter the appearances.
Initech
(100,099 posts)NonMetro
(631 posts)Right after he goes to prayer meeting today! And he doesn't just talk to his imaginary friend - that he trusts with the fate our our country, and thinks you should, too - like Mike Huckabee and Ted Cruz, he hears his imaginary friend say things to him, which he then passes on to you!
treestar
(82,383 posts)patsimp
(915 posts)slumcamper
(1,606 posts)He fails to recognize that lies, bluster, nonsense and ignorance (feigned or otherwise) are attractive to the GOP base!
Or perhaps I have it ass-backwards and this is a strategy to actually gain support...
Whatever the case, LOL!
Turbineguy
(37,364 posts)They would not want a surgeon with experience either.
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)Uh.... no.
I think it was after they had seen some self-serving film about how great he was and he saved children so... ya know. Lovable... like a cocker spaniel? Maybe?
George II
(67,782 posts)Fritz Walter
(4,291 posts)3 seconds. No more. No less.
Check for knife wounds in his back.
Then a 3-hour-long shower, just to try to get close to feeling clean after the experience.
valerief
(53,235 posts)Yeah, yeah, he can slice and dice a brain, but he has trouble using his own for the simplest of political tasks.
6chars
(3,967 posts)so how is it that we figure anyone can jump in and be president.
tymorial
(3,433 posts)our current president had very little political experience of his own when he decided to run for president. Quite frankly, if we are being honest, he was under-qualified.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,827 posts)More importantly, he was a lawyer who taught constitutional law, so he had good knowledge of how the government is supposed to work. Carson, on the other hand, clearly hasn't the faintest idea what the federal government does or how the constitution controls it - when he talks about government you have to think he'd flunked out of 10th-grade civics.
d_legendary1
(2,586 posts)Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)I'm surprised Carson said that he didn't know what he would do.
No, I'm amazed.
No, no, I'm totally shocked, that's how I am.
Well, maybe not, but his comment took me off guard.
Completely off guard.
Yeah, that's how I am.
I had no idea what an unbeliever he truly is.
What an asshole!!
Where's his Bible??
Did he forget to carry it with him to the interview?
Jesus isn't going to like this.
MADem
(135,425 posts)I can't believe it. I wouldn't let him make me a peanut butter and jelly sandwich!
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)They are all doing this. Such a cynical maneuver on their behalf, trying to hood wink the public into believing they're serious candidates. Absolutely incompetent .. all of them.
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)Ben Carson would get his lunch money stolen if he had to eat with an eight grade class for the next week.
immoderate
(20,885 posts)Politicians know how to deflect those nearly nonsensical questions. Carson is a wacko, though. He cannot redirect his thoughts.
--imm
PatrickforO
(14,586 posts)This idiot would be worse than W.
Hey, Carson, can you spell I...N...C...O...M...P...E...T...E...N...C...E???