Ben Carson’s Past Faces Deeper Questions

http://www.wsj.com/articles/ben-carsons-past-faces-deeper-questions-1446861864 ^

[springwater13]

In his 1990 autobiography, “Gifted Hands,” Mr. Carson writes of a Yale psychology professor who told Mr. Carson, then a junior, and the other students in the class—identified by Mr. Carson as Perceptions 301—that their final exam papers had “inadvertently burned,” requiring all 150 students to retake it. The new exam, Mr. Carson recalled in the book, was much tougher. All the students but Mr. Carson walked out.

“The professor came toward me. With her was a photographer for the Yale Daily News who paused and snapped my picture,” Mr. Carson wrote. “ ‘A hoax,’ the teacher said. ‘We wanted to see who was the most honest student in the class.’ ” Mr. Carson wrote that the professor handed him a $10 bill.

No photo identifying Mr. Carson as a student ever ran, according to the Yale Daily News archives, and no stories from that era mention a class called Perceptions 301. Yale Librarian Claryn Spies said Friday there was no psychology course by that name or class number during any of Mr. Carson’s years at Yale

[Nervous Tick]

Please don’t put words in my mouth. A man of your accomplishments should know better than to do that.

I didn’t say they were the same. I said Carson was the new version.

[visualops]

my thoughts exactly. his life story is compelling enough even if his childhood was run of the mill.

[fortheDeclaration]

If there are SDA Churches that meet on Sunday, that would go against a central tenet of their religion!

I wasn't referring to Carson on this issue, I was addressing what the SDA believe.

[lentulusgracchus]

The left always lets you know whom they fear...

The Wall Street Journal isn't the Left, it's the Gods of Money telling the Chamber types what they want.

Dr. Carson is deeply ..... disappointing.

Now if he'd just come out for crony pork and zero business taxes and breaking wages .....

[lentulusgracchus]

objectively the guy is a walking disaster area as a candidate. He's not going to be the nominee.

We hear your voice, O Master, we hear your summons to rally to the RiNO's. We hear and obey!

Not.

Stuff both of you..... Carson's not my favorite guy, but I see what you and your fellow cyborgs at WSJ are doing, and any decent human being must contract a shivering horror at manipulators and liars like you, servants of godless, pitiless Money.

Screw you, screw your godlings and your god.

And screw Karl Rove. Tell him I said, "Hi, drop dead."

[Carry_Okie]

I didn’t say they were the same. I said Carson was the new version.

New version of what? Oh, that's right, by subjective definition.

They don't even belong in the same set.

[Patton@Bastogne]

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That's what I keep sayin' ... and WHY I've predicted that Ben Carson will be polling single digits by Christmas 2015 ...

Nice guy ... but certainly a lousy "Conservative" ...



The thought just occurred to me, if the GOPe-Bush-Rubio-Kasisch-RINO-Hillary crowd wanted to "coerce-shame" the Republican Conservative candidates (Ted, Cruz, Donald Trump) ...

to support:

1) Citizenship for 15 million illegal Mexican immigrants

2) Soft on Second Amendment gun rights

3) Becoming "best friends" with Al Sharpton and the Black Lives Matter movement

4) Puerto Rico statehood (two automatics Democratic Senators for the next 100 years)

5) SPLIT the Tea Party Christian Evangelical vote 35/35/35 between Ted Cruz / Huckabee / Ben Carson

6) "Stealth Engagement" of the Democratic Party LGBT folks to "severely disrupt" the GOP Presidential Primaries to HELP Yeb Bush and Marco Rubio


... what better way than to "plant-fund" and inflate polling data for a WONDERFUL ...

(no criticism allowed) Black Medical Doctor (with a very big ego) ?



Would such a plan even be imagined ? "Nope"

Would such a plan even be possible ? "Nope"

Would such a plan even be planned and executed ? "Nope"

Would such a plan include a Hollywood Movie ("Gifted Hands") promoting (years in advance) the "compassionate Savior" of the Republican Party ? "Nope"



/sarcasm-off



You're invited to check-out these Bold Political Predictions ...

GOP 2016 Predictions : Ben Carson at 7.5 % by Christmas -- Yeb Bush Waterloo in Florida Defeat !

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3356989/posts







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[MacMattico]

Animal House came out when I was maybe 10? So I can’t say they stole the scene!

[Awgie]

Ben Carson is not my top choice for POTUS. I think he would be a VERY weak candidate against HRC. But I refuse to participate in the attacks against him.

He is a man of unimpeachable character and sharp intellect. This cannot be disputed. Yet people on this site and in the media feel perfectly comfortable Insulting and demeaning him.

I dare say there is no one on this site or in the media who has conributed more to humanity, in meaningful ways, then Dr Ben. He is a healer a life saver and a “first responder” of the highest order.

The judgements against him have been petty, snarky and revealing only to the extent that they expose the attackers as vile and superficial.

I currently support DT, but I am not happy with him adding to the garbage being dumped on Carson.

Truly dispicable this game of politics. The destruction of a good man like Carson with inuendo and distirtion and vindictiveness does not bode well for any of us.

All of you taking your best nasty hurtful shot at BC remind me of what Jesus and the apostles must have endured. They demonstrated only kindness humility love and sacrifice. They were met with hatefullness and violence. I think many of you here and those in the liberal media would have been running for the nearest pile of stones.

[Theodore R.]

It’s not boring at all if presented properly.

[Theodore R.]

The biggest mystery about that is how could the Honolulu newspaper report a Thursday night, August 4, 1961 birth in its Sunday, August 7 edition? I’ve never heard that explained. Normally, such postings would be at least a week after the birth, maybe two weeks.

[Patton@Bastogne]

[Rome2000]

Jesus looks like he’s on Crystal Methamphetamine