Posted on 11/05/2015 5:01:55 PM PST by jimbo123
Ben Carson was put on the defensive on Thursday, with reporters pressing him about a series of reports that have sprung up questioning the factual accuracy of his past statements.
As Carson has gained in the polls, so has media scrutiny of the 64-year-old retired pediatric neurosurgeon and Republican presidential candidate, whose past and present statements have drawn no shortage of curiosity and interest.
On Thursday, during a stop on his book tour, Carson was pressed on everything from a report that questioned past claims of his physical violence toward others, an interview in which he appeared to struggle with the complexities of Cuban immigration policy in South Florida, and a rediscovered past speech in which he expressed his belief that the Great Pyramids of Giza were constructed by the biblical figure Joseph to store grain, not pharoahs' tombs.
A CNN reporter in particular tried to pry more details out of Carson after the network published a report titled "A tale of two Carsons" in which it could not corroborate the candidate's past claims in his books that he had acted violently in his childhood and adolescence toward his family and others - claims that are part of Carson's narrative of personal redemption.
Asked to be more specific about when the incidents occurred, Carson listed them in detail. "One of the ones where I threw a rock and broke someone's glasses, that occurred when I was maybe about 7 or 8, the stabbing, attempted stabbing incident occurred when I was 13 or 14, the - what's another incident? Give me another one," Carson asked a scrum of media on CNN in Miami during a book signing tour. "Trying to hit my mom in the head with a hammer? That was around the same time as the stabbing incident."
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Those comic books weren’t documentaries, right? There really is no Bizarro World?
Let me see if I have this right.
CNN thinks it is maligning Carson by uncovering the scandalous revelation that he did NOT try to hit his mother in the head with a hammer.
And Carson is DEFENDING himself by saying he DID, TOO try to hit his mother in the head with a hammer.
I mean...I’m not misunderstanding this, right? That’s what’s going on here?
Hank
(Thinking life in Hooterville looks more appealing every day)
Exaxctly!
Be so kind as to take a cold shower! And I’ll end with this, you don’t know me, how dare you call me a vile bigot, you self important twit!
The more I see and hear of Dr. Ben, the more I’m starting to think he’s a `Monet’: looks good from a distance, but the closer you look ...
Until then, I don't care what they have to say about any Repubs.
Was it Brokaw being interviewed by Charlie Rose when they confessed they didn't know a (deleted) thing about Obie?
Ben, when your splainin’ your...
Shades of John Wesley Hardin.
Er...um...is he just shucking and jiving? Flapping his gums.
My grandfather was a big fan of John Wesley Hardin. He loved to read about him. No idea why.
The Democrats: We cannot have a black man win the Presidency.
The Media (Dems with bylines): Carson is a violent and potentially dangerous black man. Not articulate at all. He’s got some crazy views and not like the normally crazy views of conservatives, but really crazy. Worse, he’s unclear on Cuban immigration policies.
Trumpettes: Yeah, that’s right!
Romance of the Old West thing I’m sure, and the older books on Hardin made him look good and didn’t really hint at what a psychopath he really was.
If Trump came out and said that his supporters would blame the media for reporting it, being unfair and Trump would sue/boycott or both.
They’re Clarence Thomasing him. That lying professor is still a darling to the academia.
Norm, it’s Politico - don’t be a sucker. They’re working for the enemy.
The polls would have us believe this WHACK JOB is leading my WHACK JOB. LOL.
vile bigot
Its not just politico. It’s everywhere and he isn’t denying it for crying out loud. Accept that the guy is off. This ain’t his first bullride in the nutcase rodeo.
You sound like the pope backers and their ‘he was misinterpreted meme. There’s plenty of bull in and from the media. I get that. But this ain’t that.
Trump’s just as bad, just as crazy and with even more history. I’ll take either over any Democrat. In the meantime I’ll ignore Democrats with Bylines. I don’t care what they say. They lie. Stop falling for it.
Ignorant, self important, judgemental, twit making slanderous statements from the safety of your computer. Respond all you want I’m done with your foolishness.
As much as I admire Dr. Carson for what he absolutely can do, the more I learn about him the less I think he’s Presidential material.
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