Ben Carson is indeed a fine man, and I would not hesitate to vote for him if he was actually the GOP candidate.
My mother LOVES him.
There is a reason. We have personal connections to him. He fixed my nephew decades ago, and he was truly like a saint to my family. I don’t mean he was just a great surgeon - he was very humble and comforting to them.
I’m not sure that is a bad thing.
You know, you indirectly bring up a good point: the reason that the Congress is involved with the selection/confirmation of the President's cabinet is precisely because the President, being human, is bound to have flaws and that is a method to mitigate propagating those flaws into the executive branch — though I think that realization has been kicked to the curb on purpose, to keep those willing to make changes out of the office by denying them candidacy. (Ron Paul is a good example here, he had some really good ideas on economics [Yes, we should audit and end the Federal Reserve!] and all of his other nutty
tendencies could have been mitigated via the Congressional vetting of his cabinet.)
He is by all accounts an excellent surgeon, and a fine man.
The office of the President, however, requires much more. At the very, very least, it requires a grasp of the issues facing our nation. It requires an understanding of our Consitition and its historical framework. All of which Dr. Carson has amply demonstrated he lacks.
My bartender is a great guy. But I don’t want him running the country either.