Q for Ben Carson: Is "Caving to Gays" a Choice, Too? And What About the GOP Field?

Reason Magazine's Hit & Run Blog ^ | March 6, 2015 | Nick Gillespie, editor-in-chief

[terycarl]

BTW, there will be no more black presidents, Dem or GOP, male or female, for at least one or two generations.

I hope everyone, black and white realize how much damage that Obama has done to the black race....Had he been an extraordinarily good president, even an above average one, he would have boosted respect for black people over the roof....instead he verified all the stereotypes of blacks being incapable boobs, evil thinkers, whatever other bad things that you can think of....very sad.

[terycarl]

"How does one separate law abiding people’s right to bear arms vs. the criminal element, I just don’t know."

EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY, strong penalties for crimes involving guns....many years for having one, many more if it is fired, and life if it INJURES someone. MANDATORY

[ansel12]

I would say unless they still do so it when they have the choice of heterosexual sex it doesn't. It means their libido trumps their natural inclination in an unnatural situation.

I hate to be the one to have to inform you, but normal men don't share your sexuality.

[Osage Orange]

We keep looking at people who aren’t qualified for that position (i.e., Carson, West, Cain, Keyes) just because of their ethnicity.

Is this what you believe?

[2ndDivisionVet]

To the last cell in my body. If we had a black Scott Walker, Ted Cruz, Ronald Reagan or Sarah Palin, we wouldn’t be having this discussion. None of the men I listed is qualified to be the leader of the free world. Show me where I’m wrong.

[CatherineofAragon]

"I hate to be the one to have to inform you, but normal men don't share your sexuality."

Not believing what I'm reading here. The men I know would take a bullet before engaging in any kind of queer act.

[Osage Orange]

I like West.....of those you listed.

I think he's smart enough..and savvy enough.

[Hugin]

That’s not my sexuality, and I’ve never been in prison. But I think I’m being more realistic about it than you or Dr. Carson. Put people in an unnatural situation, some do things they wouldn’t otherwise do. Some don’t.

[2ndDivisionVet]

One term congressman and Lieutenant Colonel, which is middle management in the Army. I’m almost as qualified. The other three are two businessmen and a low-level Reagan official who hasn’t done much since. No governors, senators, cabinet official or flag officers.

[Osage Orange]

Doesn’t change my answer..........

[ansel12]

What unnatural position, not getting to have sex for a long time makes normal men want to have sex with men?

How long does it take before a man suddenly desires homosexual sex, is that length of time the same before he wants to have sex with children, or 8 year old girls?

[ansel12]

One term congressman and Lieutenant Colonel, which is middle management in the Army. I’m almost as qualified.

Huh? Your biography is that close to Congressman West's?

[2ndDivisionVet]

I was a state managerial official and an intelligence analyst for the Carter and Reagan administrations, including briefings and reports for both those gentlemen. I’ve never been an elected official.

[Caipirabob]

Carson spun around so fast on gay marriage I thought it was a scene from the exorcist.

[ansel12]

What do those titles mean?

For instance I thought you were just an NCO in the Army that worked in MI, is that what you mean by “an intelligence analyst for the Carter and Reagan administrations”?

What kind of of “state managerial official” were you, and what does being a sergeant in MI have to do with being a Lt. Colonel leading combat troops into war, and being in politics and a being a Congressman?

[GeronL]

Carson has been a Republican for a few monthd or something, he is not a conservative. As for manifestly bad candidates, nobody comes close to the Libertarian party

[GeronL]

Prison or not it is still homosexuality

[GeronL]

Yep

[2ndDivisionVet]

I was an NCO and later a civil servant. Believe it or not, NCOs, specialists and even private soldiers hold highly responsible positions in military intelligence. Where did you think PDC Bradley Manning got all that information to leak to the Australian, off of Reddit or 4chan? I wrote daily reports and briefings for both presidents, even as a lowly no stripe, buck private. At the state workforce department, I was in charge of a large, region-wide (central part of the state) program to get veterans back to work or into business and self-employment opportunities. I also coordinated and ran large job fairs, workshops and how-to-find-work classes and seminars. So comparing an entry-level worker at a private company or non-profit to a lower-level person in the armed forces (especially in intelligence) can be misleading. My FIRST job in the Army was early warning and intelligence for the Korean DMZ, which included the “DMZ Report” that went straight to the White House from I Corps.

[2ndDivisionVet]

That’s PFC, not “PDC” oops.