It wasnāt the āTrump virusā alone that is doing in Carsonās rep. His erratic behavior during the campaign made him a caricature of the Idiot Savant and left many scratching their heads, speculating about the manās mental health.
Ben Carson is an idiot savant, with emphasis on the idiot part.
Sure, you tore down you treasured local legacy and became a national punchline, but you got a really sweet dining room table out of it. Many people would make the same trade!
You mean ācharacterā right? Carson has no character, itās not a virus, itās a character flaw found in all prosperity gospel adherents and it only makes sense that this group of heathens would pick Trump, the Lord and Master of Prosperity Gimmicks, to lead them.
Completely out of his depth in away that surgeons often are.
Heās not. Heās a gifted surgeon but nothing more. Heās not in an O.R. anymore and thatās his problem. I spend my days in and OR too but Iād make a shitty government guy and I know it.
I wonder if Trump would let Carson perform surgery on him?
ETTD ā¦ but, Carsonās unhinged words and his corrupt and mean-spirited actions are contributing causes of his demise.
If you go to work in this administration, statistically speaking, you are probably already damaged (or very damage-prone) goods.
Thereās a reason he stopped being a surgeon. He spent too much time around anesthesiologists (the āGas Companyā) and it dulled his senses. I bet any of us could beat him in Operation these days.
Bean Carson is a real mystery to me. Itās hard for me to put ābrilliant surgeonā behind the name of someone who seems barely awake and rarely speaks with any intelligence. Why did he leave medicine at such a young age?
My guess is that he had a brain injury, or some other health issue that made him incapable of practicing medicine. Remember, surgeons donāt just cut; they also manage patientsā IV fluids, medications, including antibiotics, steroid, etc, and in his case on children, including babies. They were very complex cases, and he must have been very good at it at one time. My guess is that he really started botching things, and lawsuits came home to Hopkins. They must have let him go. What amazes me is that no other Dr, no OR nurse or OR tech has come out with so much as a hint.
He got on the book-selling and self-improvement bandwagon, and was doing so well at it he thought being president would be fun. He and his wife are simply grifters now, and the ātrump effectā is reciprocal, as it is with all of trumpās lackeys.
As a black person, this man gives being black a bad name. I grew up in a home where working for what you want was a common theme. You didnāt do handouts. But I know for a fact, this man would have been persona non grata in my home. Denigrating your own and then trying to make it seem as if you care is BS.
Laugh all you want Libtards. But when End Times come only Dr. Ben will know where all that good grain is hidden. Hint: no longer in the pyramids.
āYou canāt take away the fact that heās done outstanding things for people throughout his life, that canāt be erased,ā said Schmoke, who has been friends with Carson for decades. āBut I do think thereās clearly more people who view him through a political lens and that affects how heās viewed here.ā
I find the passivity of this statement curious, as if the āpolitical lensā is a vague social force that came into focus for incomprehensible reasons.
Itās pretty simple: Perceptions of Carsonās public persona changed because of his public, political actions.
- He chose to be a candidate for President in the party that is inimical to the interests of African-Americans.
- He made a spectacle of himself with an array of bizarre statements. Who remembers the one about the pharaohs building the pyramids to store grain? People justifiably have a hard time reconciling this degree of buffoonery with someone who was supposed to be a world-class neurosurgeon.
- He chose to be a functionary in Trumpās racist regime. Regardless of what racist new depth Trump has sunk to, Carson dutifully keeps his mouth shut.
What do you expect? Everyone who associates themselves with the Asshole-elect quickly becomes either stupid, venal, or dangerous.
āYou canāt take away the fact that heās done outstanding things for people throughout his life, that canāt be erased,ā said Schmoke,
Sure it can. Heās easily in a position to eclipse any good heās done with tragic harm. I hope they melt is wax statue.
Just another Trumpian dignity wraith floating through the ether.
Exactly ā many of the surgeons I know couldnāt manage their way out of a paper bag, and thatās not meant as an insult, only a factual observation. Being a neurosurgeon doesnāt dis-qualify him from anything, of course, but likewise it doesnāt uniquely qualify him for anything except, well, neurosurgery. 
Carson is close to the lower end of the spectrum when it comes to things like wisdom and empathy, compared to the surgeons I interact with. But heās on the spectrum. Nothing too unusual about where he falls, honestly.
But I do think thereās clearly more people who view him through a political lens
Itās appalling to watch people try to reduce all this to politics, as though itās just a āopinions varyā kind of thing.
Carson was able to succeed, and from the lofty perch he now occupies, heās pulling up the ladder. He and his supporters assume that a young clone of Carson would be able to achieve the same success in the environment that Carson is creating. Carson seems like a classic Randian/Social Darwinist: he sees no problem with implementing a regime in which only the extraordinarily gifted can possibly thrive.
He is making it harder for the poor and disempowered to succeed, and easier for them to fail. Those are facts. There is absolutely no virtue in doing that.