You are so right. A good, conservative guy, but still people criticize him. THEY should run for office and see how difficult it is rather than just sitting on the sidelines throwing ineffectual, misdirected, ignorant darts at exceptional people like Carson.
He certainly, by all accounts, is an exceptional surgeon.
He has not run a terribly effective campaign, and his book smarts are having a hard time translating into political smarts.