An occasional past misjudgment is excusable if it is repented of, certainly. But Carson has had several foibles in his speeches, from softening on the sodomite agenda to 2nd Amendment gun rights. These are enough to alert me to the strong possibility that Carson is speaking the conservative dogma out of expediency, not out of conviction. If you speak from conviction, you are virtually mistake-proof when given “gotcha” questions from a hostile media. When you have to sit and think about what the party position is before answering, you are compromised.
This is the position that will defeat Carson:
“Is it moral for us, for example, to take advantage of cheap labor from illegal immigrants while denying them citizenship? I’m sure you can tell from the way I phrased the question that I believe we have taken the moral low road on this issue. Some segments of our economy would virtually collapse without these undocumented workers—we all know that—yet we continue to harass and deport many individuals who are simply seeking a better life for themselves and their families.”
In other words, it looks like nothing would change on illegal immigration under a Carson Presidency.
Agreed.