Carson says, wrongly, that Thomas Jefferson crafted the Constitution

Politico ^ | November 23, 2015 | Nolan D. McCaskill

[C19fan]

Of America’s Founding Fathers, Ben Carson is most moved by Thomas Jefferson, partly because of the way he “tried to craft our Constitution,” the retired neurosurgeon said this weekend. In a Sunday interview on C-SPAN as part of its “Road to the White House” series, Carson said he was “impressed by a lot of them,” referring to the Founding Fathers.

[subterfuge]

Corps man

[Pollster1]

Carson is not one of my top choices, but knowing trivia from history is not at the top of my priority list. Like most on FR, I know a lot about the writing of the Declaration and of the Constitution, and I know Carson’s answer was imperfect, but I don’t consider knowledge of that sort of detail important in a president. What matters to me is whether the candidate values the Constitution (Cruz) or wants to trash it (Obama).

[Pelham]

” Sorta like a death by a thousand cuts.”

That’s what Carson is dealing with.

In contrast Trump weathers all the attacks coming at him and even seems to grow stronger.

[MeganC]

DOES ANYONE HERE UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF THE WORD “INFLUENCED”????????????

I’m guessing not.

[eyeroll]

[MeganC]

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/jefferson/jefffed.html

“Although Thomas Jefferson was in France serving as United States minister when the Federal Constitution was written in 1787, he was able to influence the development of the federal government through his correspondence.”

[bgill]

The usurper doesn’t know his own birth date.

[SgtHooper]

Do not agree. Genius’ are normally quick in thought, and thus, can communicate well. O$hithead looses on both counts.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: The usurper doesn’t know his own birth date.

Let’s put it this way, Carson is not the best candidate for President, but to call him a usurper (dictionary definition: an illegitimate or controversial claimant to power ) is saying too much.

[Jim Robinson]

Carson is a nice guy, but...

[Wpin]

Obvious slip of the tongue, each candidate has every little word they speak parsed, especially Republicans. We don’t need to help the enemy...Carson is without a doubt very well educated...he made a simple mistake.