Posted on 10/29/2015 6:34:59 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
In Wednesday's CNBC Republican presidential debate, Ben Carson was asked about his involvement with Mannatech, a dietary supplement maker.
In 2009, Mannatech settled for $7 million following a lawsuit brought by the Texas attorney general over the company's claims that its products could cure cancer and autism. CNBC moderator Carl Quintanilla claimed Carson had a 10-year-long connection with the company and that it continued even after the settlement.
Carson denied the accusation, saying, "That is total propaganda ... I did a couple speeches for them, I do speeches for other people, they were paid speeches. It is absolutely absurd to say that I had any kind of relationship with them."
Carson's statement directly contradicts promotional material that came from Mannatech, as well as his own business manager Armstrong Williams, who described Carson's relationship to the company in an interview Thursday on "The Lead with Jake Tapper."
Williams defended his boss, suggesting that while Carson did have a relationship to the company, the retired neurosurgeon didn't realize all of the details of his endorsement up front and wanted out of the deal.
"He said 'I don't believe in this. I'm not going to do it,'" Williams said, recalling negotiations with the company over the endorsement. "When that was over, he made it clear to me, 'You need to get me out of this, I'm not going to do this again,' and it was over.'"
The Wall Street Journal this month reported on Carson's connection with Mannatech, saying Carson has said he has taken the company's supplements for more than a decade.
The WSJ also cited a 2004 video of Carson speaking at a Mannatech event. In the video, he credited the company's products for his prostate cancer diagnosis symptoms disappearing. The paper points out that Carson is now "cancer-free after surgery."
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like this is so much more horrible than Billy Blow and Hitlery hiding billions in their secret little slush fund known as their “foundation”....
I'm sure the press will publish Hillary's cattle dealings any day now.
Exactly. It’s disgusting.
Any more extensive than Dumb’O’s relationship with anti-american Reverend Wright or terrorist Bill Ayres?
The Clinton’s have so many skeleton’s in their closets, they could start their own catacombs. I mean, the things that get the MSM’s panties in a knot just stuns me.
Ben Carson seems like a nice guy. So does my dentist. Neither is qualified to be president.
Your first sentence is what this is all about.
That’s how the press rolls.
It appears BEN CARSON’S penchant for money clouds his judgment.
Fake polls are you right!
Is this the best those midget fags at CNN can do?
He didn’t deny a relationship He said he did not give permission for them to use his picture. He was then insulted by the moderator.
I’m not here to please anyone, including you. I will continue to post articles at my discretion. If you don’t like them, don’t click on them.
GROW UP.
In this country, which I serve, there IS freedom of speech.
Stupid article. Contradicts itself all over the place.
Now, if I had cancer and took a company’s products, and then didn’t have any more cancer, I might draw a logical conclusion that it could have worked.
Also, Armstrong said that when Carson learned about some of the problems with the company and his relationship, he wanted to get out. Again, logical action.
$42,000 for a speech? Hillary gets 6 times that much and Billy Bill gets 10 times that much for a speech, plus uranium deals, kickbacks, and bribes.
CNN - Just when you thought they couldn’t get any worse, they do.
So right. love my dentist ... really. I would never think he would be qualified to be POTUS. Although ... if we picked our prez by the music they played in their office .. my dentist would get elected in a landslide. :)
Re Carson ... kind of have to go w the Donald ... low energy Ben, supplements aside ... not going to get my vote.
He said he had no involvement with that company. Clearly the three paid infomercials he made for them says otherwise.
Why are we supporting this shit with clicks? I couldn’t care an iota less about what our guys do on their own time, with their own resources.
Trump University? Marco’s fishing boat? Carson’s milkshakes? Whatever the hell Jeb’s been up to for the last decade?
WHO. FEKKING. CARES.
The less attention we pay to this nonsense, the less likely it is to get this pap forced down our throats.
He didn’t have cancer anymore because he had surgery. The company he was touting has been charged with fraud and has paid out millions in damages for false claims of healing all kinds of health issues.
I can see why Carson does not want his involvement known, but that does not excuse his lying about it.
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