I’m going to have to disagree with Coach on this one. As I suspected Carson is not standing up under scrutiny. He is a weak candidate with poor stances on the issues and screwball ideas that just are not desirable in a presidential candidate. Ben Carson would be a disaster if he were ever allowed to become President. He would stand no chance agains’t Hillary Clinton. Hopefully he will begin to fade and I’m sure his next debate performance will help that along.
I agree with your take. Too much is being read into this whole debacle.
Politico’s game is despicable and unacceptable. However journalists throw mud on all the candidates. In many cases some of the mud sticks because its justified.
When you tell falsehoods or twist the truth you leave yourself open to being exposed and vilified. By lying you strip yourself of the protection of the higher ground.
Sarah Palin was vilified without having lied or having committed any wrongful action. She was able to take the fight back to the journalists. While some of the accusations about Carson are false he did provide the opportunities for these attacks with serial misstatements and by pontificating about areas where he had no expertise and/or had not looked into the issues. He would be a disaster as a President, exposing all America to the blowback from his loose talk and undisciplined method of evaluation.